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2022 Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium

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Sally Ingram

Stone Ridge School
Religion Teacher

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

God, Teens, and Gender DiversityLIMITED TBAScorch Garcia (he/they) • Asher Litschwartz Introduction to Gender DysphoriaFILLING TBAJenna Hackman • Cynthia Kim • Henry Thomas The Dimensions of Gender: An Evolving DiscourseLIMITED TBACarla Pena

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 "Am I Trans Enough?" Supporting Nonbinary and Gender Nonconforming Trans Youth to Face Internalized Oppression, Microaggressions, and Systemic BinarismLIMITED TBARey Byrne 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 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

9:45am PDT

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 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

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

3:15pm PDT

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