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Transgender peer support group meets in Fairbanks — Thursday, June 7

Submitted by on Monday, 4 June 2012 – 12:50 PMNo Comment

Kinky Boots (film)The Fairbanks & Interior peer-to-peer transgender support group is meeting this Thursday, June 9, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks (UUFF). Meetings are open to anyone who identifies as transgender, genderqueer, gender-questioning, gender-bending, or friends/family members/supporters.

This month members will be watching the movie Kinky Boots, a 2005 film written a traditional Northampton shoemaker who turns to producing fetishism footwear in order to save the failing family business and the jobs of his workers. The film is based on the true story of Divine Footwear, a trademark brand of the UK firm WJ Brooks Ltd.  which was featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series Trouble at the Top. More about background story of this film here.

  • Date/time: Thursday, June 7, 7:00 PM
  • Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks (UUFF), 4448 Pikes Landing Road, Fairbanks (across from the Princess Hotel) (see map)
  • Further info: see Fairbanks Pride Facebook group
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