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In this newsletter we include an invitation to our next meeting and community events, including our next book club discussion, and include more opportunities to get involved. |
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You're Invited to our Upcoming Meeting
When: Thursday, September 7th *Now at 6pm!*
Where: In-person and Virtual
- In-person: Franklin Public Library
- Virtual: Please email FranklinLGBTQAlliance@gmail.com if you would like to attend via Zoom.
Stay tuned for information on September's activity! |
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Join us at the Franklin Public Library for their monthly game night. All are welcome to come and play cards/dice/board games!
We want to make this a safe, fun, inviting event monthly and the more people that join the more games we can play.   
Tuesday, August 15th, 6-8 PM
Let's play some GAYmes y'all :) |
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Tuesday September 12th, 6pm at the Franklin Library
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Join us as we read A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf!
You can get your copy at Escape into Fiction (website) or the Franklin Library.
A Room of One’s Own is an essay by English writer and feminist Virginia Woolf, first published in 1929. An extended essay, the work is based off lectures that the author gave at Newnham College and Girton College at Cambridge in 1928. The title comes from Woolf's theory, explored in the essay, that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'. She writes about the lack of freedom women have in expressing themselves, and how, when they have an idea, something stops them ultimately from expressing that in any meaningful way. She suggests that women have the same ability as men to write great literature, and that it is only lack of opportunity that has prevented them from doing so in the past. Her claim that women need a room of their own to write, and therefore a degree of wealth, has been rejected and criticised by some, who point out that there have been female writers who had neither. Prior to A Room of One’s Own being published, Woolf wrote in her diary that she expected to be 'attacked for a feminist & hinted at for a sapphist' - mainly because in the essay, the narrator speaks guardedly about lesbianism - 'Let us admit in the privacy of our own society that these things sometimes happen. Sometimes women do like women'. (goodreads)
We hope you will read with us!
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Let's have a movie night! Come watch Super Mario Bros. with us!
When? August 25th -
meet us at 7:15pm
Where? Beaver Pond Turf Field
Want more info? Click HERE |
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Rainbow Cafés at Local Senior Centers
Tuesday, August 29th at 3:30pm
Franklin Senior Center
Are you a member or ally of the LGBTQ+ community?! Come to the Franklin Senior Center to drink coffee, have conversations, and forge friendships! All ages welcome.
Click here for their website or call (508) 520-4945 for more information
Thursday, September 14th at 2:30pm
Bellingham Senior Center
Are you a member or ally of the LGBTQ+ Community? Come join us like-minded people for coffee, conversation, and friendship on the 2nd Thursday of each month!
Please call to register: (508) 533-4588
Click here for their website
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OUT MetroWest Weekly Group Programs:
Click here for more information!
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PFLAG Attleboro Meeetings:
March 15th from 7-8:30pm on Zoom (3rd Wednesday of each month)
March 22nd from 7-8:30pm (4th Wednesday of each month)
at the Second Congregational Church of Attleboro - 50 Park St Attleboro
Click here for more information!
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Want to donate to the Franklin LGBTQ Alliance? |
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Click HERE or scan below to find our Givebutter! |
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