Queer

DIY Haggadah Jam

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How will you be telling the Passover story this year?

With a zine!

Join us for an evening of creativity and community and design a custom haggadah for the personalized Passover Seder you’ve always wanted. Choose from provided poems, prayers, stories, readings, and images for each step of the Seder, or bring your own found or self-created contributions to compile a Passover Haggadah that will be meaningful for you and your guests. The possibilities are endless! We’ll have readings that touch on queerness, on diaspora, on disability, on family, on love, and more.

We’ll be ready for you at 5, but please feel free to flow in and out as you please through the evening!

Suggested donation of $5 to cover costs. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Accessibility: Repair the World workshop is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral washrooms

ONLINE March (Gay)me Night: Tattoo Stories

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**Join at 7PM on March 20: https://zoom.us/j/206985562 **

This month Tribe 12 is taking on a taboo topic: Jews and tattoos! This isn’t your bubbe’s Mahjong night at the JCC. Virtually hang out with other LGBTQIA+ Jews in Phildelphia (and their friends + partners) for our monthly Shabbat (Gay)me Night..now over Zoom!

About the game:
Players compete by drawing the wildest tattoos and making up stories behind them. The customer ultimately chooses the best-seeming tattoo and artist based solely on that story. Do you have what it takes to work in a tattoo parlor??

Accessibility:
Tribe 12 seeks to include all individuals regardless of disability (visible or invisible), financial circumstances, or other needs. To aid us in accommodating these and other needs for you to fully participate in this event, please email davinica@tribe12.org.

Purim: Party Like a Queen

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Due to the recent escalation of events related to COVID-19 we have opted to cancel this evening’s Purim: Party Like a Queen per with Governor Wolf’s recommendation. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and hope to dance through the galleries with you all at a later date.If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to davinica@tribe12.org

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a joyous holiday that recounts the protection of Jewish peoples from a threatened massacre during the Persian period. Now, Purim is considered by some to be feminist holiday, due to the ancient queens that played major roles within the historic events. Join the Penn Museum as we celebrate this festive occasion with a queer twist! Guests will enjoy special highlight tours of the galleries, crafts, music, and end the night with a bang: a costume contest!

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Arts & Crafts Stations

  • Noisemaker Making
  • Crown Making
  • Photobooth
  • Card Making
  • Write and decorate heartfelt notes of love and encouragement to those in need.
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Cash Bar
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Special Highlight Tour
7:45 pm – 8:15 pm The Story of Purim Reading
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Special Highlight Tour
9:00 pm – 9:30 pm Costume Contest Hosted by Mr. Leather 2019

Kinky & Kosher

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It’s no secret that Judaism is one of the most sex-positive religions out there, but did you know there are Shabbat-friendly sex dungeons, that people use tefillin for bondage play, or that you can attend a kinky Passover seder?

Whether you’re intrigued by kink/BDSM and don’t know where to start or just interested in a Jewish lesson that would make your rabbi blush, join Tribe 12 LGBTQIA+ and The Velvet Lily for a meaningful and open conversation that explores the question, “What’s Jewish about kink/BDSM?”

This workshop welcomes folks (21+) of all genders, sexualities, religious identities, and experience levels. A $5 suggested donation is greatly appreciated.

Photo credit: Megan Mack for BuzzFeed News

Powerpoint Slide…Into My DMs!

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If we asked you to list 10 things you love about your queer single friends, you would probably come up with 10,000, right? Help your friend find someone who loves them as much as you do by pitching them to an audience of singles, couples, people who love love, people who couldn’t care less about Valentine’s Day, and everyone in between!

At this week-before-Valentine’s event, you have 3 minutes to share a Powerpoint about your queer single friend to a group of potential soulmates, new friends, and cheerleaders of love. It can be funny or dark, beautifully produced or thrown together, a celebration or a roast. They’ll have 2 minutes to answer questions from the crowd. After the presentations everyone will hang out over drinks and dessert! 

New to Philly? Do your friends have stage fright? No worries! Here are your options:

  1. You can pitch yourself
  2. You can have a friend (or friends) pitch you
  3. For $5 Tribe 12’s matchmaker Danielle will pitch you
  4. For $12 comedian and Tribe 12 staffer Ross W. will roast you

**Though the people being pitched should identify as LGBTQIA+ and be interested in dating in Philadelphia’s Jewish community, all are welcome to be pitch-ers and audience members!**

Accessibility:

Tribe 12 seeks to include all individuals regardless of disability (visible or invisible), financial circumstances, or other needs. We try to be transparent about to what extent we can accommodate needs at each individual event. The event location is wheelchair accessible with a wheelchair accessible restroom on the same floor. There will be light music playing. To aid us in accommodating these and other needs for you to fully participate in this event, please email davinica@tribe12.org.

Rosh Chodesh for Everyone

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For thousands of years, people have gathered under each new moon to eat chocolate and connect with each other for Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of the Hebrew month). This beautiful holiday has traditionally been a space reserved for women because the moon is often associated with femininity. Tribe 12 LGBTQIA+, Repair the World: Philadelphia, and Access Point have come together to create an inclusive Rosh Chodesh experience that asks the question: How can we make our community more welcoming and accessible?

All are welcome to join a bright celebration of Shabbat and the beginning of the month of Shevat! Share riches from the past week and month with a guided meditation for Shevat, conversation around what makes a community accessible, and hot chocolate.

Accessibility: The event location is wheelchair accessible through the main entrance with a wheelchair accessible and gender neutral restroom. A sign language interpreter is available by request. It is a low-scent/no scent space. To aid us in accommodating these and other needs for you to fully participate in this event, please email yo@tribe12.org.