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The (Bi)weekly Kiki | Nov. 2
Meriden Pride Community Center
🏳️⚧️Happy Trans Awareness Month! 🏳️⚧️
Our food pantry is officially open! We can’t thank our community enough for the generous donations to fill our shelves. Anyone is welcome to stop in during center hours, which will expand to 12-4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays starting Nov. 8.
Finally, remember to VOTE! Your voice matters, and voting is the best way to ensure your voice is heard.
We are stronger together.
-The Meriden Pride Team
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This Moment in Queerstory 🪶
Transgender Parent Day
On the first Sunday in November, we celebrate Transgender Parent Day, a special day dedicated to honoring transgender parents and caregivers. The day was first recognised around 2009 as a way to create a meaningful space beyond the traditional Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, holidays which often felt mismatched for trans parents and their families.
It serves both as a celebration of trans folks who parent and as an acknowledgement of the unique journeys of families with transgender children — highlighting how being a parent and embracing authentic identity intersect.
Resources for trans parents:
Family Equality — Offers a Trans Family Building guide and peer groups for LGBTQ+ parents navigating conception, adoption, and parenting. familyequality.org
Trans Families — An online community offering education, connection, and support for trans and nonbinary parents. transfamilies.org
Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) — Provides guidance on parental rights and legal name/gender changes for parents and children, and offers practical parenting tools and family-focused advocacy information. transequality.org
Lambda Legal — Shares legal resources on family recognition, parental rights, and transgender protections. lambdalegal.org
Visit (Or Donate To) Our Food Bank
The Meriden Pride Center Food Bank is open this weekend — Saturday from 12–3 PM and Sunday from 1–4 PM!
If you or someone you know could use a little extra help, please stop by and pick up some groceries — everyone is welcome. Please remember to bring a valid photo ID and your own bags. We’re here to make sure our community has what it needs.
If you would like to donate to the pantry, you are welcome to stop in during those same hours or donate financially online. We also need volunteers to help with distribution.
November Events 🦃
Please check our Facebook pages to RSVP to events. If you’re not already a member, join the private group for Meriden Pride. (Main FB page | Private group)
Note: We will be closed November 29-30.
Tue. 11/11, Safe Space Financial Education Office Hours & FAFSA Help. 5:30-8 p.m. @ Meriden Pride Center.
Thu. 11/13, Queer Sex Ed Trivia. 6-8 p.m. @ Meriden Pride Center
Wed. 11/19, Gayme Night. 5-8 p.m. @ Meriden Pride Center
Fri. 11/28, Queersgiving. 12-5 p.m. @ Meriden Pride Center. Sign up to bring a dish
Observances
(November) Trans Awareness Month
(2) Transgender Parent Day
(4) Election Day
(13-19) Transgender Awareness Week
(20) Transgender Day of Remembrance
Volunteer Opportunities 🙌
Connect with the local LGBTQ+ community! We’d love to have your help at events. Please fill out a volunteer form if you would like to volunteer with us.
Right now, we need volunteers for:
Assisting with the food pantry on Saturdays and Sundays
Staffing the center with a committee member on Saturdays and Sundays
Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. We are stronger together!
About the Community Center 🌈
The Meriden Pride Community Center offers a wide range of free resources and support services to empower and assist the community, including:
Sexual health supplies such as male and female condoms, dental dams, and lubrication
Free at-home COVID-19 test kits, Narcan overdose prevention kits, and blood glucose meters for health monitoring
Assistance with applications for heating and renters’ reimbursement programs
Personalized help connecting to broader city and state services
Borrowing books from our LGBTQ+ library
Complimentary internet and printing access
Committed to holistic support, the center strives to address immediate and long-term needs through its inclusive and accessible offerings.
Community Center Hours
Saturdays, 12-3 p.m.
Sundays, 1-4 p.m.
Donate to the Center 💝
Every donation fuels our mission to uplift the Greater Meriden LGBTQ+ community through free, accessible programming that celebrates identity, fosters belonging, and sparks joy. From inclusive workshops and peer support networks to vibrant Pride events and educational resources, we create safe spaces where LGBTQ+ individuals can thrive. Led entirely by volunteers, our work is powered by your generosity—ensuring queer voices are heard, stories are celebrated, and no one faces barriers to connection. Together, we’re building a world where everyone can live authentically, proudly, and without compromise.