Once you build community, you have power. Once you have the power, you can start breaking
down some of these systems that have been put in place to tear us down.
Chastity Bowick is an activist, civil rights leader, and transgender health advocate. The Director of the Transgender Emergency Fund, the leading crisis agency for transgender communities in Massachusetts, Chastity is also a member of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC). Born in Rochester, N.Y., Chastity began her own transition at age 18 when she moved to Boston to safely pursue her gender affirmation process. After making Massachusetts her home, she obtained a master’s certificate in Nonprofit Human Services Management from Clark University. Chastity led the transgender health programming at AIDS Project Worcester. Many of the support groups and transgender-focused health navigation models she founded there were the first of their kind in the city. Her commitment and trailblazing work earned Chastity the 2016 Belynda Dunn Award from the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.
Listen to Chastity's Story
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Join the project's creative leads and its participants for a discussion of the Black queer experience in Boston. This conversation takes place at 7 pm during our Free First Thursday program on March 3.