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SUMMARY:WorldPride 2025 Book Discussion: "Falling Back in Love with Being 
 Human" by Kai Cheng Thom
LOCATION:Virtual Branch\n<h1><strong>Click <a href="https://events.teams.m
 icrosoft.com/event/37ab4b89-2417-4340-beaf-56955a279b0c@2acd1490-e92e-43a4
 -ad7a-c1ab3c4af871">here</a> to join the virtual discussion on 3/11 at 7pm
 !</strong></h1>
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book discussion leading up to WorldPride 2025 in
  Washington D.C.! We'll discuss  "Falling Back in Love with Being Human" b
 y Kai Cheng Thom\, a powerful exploration of identity\, healing\, and self
 -love. This event offers a space to share insights and reflections on the 
 themes of vulnerability\, queer identity\, and collective healing. .\nhttp
 s://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/12913185
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/editor/pgcmls/BOOK-CLUB-March-V2.png" width="500" height="500" 
 alt="" /></p>\n<p></p>\n<h3><em>What happens when we imagine loving the pe
 ople&mdash\;and the parts of ourselves&mdash\;that we do not believe are w
 orthy of love?</em></h3>\n<p><em></em></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.li
 bnet.info/frontend-images/editor/pgcmls/fallinginlove.jpeg" width="434" he
 ight="606" alt="" /></p>\n<p><strong>Kai Cheng Tho</strong><strong>m</stro
 ng> grew upa Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an a
 ctivist\, psychotherapist\, conflict mediator\, and spiritual healer\, she
 &rsquo\;s always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the 
 revolutionary belief that every human being\, no matter how hateful or hor
 rible\, is intrinsically sacred.</p>\n<p>But then Kai Cheng found herself 
 in a crisis of faith\, overwhelmed by the viciousness with which people tr
 eated one another\, and barely clinging to the values and ideals she&rsquo
 \;d built her life around: justice\, hope\, love\, and healing. Rather tha
 n succumb to despair and cynicism\, she gathered all her rage and grief an
 d took one last leap of faith: she wrote. Whether prayers or spells or poe
 ms&mdash\;and whether there&rsquo\;s a difference&mdash\;she wrote to affi
 rm the outcasts and runaways she calls her kin. She wrote to flawed but no
 netheless lovable men\, to people with good intentions who harm their own\
 , to racists and transphobes seemingly beyond saving. What emerged was a b
 lueprint for falling back in love with being human.</p>\n<p><img src="http
 s://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/pgcmls/Screen_Shot_2025-01-3
 1_at_1_57_57_PM.png" width="461" height="343" alt="" /></p>\n<p><em><a hre
 f="https://ariseembodiment.org/">Photo source</a></em></p>\nhttps://pgcmls
 .libnet.info/event/12913185
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