Anyone interested in attending an event--with trans people, of course--should join! Now let me explain my concept of "event."

Events are social things. You go to an event *with* T Party members or to *meet* T Party members. Wouldn't it be cool if these people you were meeting were people with whom you share some common interest? Wouldn't it be even cooler if you were meeting *because* of your common interest? It's this kind of focus that I would love to see at T Party events.

So here are some of my initial concepts for this group. I'm imagining three broad kinds of events:

1. Events for some specific activity, let's say for example, to go see Shakespeare in the Park.

2. Events just to meet others. We kind have some special needs and concerns about meeting people, before, for example, sharing a blanket with them on the Boston Common--in a dress.

3. Events where the main activity is really just communicating with each other about something very specific, like maybe a book club meeting would be.

I believe "activity events" can be the backbone of this group. I'd love to see members getting out and doing things they really love doing. We will always have a need for "meeting others events" but I believe events just to meet should only be a starting point for much more interesting events. Finally, over time, I believe small circles of us will naturally come together around various common interests, shared concerns, or similar life situations, and that we will begin to plan focused "communication events" amongst ourselves.