Infomation of the speech at Yi-Gather Meetup, February 15th
Speaker: Shia W. Majer (魏萊) Founder & Creative Director of Shia Majer, writer and?activist
Shia W. Majer is a self-taught artist and fashion designer who owns her eponymous fashion brand, she was also well-known as a Tarot reader, astrologer and hypnotherapist. At the age of 23, Shia founded her fashion brand Shia Majer, her designs were all inspired by her personal stories, women's rights and the power of LGBTQ community. After her first show's success, "LGBTQ" became the signature of her brand, Shia took this as an opportunity to come out as a transgender woman in one of her speeches, and officially became a transgender activist. Six months later, Shia finally came out to her parents and got the support from her family, Shia is now a writer who writes articles to support the LGBTQ community in China, she also began writing her biography <She>.
Topic of the speech: <Call me Shia>
After coming out as a transgender woman, Majer had changed her name into Shia and started her HRT(hormone?replacement?therapy). During six months of transition, Shia fully lives herself as a girl, which means she has to deal with all the problems that are caused by her special idenity, such as public issues, relationships and family. In this speech Shia would like to share her transgender experience and how she got through some difficult times by herself. By the way, shia is very open for any question (even for her body change), so feel free to bring your questions and join the event!
Time:
2017.02.15 (Wed.) 19:30 - 21:30
Ticket:
30 RMB (Includes snacks and drinks. Pay when you arrive.)
Language:
English
Address:
一起開工社區(qū)（廣州市荔灣區(qū)中山七路68號）
Yi-Gather Community, No. 68, Zhongshan 7th Street, LiwanDistrict, Guangzhou
Metro:
Exit D, Metro Line1, Xi Men Kou station, Guangzhou
附中文簡介：
Shia W. Majer是一位靠自學(xué)成才的藝術(shù)家和擁有同名服裝品牌的時尚設(shè)計師骂租，她同時也是位知名塔羅師、占星學(xué)家和催眠治療師。擁有這么多不同頭銜屋厘，Shia形容自己為“一個擁有復(fù)雜故事的復(fù)雜存在”堡牡。23歲這年怠噪，Shia創(chuàng)立了自己的服裝品牌Shia Majer癌佩，她用星際主題命名她的所有系列嗜憔，而且她的設(shè)計靈感全部來源于她的個人故事秃励、女性維權(quán)和LGBTQ社群的影響力。在第一場秀獲得成功后吉捶，“LGBTQ”成了其品牌的獨(dú)有標(biāo)識夺鲜，Shia以此為契機(jī)在她的其中一場公共演講中正式出柜MTF跨性別身份，并成為一名跨性別活動家呐舔。六個月后谣旁，Shia終于向她的家人出柜，她的父母意外地選擇接受Shia為女兒的身份滋早。擁有家人的支持榄审，Shia現(xiàn)在也是一名作家，她書寫文章支持中國的LGBTQ社群杆麸，并開始攥寫自己的自傳《她》搁进。
在出柜為跨性別女性后，Majer正式改名為Shia昔头，也開始了她的HRT（雌激素替代治療）饼问。在六個月的身份轉(zhuǎn)換中，Shia已經(jīng)完全以女生身份生活揭斧，這也意味著她必須面對所有由她的特殊身份所引發(fā)的問題莱革，比如公共問題峻堰、感情關(guān)系和家庭關(guān)系。在這個演講中Shia將很樂意分享她作為跨性別女生的生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)盅视，以及她如何靠自己度過一些艱難的時刻捐名。另外，Shia對于大家的問題也保持很開放的心態(tài)（包括身體上的改變）闹击，所以盡情帶上你們的問題參加這次的活動吧镶蹋！
