Z-Club at MoCo Pride Center
4th Thursday of every month, 6 - 9 PM
Not all of us have the luxury of being who we are out loud. This is a space for you.
Z-Club is a social club created for transgender, gender expansive, and gender-nonconforming adults to show up as themselves. Change your clothes, do your hair, and be who you want to be in safety and community with people that value you. This social club is hosted by trans community members that can empathize with your frustrations, encourage you in hard times, and share in your joys.
This is not our usual support group or social event; this is a private safe space. As such, we have special policies everyone who registers must agree to before attending. Please read the following carefully, and sign up using the form below to join us! You can check our “Events” tab for the next meeting date. We are here for you.
About Z
“Z-Club” was named for Zella Ziona (she/her), a transgender woman of color whose life was taken in Rockville, MD in October, 2015. At the time, 21-year-old Zella was carrying flowers that she planned to take to her grandmother’s grave. In reports of this incident, Zella was frequently deadnamed and misgendered; the 10th anniversary of her death passed just after the opening of MoCo Pride Center, and we want to make sure that she is honored as she lived here.
Like all MoCo residents, Zella deserved to exist out loud as her authentic self without fear. The reality is that transition doesn’t feel safe for all of us, so our community members created Z-Club to be a landing place and to combat stigma.
Pride looks different on everyone — your truth is valid, and we invite you here to live it.
"She just wanted to embrace her life. She wanted to show the world how to be transgender."
— Jasmine Black, friend to Zella
Privacy Policy
To ensure that everyone feels safe in Z-Club, guests MUST agree to abide by the following rules. We have also instituted special protocols to ensure privacy during Z-Club meeting dates, which you can read about here.
If you have a question or a concern about any of the information listed, get in touch with our team at hello@mocopridecenter.org. Someone will get back to you as soon as they’re able!
Failure or refusal to abide by these rules will result in an event ban, effective immediately.
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Z-Club social meetings will be held in the MoCo Pride Center Library: a private space monitored by Z-Club hosts. To enter the library space, you must present your registration details at the front of the office. The door will then be closed behind you — no one enters the space without being confirmed by a staff member.
In the social club room, blinds are drawn. There is no visibility from the street.
Our building has security guards in the building for safety, but they will be on patrol (not in the building) when Z-Club meetings start and guests begin arriving. No one will see you enter the building. Security will be alerted if there is a problem, and there is a panic button linked to 911 services in the Pride Center offices in case of emergency.
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All guests in Z-Club must drop their phone in a special phone box prior to entering the meeting space. This is so we can ensure that no one is taking photographs or recording other guests.
We do not tolerate doxxing or outing of any kind.
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Social club rules include the following:
Vegas Rules: “What happens in Z-Club stays in Z-Club.” We agree not to talk about what is discussed or shared in this space. This is a confidential sharing zone.
Asking pronouns and using chosen names: we ask that social club guests are respectful towards each other by asking for and using offered pronouns and names.
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We know it might feel uncomfortable, but you must fill out the registration form in order to attend Z-Club. Some questions on our forms are totally optional, and you don’t have to answer those if you don’t want to.
All of our information is kept private and made anonymous — we don’t give identifying information out to anybody. We only ask these questions to get a sense of who makes up our community so we can help you better, and to keep track of who is entering the Pride Center for safety reasons.
Z-Club Registration
Fill out the form below to attend a Z-Club meeting! Registration is required for transparency and safety, but your data is kept private and demographics questions are OPTIONAL. Everyone who registers MUST confirm that they have read, understood, and will abide by our privacy policies. This social club is for adults (18+) only!
We can’t wait to welcome you here.