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SUMMARY:From Lived Wisdom to Building a Liberated World: A Conversation w
 ith Mx. Yaffa and Randa Jarrar
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Bureau for a conversation between queer Muslim
  authors Mx. Yaffa and Randa Jarrar\\nRSVP FOR THIS EVENT\\nBoth authors 
 will be discussing their recent releases: Be Better Broken: In Service to
  Liberation and You Are a Teen Mom: Instructions. The lived experience an
 d wisdom from these authors will inform all communities on how to tangibl
 y build a liberated world.\\nAt this event there will also be a launch of
  the priority areas for trans and queer Muslims by a coalition of organiz
 ers and organizations that will help shape organizing priorities moving f
 orward.\\nThis event will be co-hosted by MASGD (Muslim Alliance for Sexu
 al and Gender Diversity) and Killjoy Institute.\\n***\\nMASGD is a Trans 
 Muslim Global Majority organization that supports\\, empowers and connect
 s Trans and Queer Muslims and those who are values-aligned to build a lib
 erated world.\\nKilljoy Institute is a queer &amp\\; trans led political 
 home for the feminist killjoys building a liberated world through collect
 ive study and organizing.\\n***\\nMx. Yaffa is an author\\, organizer\\, 
 and culture worker. Yaffa’s poetry\\, non-fiction\\, and fiction books 
 have been sold globally and translated to various languages. Yaffa is the
  author of the poetry collections: blood orange\\, desecrated poppies\\, 
 sage\\, and thistle\\, the non-fiction essay collections: whispers beneat
 h the orange grove\\, living to 99\\, letters from a living utopia\\, and
  be better broken: in service to liberation\\, and the editor of the anth
 ology: Inara. Yaffa is the inaugural Executive Director of the Muslim All
 iance for Sexual and Gender Diversity and manages various other organizat
 ions and networks to support the most marginalized of the most marginaliz
 ed. Yaffa’s service to liberation spans continents. They dream of livin
 g in a liberated Falasteen soon.\\nRanda Jarrar is the author of the memo
 ir Love Is An Ex-Country\\, the novel A Map of Home\\, and the collection
  of stories Him\\, Me\\, Muhammad Ali. She is a filmmaker and actor who h
 as appeared in independent films and on the A24 TV shows Ramy and #1 Happ
 y Family USA. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award\\, an Americ
 an Book Award\\, and others. She lives in Los Angeles.\\nhttps://www.gayo
 ut.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/from-lived-wisdom-to-buil
 ding-a-liberated-world-a-conversation-with-mx-yaffa-and-randa-jarrar-2026
 -08-28
LOCATION:The LGBT Center NYC
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/from-lived-wisdom-to-building-a-liberated-world-a-conversation-with-mx-yaffa-and-randa-jarrar-2026-08-28
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