Sunday, November 12

New York City

Stand Up for Trans Rights

Join Affirm Trans Kids for a special and funny evening to raise funds and awareness for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund NAME CHANGE PROJECT

Sunday

November 12

9:00pm

Tickets

$15 in advance

$20 at the door

(subject to availability)

Red Eye

355 West 41st Street

(between 8th and 9th ave)

LINE UP

(list in formation, subject to change)

Robin Tran

Robin Tran has been on Comedy Central, Netflix’s “That’s My Time with David Letterman, The Roast of Whitney Cummings, FUSE TV, Just for Laughs, and had a critically acclaimed show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has headlined clubs from San Francisco to New York to Washington DC.

Stacy Cay

Hailing from Arkansas and raised by parents who thought she was a boy, Stacy's ability to find the humor in both the traumas - from conversion therapy to death threats - and everyday challenges of being trans in a hostile world makes her voice one you won’t soon forget. 

Tucker Carlson calls her “satanic”. Audiences describe her as hilarious. 

Stacy has appeared in the New York Comedy Festival, opened for Giannmarco and Robin Tran, and is the creator/producer of ‘Spend the Night'- a touring femme friendly, pajama party themed comedy show that reviewer Susanna Lee called “power cute”. Spend the Night was built to create a safe space, give visibility, and provide a platform for the voices and talents of LGBTQ+ and allied artists.

Clara Olshansky

Clara Olshansky (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based writer and comedian whom you may know from l Reductress or your queer friends’ For You pages. They cohost and coproduce the My First Jokes podcast as well as Flamethrowers, the first all-LGBTQIA+ roast battle show.

Ella Yurman

Ella Yurman (she/her) is a writer and comedian living and working in Brooklyn. Ella hosts T4T, NYC's original all-trans standup comedy show, every month at Metropolitan Bar in Williamsburg. She also writes for Some More News with Cody Johnston on Youtube, and is about to launch a new project with BRIC Arts Media and Brooklyn Free Speech.

Bianca Leigh (emcee)

BIANCA LEIGH is an actress, singer, writer and educator. Miss Leigh’s acting roles include Waxy Bush in MTC’s THE NAP on Broadway (Understudy/performed), Mary Ellen in the groundbreaking film TRANSAMERICA, Time/Wind in Taylor Mac’s theatre epic THE LILY’S REVENGE, Franny Halcyon in the New York and San Francisco workshops of TALES OF THE CITY THE MUSICAL (performed in concert at the Music Box Theatre), Tatiana in Paul Lucas’ award-winning verbatim piece TRANS SCRIPTS at American Repertory Theatre, Beatrice in Christina Anderson’s MAN IN LOVE at Kansas City Rep, and Dr. Rachel Sandow on LAW & ORDER: SVU. Bianca wrote and performed her solo musical BUSTED, about the challenges facing a young Trans woman in pre-Disney New York, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Her play, MBJrT, was part of the Monday Night Playwright Series at Kansas City Rep in 2018. She is featured in Laverne Cox’s documentary DISCLOSURE, an exploration of Trans representation in motion pictures and on television, and can be heard on the Audible recording of Chonburi Hotel and Butterfly Club.

DJ TK

DJ TK (they/them) is a Queens NY native, drag artist, and musician who spins a diverse variety of queer-centric pop/new disco/house/techno selections.

Victoria Foster, Development Operations TLDEF

NAME CHANGE PROJECT

TLDEF's Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments.

For many transgender people, securing a legal name change is an important step toward making their legal identities match their lived experience.

A lack of appropriate identity documents can deter people from applying for jobs, school, and public benefits, and can lead to discrimination. But securing a legal name change can be a challenging experience, involving interaction with the court system and judges that is foreign to many people.

By providing transgender people with legal representation, we work to ensure that people successfully complete the process and move forward with their lives.

PROJECT HISTORY

  • Since 2007, TLDEF’s Name Change Project has connected low-income transgender and non-binary individuals with volunteer attorneys to assist with the legal name change process

  • Since its inception, NCP has facilitated over 3,000 name changes

  • In 2021 alone, NCP facilitated 384 name changes.

TLDEF IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

Atlanta, GA (Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett Counties)
Chicago, IL (Cook County)
New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union, and Middlesex Counties)
New York City (All Five Boroughs)
Long Island, NY (Nassau and Suffolk Counties)
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia County)
Pittsburgh, PA (Allegheny County)

DETAILS HERE