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TRANSflective: A Conversation on the Beauty of the Transgender Experience

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

07:00 PM – 09:00 PM

Woman in galaxy next to jellyfish with tendrils of decoupaged images of human eyes

Lezley Saar (American born 1953). <em>Bemused Resignation</em> 2014 (detail). Mixed media on canvas 16&#x27; x 12&#x27;. Collection of Betzi Stein

TRANSflective: A Conversation on the Beauty of the Transgender Experience

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

07:00 PM – 09:00 PM

Trans is a term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth, and that experience is one of the salient topics explored in the exhibition Lezley Saar: Salon des Refusés. Hear trans women in the community and artist Lezley Saar discuss advocacy and authenticity. Panelists include City of Los Angeles Commissioner Ceri Zamora; Jazzmun Crayton, an actress and performer who works in social services; Ryka Aoki, an author and professor of English at Santa Monica College and founder of the International Transgender Martial Arts Alliance; and Saar, whose work regularly alludes to individuals excluded from mainstream society.