The First Time I Saw Me: Stories of Black Trans Emergence (TFTISM), is a three-day pop-up visual arts exhibition by the Underground Rainbow Experiment that explores self-acceptance in gender non-conforming Black bodies deemed unacceptable within white supremacy. TFTISM will be held in October 2025 and will display how the practice of self-love for Black Trans people is a radical tool, which when used alongside community can create new collective truths that cultivate cultures of care for Black Trans people. The inaugural URE visual arts exhibition will present pieces from Black Trans emerging Bay Area artists ages 18-35.