What are the unique experiences and needs of trans people? How can you be a better ally in your personal and professional life? Part informational lecture and part participatory activities, this workshop can be tailored for different audiences including students, SOFFAS, or the general public.

1 in 4 Zoomers (Gen Z) are LGBTQ+ and 20% are nonbinary. Using my own journey as a jumping-off point, I’ll share how the growing nonbinary community is challenging the way society thinks about LGBTQ+ advocacy, law, and community. Finally, I’ll offer insights into how you can prepare for and support nonbinary folks in your professional and personal life.

Develop a deeper understanding of how white privilege operates in your own life as well as the world around you. This workshop is geared towards white people and people with little background in considering the implications of whiteness.

Intersectionality is a popular term in recent years, but what does it look like in practice? This is an interactive workshop to help social workers, organizers, and others who interact directly with diverse communities develop practices of cultural humility. We will strategize together about how to create spaces where people feel comfortable bringing their whole selves.

The LGBTQ community is stratified by race like many other communities. We will work together to name and describe how white privilege operates individually and systemically in our communities. Then we will share strategies for interrupting racism. This is a closed workshop for LGBTQ people only.

The US plays a singular role in world politics today. From Ukraine to Mexico, people all over are crossing the border driven by fear, desperation, and hope. We will deconstruct xenophobia and the model immigrant myth while developing a deeper understanding of the relationships between LGBTQ bodies, borders, and crises.

2015 was heralded as the transgender tipping point, but it was a record-breaking year for violence and murders of trans women of color. Does celebrity make us safer? We will examine the role of visibility in movement building, the fight for civil rights, and achieving social justice.

When I started the Trans Oral History Project (2007), it was the first of its kind. Since then, I’ve worked on a dozen trans storytelling projects, including a radio series and community forum challenging LGBTQ+ business owners to stop policing youth, a campaign to free a trans immigrant from ICE detention, and an initiative to digitize and publicly release 2,000 BIPOC materials with the Digital Trans Archives. Enjoy excerpts and case studies while reflecting on the future of trans storytelling.