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2022 Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium

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Prema Trettin (she/they)

Marin Country Day School
7th & 8th Grade Maths, Student Advocate
Coastal Mi-Wuk Land

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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 CANCELLED: Black & Trans: Moving Through the Diversity of Gender JourneysLIMITED TBA Gender, Legislation and Law: What Professionals Should KnowLIMITED TBAAsaf Orr • JD Introduction to Gender DysphoriaFILLING TBAJenna Hackman • Cynthia Kim • Henry Thomas

12:00pm PDT

Self Care Session 1.2: Joyous ExistenceLIMITED TBAAiano Nakagawa (they/she) Self Care Session 1.3: Intuitive DoodlesLIMITED TBAMichele Hatchell

1:00pm PDT

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

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 Deconstructing Gender: Trans & Non Binary IdentitiesFILLING TBAVan Ethan Levy

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

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 TherActivist: They/ Them/ Theirs (documentary screening and talkback)LIMITED TBADana Johnson • Khalid White 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 2.2: Joyous ExistenceLIMITED TBAAiano Nakagawa (they/she)

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

3:15pm PDT

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