Trans Day of Visibility: Maghrib Prayer and Reflections on Visibility

Date: Friday 31st March 2023

Time: From 7.15pm BST

Tickets: Register via Eventbrite.

Price: Free. Donations welcome (and needed!)

Inclusive Mosque warmly invites Trans Muslims to join our online maghrib prayer led by and for Trans Muslims on the International Transgender Day of Visibility 2023. Trans Day of Visibility, also called TDOV, aims to celebrate Trans people and raise awareness of the oppression and discrimination faced by Trans people worldwide.

“Visibility” can be complicated, and often dangerous, for Trans people. While visibility can be empowering and validating, many of us feel pressure to be “visible” or to “prove” our gender to others. What it means to be “visible” is often rooted in white supremacist norms and gender constructs, leaving lots of Trans folks unable to be “visible” – or, in contrast, always “visible”.

There also remains a lack of safety for “visible” Trans people. The state continues to weaponise visibility and invisibility to oppress Trans folks, especially the most marginalised members of our communities like incarcerated Trans people and Trans asylum seekers.

For TDOV this year, we invite Trans Muslims to reflect on concepts of visibility and how this relates to our ongoing resistance to discrimination, oppression, and violence. This oppression comes from other people on an interpersonal level, and from institutions or the state. As Trans Muslims, we are always visible to Allah, and in this space we are visible to each other. What does “visibility” mean to you? How do we work to ensure justice and liberation for all Trans Muslims? How can we keep each other safe, especially when “visibility” puts us at risk?

During this event, we’ll break our fasts together before praying maghrib in a Sunni format. After praying, you’re welcome to eat iftar with us during our optional online social space. We’re really excited to spend time with you all this Ramadan!

Please only register if you’re a Trans Muslim. We use Trans as an umbrella term that includes nonbinary people and people who are questioning or exploring their gender.

Price

This event is free, but donations are welcome (and needed!) We suggest a donation of £3 for this event.

If you would like to donate to Inclusive Mosque, please select a donation ticket as well as an event ticket when you register.

Access

We’ll be using Zoom to hold this prayer space, which means you’ll need a Zoom account to attend.

Auto-captioning and BSL interpretation will be available.

You can join and leave the event whenever you need to – don’t worry about being late or leaving early. You don’t have to turn your video on. We ask you to please keep your microphone muted during prayers and no one is permitted to record or take pictures during the event.

Please let us know if you have any access needs we should be aware of or if there’s anything we can do to improve your experience at this event. You can email admin@inclusivemosque.org.

Online safety

You’ll be taken through a few short questions during checkout, which helps us to keep our imams and organisers safe. This process helps us to protect each other and our community online.

You will be sent a link on the day of the event. Please do not share the link, that’s just for you. When you attend the event, make sure your Zoom display name is the same as the name you signed up with. Here’s how you can change your Zoom display name.

Emails from Eventbrite sometimes go straight to spam and junk folders so please check those as well as your inbox.

Inclusive Mosque Initiative is an intersectional feminist mosque dedicated to creating inclusive, safer places of worship and spiritual practice for marginalised communities. We are committed to reviving a rights-based Islam that challenges all forms of oppression. Please consider becoming a regular donor to Inclusive Mosque to help us cover costs and continue to offer these events for free. Thank you for supporting our work creating an intersectional feminist mosque that centres Muslims who are women, nonbinary, Queer, Black and/or disabled especially.

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