This event has ended. Visit the official site or create your own event on Sched.

2022 Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium

You can use THIS LINK to purchase a Full Access or Upgrade Ticket. We hope you enjoy our amazing presenters. For more information please contact info@genderspectrum.org.
Thank you!

8:45am PDT

Settling in... TBAMars Mendoza

9:15am PDT

Symposium Opening TBAGender Spectrum

9:30am PDT

Opening Keynote: Knowing our History, Claiming Our Future: Fighting for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth TBAChase Strangio

10:30am PDT

Expanding the Idea and Practice of Gender Responsive Programs for Justice Involved YouthLIMITED TBACarolyn Reyes • Angela Irvine-Baker God, Teens, and Gender DiversityLIMITED TBAScorch Garcia (he/they) • Asher Litschwartz CANCELLED: Black & Trans: Moving Through the Diversity of Gender JourneysLIMITED TBA Gender, Legislation and Law: What Professionals Should KnowLIMITED TBAAsaf Orr • JD Fertility Preservation for Trans YouthLIMITED TBAEvelyn Mok-Lin Introduction to Gender DysphoriaFILLING TBAJenna Hackman • Cynthia Kim • Henry Thomas The Dimensions of Gender: An Evolving DiscourseLIMITED TBACarla Pena

12:00pm PDT

Self Care Session 1.1: Breathe Out, Shake It OffLIMITED TBAKali Alexander Self Care Session 1.2: Joyous ExistenceLIMITED TBAAiano Nakagawa (they/she) Self Care Session 1.3: Intuitive DoodlesLIMITED TBAMichele Hatchell

1:00pm PDT

Rainbow Clubs K-5 for Community and ConnectionFILLING TBAKaty Butler • Kieran Slattery NOT RECORDED: Building From the Ground Up: How to Develop an Intersectional Policy Framework for SchoolsLIMITED TBAKerri Lanoue • Jordan Akhurst Multidisciplinary Lessons Learned from the Care of Transgender and Gender Expansive AAPI Youth and AdolescentsLIMITED TBAAsaf Orr, JD • Tandy Aye, MD • Chris Brady "Am I Trans Enough?" Supporting Nonbinary and Gender Nonconforming Trans Youth to Face Internalized Oppression, Microaggressions, and Systemic BinarismLIMITED TBARey Byrne Working with BIPOC Families in Transition: Aligning the Heart and HeadLIMITED TBADr. Kimberly H. Lemite, NCSP • L. Frances Brown (she/her) Doing Gender Work as a Gender-Expansive Professional Working with Gender-Expansive ClientsLIMITED TBACarla Pena • Ty Browne • Emmet Johansson • Kimberley Armstrong • My Aguirre Providing Gender Affirming Care Amidst all the NoiseLIMITED TBAElyse Pine • Tavi Hawn • Diane Ehrensaft, PhD • Colt St. Amand The Pressure of Coming OutLIMITED TBANadine Mudryk • Naomi Cruz

2:30pm PDT

Beyond 101: A Deeper Look at Sex, Gender and IdentityFILLING TBARobin McHaelen Leading for Gender Inclusive SchoolsFILLING TBAErica Hasenbeck • Heidi Williams-Cooper • Erin Fawkes • Jackie Jackson-Dean • Katie Lemmer Nothing for Us, Without Us: Creating Trans Affirming EnvironmentsLIMITED TBADr. Jaymie Campbell-Orphanidys Supporting Transgender Youth in SportsLIMITED TBACasey Pick • Anne Lieberman Medical Options for Transgender and Nonbinary YouthLIMITED TBAElyse Pine Deconstructing Gender: Trans & Non Binary IdentitiesFILLING TBAVan Ethan Levy Born in the Right Body: Body as Ally in Embodied TransitionsLIMITED TBAElias Lawliet

3:45pm PDT

Day One Closing TBAGender Spectrum

8:45am PDT

Settling in... TBAMars Mendoza

9:15am PDT

Day Two Opening TBAGender Spectrum • Aiano Nakagawa (they/she)

9:45am PDT

Best Practices for System Care Services to Gender Expansive YouthLIMITED TBAAmorie Robinson • Angelika Lewis Potentials and Challenges for Gender and Sexual Diversity in Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective from the USA and TurkeyLIMITED TBABillur Kaya Peer Support and Mutual Aid Models for Trans WellbeingLIMITED TBAJuju Martinez (they/them) • AJ Schaerer Nonbinary Embodiment and Medical InterventionsFILLING TBAJen Hastings, MD • Callum Bobb Parenting Transgender and Gender-expansive Kids: It's a Family AffairLIMITED TBAJenna Hackman • Serena Wright • Kirk Allen • Eric Widman Cultivating Queer JoyLIMITED TBAAce Schwarz • Davi Mühlinghaus- Anderson Gender-Related Research: Critical Knowledge for ProfessionalsLIMITED TBAKim Westheimer

11:15am PDT

Support Systems Ecomap for LGBTQ Youth: A practice tool for identifying and enhancing youth’s supportive networksFILLING TBAJune Paul Working with Families - Building Connected Early Learning CommunitiesLIMITED TBANathanael Flynn, MA • Mitali Purkayastha Using Gender Support PlansFILLING TBACarla Pena TherActivist: They/ Them/ Theirs (documentary screening and talkback)LIMITED TBADana Johnson • Khalid White Families in Transition: Supporting Trans PatientsLIMITED TBAKathie Moehlig • Evan Johnson Understanding Code-switching and Masking in Multiple Marginalized Communities: BIPOC, Trans, and Autistic ExperiencesLIMITED TBALorran Garrison • Perry Clark • Damien Oliver • Tiki Inacay Clinical Considerations When Working with Parents of Transgender / Non-Binary ChildrenFILLING TBALinda K. Reeves • LMFT

12:45pm PDT

Self Care Session 2.1: Breathe Out, Shake It OffLIMITED TBAKali Alexander Self Care Session 2.2: Joyous ExistenceLIMITED TBAAiano Nakagawa (they/she) Self Care Session 2.3: Intuitive DoodlesLIMITED TBAMichele Hatchell

1:45pm PDT

Supporting Young Children’s Gender DevelopmentFILLING TBANathanael Flynn, MA • Mitali Purkayastha Safe at School: A Parent's Panel and DiscussionFILLING TBAKathie Moehlig • Evan Johnson A Case Study for Trans-Affirming Ritual and Learning: They Mitzvah or B'nai MitzvahLIMITED TBAJackie Maris • Rakhel Silverman How We are Filling Sex Ed Gaps Among Intersectional IdentitiesFILLING TBAMyr Olivares • Janece Gough Pursuing Surgical Congruence MeasuresLIMITED TBAThomas Satterwhite, MD • Min Jun, MD • Angela Rodriguez, MD The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in Working with Trans and Nonbinary YouthLIMITED TBAJordan Jakomin Guided Improvisation for Advocacy, Community, and LiberationLIMITED TBAJesse Greenfield • MPH • CHES

3:15pm PDT

Closing Keynote - Challenges to Providing Gender Affirming Care to Transgender Youth in the Era of Misinformation TBADr. Ximena Lopez

TBA

Don't Forget To Leave Your Feedback TBA