Happy September, Beyond the Plus! Did you know that September is trans identity pride month? Obviously you should be proud 365 days a year, but a whole month to be proud of your trans identities is pretty cool! Like August, use this time to celebrate by hanging out with friends, doing some activism, crafting some pride stuff, or whatever else sounds like fun!
Heads up, this week is our first monthly socials! For the privacy of our members we can't say exactly when and where, but if you're a member you should've gotten an email with details. If you haven't seen that then please check your spam email, and if you still don't see it then please send a Contact form and we can work with you from there.
Stay tuned for the October newsletter, where we'll announce information on our October socials. Like our September socials, that's for members only, so if you wanna attend, sign up to Join Bt+ as a member!
Also, we have a question for you mailing list subscribers. If you want to respond, this email doesn't support replies, so you'll have to go through our Contact form. We have noticed people who are interested in the organization not signing up, so we're wondering if maybe there's some confusion between signing up for the mailing list and signing up to be a member, which are two separate things. If this is confusing then please let us know so we can fix it. To clarify, at the bottom of every page there is a form to subscribe to the public mailing list, whereas to apply to be an actual member you must go to the Join page (which is currently only eligible for residents of WA), which gives you information on upcoming events and such upon approval. If you live in WA, then there's basically no reason to sign up for the mailing list as well; on approval of your membership application we'll automatically add you to both mailing lists. But if you live outside of WA and are ineligible for events then just sign up for the public mailing list.
That being said, our membership count is steadily increasing! We've been posting a lot on social media and hosting our table at Cal An and it's really given a boost to our numbers! If all goes well, our socials will have 7 members, 3 staff, and 3-5 guests. Pretty awesome for a first socials! It's impossible to tell who will and won't show up, but no matter what happens we'll have a good time. It will be our first real event though, so some hiccups are to be expected as we learn new skills.
Thanks for reading!