{"id":1548,"date":"2026-10-09T09:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tgea.org\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:03:34","slug":"october-9-second-friday-in-person-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tgea.org\/?p=1548","title":{"rendered":"October 9 – 2nd Friday In-Person Meeting and upcoming events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transgender Education Association (TGEA), in coordination with MCC NoVA, are pleased to announce that this month’s Second Friday Community Building Group Meeting will be an in-person monthly meeting format on Friday, Oct 9th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.<\/strong>
\nGroup Gathering provided by TGEA<\/strong>, in coordination with MCC of Northern Virginia<\/strong>
\naka
\nMCC NoVA – the \ufeffFairfax City LGBTIQQ+ Community Center
\nMCC NoVA, 10383 Democracy Ln, Fairfax, VA 22030.<\/p>\n

We will feature our open session for Trans, Gender Non-Binary, Agender, Significant Others, Friends, Family, Allies.
\nThere will also be three specific break-out groups:
\n  * Parents
\n  * Teens
\n  * Transmasculine and \ufeffAFAB Nonbinary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Masks are optional.<\/p>\n

We are grateful that we can continue to open our doors for our community once more!
\nWe look forward to seeing everyone!
\n In these challenging times we will be taking some additional security steps.<\/strong>
\nThe Second Friday facilitators will be monitoring the facility entrance.
\nPrior to the start of the meeting, we will have folks at the entry door.
\nAfter the gathering begins, \ufefflate arrivals will be provided a phone number to call or text for entry.<\/p>\n

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\nAsk VHSL to End the Trans Sports Ban<\/strong>
\nThe Right 2 Play VA campaign<\/a>, a statewide effort to rescind the Virginia High School League\u2019s (VHSL) discriminatory ban on transgender girls\u2019 participation in girls\u2019 sports, needs your help! All kids deserve to play youth sports. Support the campaign by signing onto a community letter to VHSL<\/a> asking them to end the ban. Have a relationship with a Virginia public high school? Send an email to your principal and athletic director asking them to urge VHSL to reverse this harmful policy. To learn more about the issue and why it\u2019s important, check out these FAQs<\/a> developed by our amazing partners at Equality Arlington and Arlington Gender Identity Alliance. Please send to your networks, particularly supportive families with cisgender athletes! <\/p>\n

\n

Mark your Calendar !!
\nThe 18th Annual Northern Virginia Interfaith Transgender Day of Remembrance<\/strong>
\nFriday November 20 7 PM
\n\ufeffUNITY of Fairfax
\n2854 Hunter Mill Road
\nOakton, VA 22124<\/p>\n

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