In concert with a local host the UUA brings you the annual Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary Conference! Saturday April 18th 9am-4pm ET. A conference where transgender people, allies, advocates, and accomplices can bravely (and with more safety than usual) explore, learn and grow, bear witness, and be witnessed.

This conference includes:

• Keynote presentations given by a transgender/gender nonconforming person,
• Workshops from and for trans and non-binary people, our communities, and our loved onesWorkshops for cisgender people who are ready to learn more and be in solidarity with trans and non-binary people.

Keynote Speaker: Logan Grendel

Logan Grendel (pictured on the right) is a Multi-Hyphenate Artist, Urban Gardener, Small Business Owner, Revolutionary Organizer, and Black, Nonbinary Witch who believes magic is praxis and vice versa. An NYC lifer, they have lived many lives from freelance photographer to dog care professional to event producer to content creator, approaching all things from a standpoint of creating our own worlds and never accepting what has been placed in front of us as the only option. Follow Logan on instagram @focusedoninfinity

How To Register

Attend online from anywhere or join an official satellite site if one is near you. Click here to register online as an individual attendee. Contact your local congregation to check if they are hosting this event live.

Registration fee: The registration fee for this event is set to a sliding scale from $10-$25-$50-$100. We encourage you to contribute at a level that fits your financial resources. Giving generously helps other people attend who might not otherwise be able to, and also helps us equitably compensate the trans folks who have contributed their skills and labor to make this event happen.

*ATTENTION* Please do not register as an individual online attendee if you plan to meet up in-person. We can only support groups that express an interest in hosting and individuals who register to attend online. If you’re curious about hosting this event in person or feeling a quiet pull to connect with people locally on a more intimate scale we encourage you to have a conversation with your congregation about what that can look like. You don’t have to have it all figured out. We’ll support you! Sign up on the interest form for more information. Signing up on this form is neither a commitment to host nor approval to host, but an expression of interest in hosting. Please review the resources in the confirmation email to help you decide if this event is right for you. We will forward your information to your regional staff and we will reach out to you with next steps.

General Cancellation Policy

All cancellation requests for any paid congregational life event or training (i.e. OWL or Renaissance module) must be submitted in writing using this refund request form.

Refunds:

• Refund requests made before the event registration deadline will be eligible for a refund, minus a $5 administrative fee.
• Refund requests made after the registration deadline, but before the event date will be eligible for a 50% refund of the registration fee.
• For refund requests made within one week of the event due to illness or emergencies, full refunds will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Refunds will not be provided after the event for no-shows. Note, if you registered for an event only to receive the event recording and resources you will still receive all of these resources.
• There is no penalty for finding someone to replace you if you cannot attend. Please inform the program staff of the replacement attendee’s details.

Cancellation Due to Extraordinary Circumstances:

In the case of event cancellation due to low enrollment or unprecedented conditions such as high COVID-19 infection rates in the hosting area, poor weather conditions, acts by government authorities, natural disasters, epidemic or pandemic emergencies, registration fees will be 100% refunded.  We strongly recommend securing travel insurance for instances like these in your travel planning.

We ask for your understanding in respecting this policy, which supports our organizational efforts and expenses

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