Franklin LGBTQ Alliance Newsletter - Meeting Dec 6

Join us for our monthly meeting Thursday at Franklin TV!

Franklin LGBTQ Alliance In this newsletter we include an invitation to our next meeting and community events, including our next book club discussion, and include more opportunities to get involved. You Are Invited To Our November Monthly Meeting!   When: December 5th at 6:30 PM   Where: Franklin TV at 23 Hutchinson St. in Franklin   What: Come hang out and help make ornaments for the Franklin Senior Center! Announcing our new Events Coordinator...Rion James (he/they)!   "Rion has lived in Franklin since he was 3. He works at stop and shop filling online shopping orders, but aspires to be a preschool teacher one day. Rion loves to read and write, watch tv, play video games, and cuddle his dog Sonic. He is excited to put our group out more and hopefully bring in more people in the community and allies together."   Join us in welcoming Rion as a new FLA officer! FLA Events Join us for Wicked Queer Game Night!!   When: First Saturdays (December 7th)   Where: Pete's Nerd Emporium at 10 Main St in Franklin   When: 6:30 to 8:30pm LGBTQ+ Book Club on the second Wednesdays of each month! Join us December 11th at 6:30pm at Pete's Nerd Emporium (10 Main St, Franklin) Join us as we read Guapa by Saleem Haddad!   You can get your copy at the Franklin Public Library.    "Set over the course of twenty-four hours,  Guapa follows Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, as he tries to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and social upheaval. Rasa spends his days translating for Western journalists and pining for the nights when he can sneak his lover, Taymour, into his room. One night Rasa's grandmother—the woman who raised him—catches them in bed together. The following day Rasa is consumed by the search for his best friend Maj, a fiery activist and drag queen star of the underground bar, Guapa, who has been arrested by the police. Ashamed to go home and face his grandmother, and reeling from the potential loss of the three most important people in his life, Rasa roams the city's slums and prisons, the lavish weddings of the country's elite, and the bars where outcasts and intellectuals drink to a long-lost revolution. Each new encounter leads him closer to confronting his own identity, as he revisits his childhood and probes the secrets that haunt his family. As Rasa confronts the simultaneous collapse of political hope and his closest personal relationships, he is forced to discover the roots of his alienation and try to re-emerge into a society that may never accept him. (goodreads)"   We hope you will read with us!  If you are not on our email list, sign up to receive future emails with this form.  This newsletter was shortened for publication here. To view the full set of content -> View this email in your browser