Unbound Communities is the new nonprofit home of Gender Unbound and ReSpec! We’ve officially received our 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. We want to take a night to celebrate this milestone, and you’re invited!

Gender Unbound is a trans and intersex arts community organization that is proudly led and run by trans and intersex artists. We host events year round promoting and supporting local trans and intersex artists. Gender Unbound has been organizing arts events since 2016.

ReSpec guides people who have caused harm towards accountability. We work directly with people who have hurt others and who want to address the roots of their behavior to prevent causing future harm. We facilitate a monthly drop-in group meeting as well as offer one-on-one coaching. ReSpec has been supporting accountability since 2022.

“Home Coming” highlights our commitments to continue putting roots down as trans and intersex artists in Texas, to foster belonging and chosen family, to not leave anyone behind and not treat anyone as disposable, and to build towards a future we want to live in, a brighter, unbound future.

Gender Unbound presents the physical gallery debut of Home, a collection of art commissioned from trans and intersex artists around the country during 2020. Because we were unable to put on the festival that year, we repurposed the money to support trans and intersex artists during that uncertain and precarious time. While we hosted a virtual showcase of the pieces during 2020, this is the first time the pieces will be shown in-person.

Most pieces will be up for sale through a silent auction that will be hosted on this page!

Here’s a peek at what we’ve got in store for the evening!

Free Drinks & Light Snacks All Night

Alcoholic cocktails and beer, Non-alcoholic drinks by Sans Bar, Handmade Truffle Chocolates from Truffles4Transformation

Interactive Timeline & Creative Spaces

Read (& add) to our timeline of community work, Doodle in our interactive art corner, Take a silly selfie at our photobooth

Raffle Prizes

Donated art and other goodies from local artists and businesses!

Homecoming Dance

We’ll have light background music playing most of the nice for easy mingling, but we’re ending the night with an hour of louder music for dancing!

RSVP through our venue's event platform

All donations and proceeds will go to supporting the operation of Unbound Communities. Help us build a strong foundational infrastructure for this next chapter of our work towards inclusive creative spaces for trans and intersex Texans and alternative, accountable responses to harm and violence.

This event is free and open to the public! We want to celebrate surrounded by community. Bring a friend or three, and let’s rejoice in trans liberation and abolitionist futures!

Thank you to our generous and supportive sponsors for this event

Texas Purple Sage Sponsors

Yellow Lantana Sponsors

A Thorn in my Eye by Olly Silinski