Magic City Acceptance Center

We're posting art challenges on Discord and you can play along on Instagram too! Take this image from @theocolors' Aggressive Self-Care Coloring Book and color it, redraw it, wholesomely meme it, or whatever you'd like! Share with us and let us know if we have permission to post it! https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xtQCxBR3p/?igshid=1raqlu7dqz95p

Big news! QTPOC Talk is going online. Queer and trans POC youth and young adults, this space is for you. The possibilities are infinite. Launching next Wednesday, April 15th. Message us here or email [email protected] to join. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xIWJZhyAE/?igshid=da8ag4gsnj64

We asked @spainpark_gsa what to caption this photo. @spainpark_gsa said, #gay. Respect. Even more respect to this group for conducting a microaggressions survey again this semester to compare how campus climate has improved or worsened for their peers. And also holding a GSA mascot drawing contest! We’re equally excited to see the results of both. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rYDMSBXQw/?igshid=yjuuz9f85yjm

Next Thursday, February 27th, we’re special feedback session with @hopelab_org where LGBTQ youth will have the opportunity to review a chatbot they're developing to support LGBTQ youth health and self-care! Participants will earn a $100 Amazon or AMEX gift card. Registration is required and limited so RSVP by sending us a message here or emailing [email protected]! There will be No Drop-In Hours next Thursday, just this, so let us know if you’re interested in participating! https://www.instagram.com/p/B8y2TPOhPR-/?igshid=5oji72z2lq0d

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Hey folks! We hate to reschedule a program, but flooding has made it a concern for folks to make it here and we want you to stay safe! So we've rescheduled tonight's program and will host @bhamyoungqueers next Monday the 17th from 5:00-8:00! See you then. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Zy5BwBpUo/?igshid=1xu3aljelrpv7

We are back and open tomorrow from 3:00-6:00 for Drop-In Hours for youth ages 13-24. Don’t forget, we’ll be closed on Thursday. While you’re here, feel free to add to or remind yourself of the resolutions we made with @ace_alabama last week during our monthly self-care workshop. It’s so nice to have folks in your corner who want to support you growing in exactly the ways that you want yourself to grow! 🌱 (at Magic City Acceptance Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HITbshglX/?igshid=t25k6pj2mq0m

We will have no Drop-In Hours on the following Thursdays as we host @terrificnewtheatre ’s First Pop-Up Theatre Experience!: January 30th February 6th February 13 We're still open for each Tuesday. Plus we've got some special February parties including 🖤the @bhamyoungqueers Valentine's Party (Ages 18-24) on Monday Feb. 10th 🖤Valentine's Drop-In Hours on Tuesday Feb. 11th (Ages 13-24) 🖤and Steel City Spectrum (Ages 13-24): Loveworthy on Wednesday, Feb. 12th! See you then! https://www.instagram.com/p/B76LHqchCfp/?igshid=lf25fbg062ac

Steel City Spectrum, hosted by the Magic City Acceptance Center offers a safe space for trans and non-binary folks, ages 13-24. Next month we're throwing a little Valentines-ish party to celebrate that you, you amazing trans young person you, are worthy of love. Self love, family love, love from your friends, and love from the people you may chose to share parts of your life with. It's not your job to prove to people who doubt you that you are worthy of love. You just are! So let's celebrate that! Open only to trans and non-binary youth ages 13-24! https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wjDClBZOM/?igshid=1ajqt0a9mjt4f

We looooove snagging conference swag so you can snag it from us. Come grab some goodies today at Drop-In Hours from 3:00-6:00! https://www.instagram.com/p/B7q0x7Nhvnw/?igshid=1r7jj4rltl8xr

Yesterday, 13 young folks joined us for Steel City Spectrum (13-24) for our Pronoun Art Party. Here's a bit of the art! If you weren't able to make it yesterday, we hope it inspires you to make something ✨affirmational✨ of your own! (at Magic City Acceptance Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7HLRKcBVYx/?igshid=gge8bs2j77lu

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: MCAC is moving to our brand new space next week! While we move, there will be NO DROP-IN HOURS for two weeks, beginning tomorrow. We're closed Dec. 3rd, 5th, 10th, and 12th. Spread the word and stay tuned for updates about our moving process and programs this month! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lTKxphc_W/?igshid=evmjgvogm2ro

Hey friends - a reminder that we will be closed tomorrow and Friday. There will be no Drop-In Hours tomorrow. Take care and be gentle with yourselves and others! See you back next week. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5X-utEBO9l/?igshid=1vssunfdnx2e

Tomorrow evening from 6:00-8:00 at our current building at 2500 4th Avenue South! Folks ages 18-24 are invited to join us for LGBTQ Safer Sex Ed night with @bhamyoungqueers, a social group for Birmingham's young adult LGBTQ community. We'll talk prevention, consent, testing and more! All while playing games and building community. Never fear, MCAC teens! Age appropriate safer sex ed has always been a foundational part of our programs with more workshops for you to come! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5QvgLPhtZL/?igshid=nxmlgdtcmjqv

QTPOC Talk last night was deep and dope! Thanks to Ali Massoud from the Council on American Islamic Relations of Alabama for coming to speak about Islam and LGBTQ identities and for sharing so much of his own personal experience. Ali shared so much about connecting systems of oppression, how we can't dismantle one without dismantling all, and major encouragement on how we're going to get it done. Thanks to everyone who came to discuss and have dinner with us! And big thanks to Ashe Helm-Hernández of @gsanetwork for all their support! (at Magic City Acceptance Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B43NDi7hY3t/?igshid=1oxneshl9ccw5

QTPOC Talk is a monthly conversation space and dinner at MCAC open ONLY to Queer and Trans black and brown folks of all ages. QTPOC Talk is welcoming and inclusive of all LGBTQ POC: black folks, latinx folks, API folks, indigenous folks, and all non-white LGBTQ individuals. With the support of @gsanetwork Southeast, we've grown to have even more delicious food and thought! Join us every second Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:00 to connect over a meal and more. This month, we'll be joined by Ali Massoud to talk about Islam and LGBTQ identities: intersectionality, Islamaphobia, racism, and stereotypes that suggest that Islam and the LGBTQ community have to be at odds. See you on November 13th for conversation in a brave and affirming space with dinner from Tatziki's! About Ali: Ali Massoud is a recent graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) with degrees in International Relations and Film Studies. He is the government affairs coordinator for CAIR-Alabama (Council on American-Islamic Relations). His work focuses on increasing civic engagement in the Muslim community, lobbying for more inclusive policies, and getting more young people involved in government. He is a native of Cairo, Egypt but also lived in Hull, England before coming to the United States; his travels have given him an appreciation for the importance of intersectionality in social justice work. He has also worked on campaigns for immigration reform in Washington D.C., produced award-winning films about civil rights screened at national film festivals, and been featured in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and ABC News for activism in the LGBTQ community. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Vsyejh4W7/?igshid=1tmuaidl4wef2

Trans youth ages 13-24, you're invited to another special Steel City Spectrum in November! We're continuing our tea parties to celebrate each and every one of you, your changes big and small, connect with others about these experiences, and hold space to celebrate people exactly as they are. This month, as was requested by you last meeting, we've invited trusted trans grown-ups to join us in an intergenerational conversation to discuss what their experiences have been like as trans adults in Alabama! This will be a respectful, age-appropriate conversation facilitated by MCAC staff. Save the date for November 13th! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SiLqDBi8c/?igshid=uaysnl2ln0sw