Madison Trans Community Dinners

  • Next Dinner: July 23rd, 2026

    Our next dinner will be on July 23rd, 2026.

  • Past Dinner: June 18th, 2026

    Hello friends, It’s Pride Month once again, and like a lot of you, I’ve been busy! Once again the dinner has snuck up on me, and we are gathering on Thursday, June 18th. Please let us know if you can make it! See you around the table, Christen

  • Past Dinner: May 14th, 2026

    Hello friends! We’re getting into my favorite time of year — not just because my birthday is this month, but because it’s when we get our best weather here in Wisconsin. Our next dinner will be on May 14th — I hope you’ll join us! See you around the table, Christen

  • Past Dinner: April 9, 2026

    Past Dinner: April 9, 2026

    Hello friends, The last month has hurried past me like Alice’s White Rabbit, and I still haven’t sent out this announcement. Our next dinner is in just three days, on April 9th, 2026. I hope that you can join us! See you around the table, Christen

  • Past Dinner: March 5th, 2026

    Hello friends! The end of winter is in sight, and I hope that you’ve gotten a chance to get outside and enjoy the milder weather lately. I also hope you’ll join us for our next dinner! In sadder news, some of you have probably heard that Stormy, husband of our founder, Meier, was recently diagnosed…

  • Past Dinner: February 12, 2026

    Hello friends, I don’t know about you, but I’m about ready to be done with this whole polar vortex nonsense. So come and warm up with us at the next community dinner! We have some new friends who may be joining us this month, from the Trans* Intergenerational Mutual Aid Project. This is a good…

  • Past Dinner: December 18th, 2025

    Past Dinner: December 18th, 2025

    Hello friends, I hope this holiday season is bringing you some happy memories, along with all of the snow and freezing temperatures. If you need a little extra trans joy in your stocking, please join us this Thursday for our dinner and Holiday Cookie Exchange! The rules of the Cookie Exchange are simple: Participation in…

  • Past Dinner: November 6th, 2025

    Hello friends, Our next dinner came up fast, and time sort of got away from me. I hope you can join us this coming Thursday for food, fellowship, and thanksgiving for our wonderful community. See you at the table! –Christen

  • Past Dinner: October 16th, 2025

    Past Dinner: October 16th, 2025

    Our next dinner is Thursday, October 16th, 2025.

  • Supporting transgender migrants

    I was recently contacted by Jack and Cheryl Ferrell of Las Placitas Presbyterian Church in Las Placitas, NM. They wanted to let me know about a small but very important nonprofit called Centro Comunitario Respetrans (Respectrans Community Center) in Juarez, Mexico, which they are supporting through LPPC’s Dignity Mission. Mexico is one of the most…