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Monthly Chapter Event - Transgender Cultural Fluency

Transgender people today are more visible and represented throughout our communities than ever and as we know the spaces we create and occupy inform who feels welcome. As such, organizations and individuals are finding the need to increase their knowledge and understanding of issues that affect their transgender colleagues, employees, friends, and family members to better craft spaces that foster inclusion. 

Our Transgender Cultural Fluency Training lays the foundation for participants to gain a better understanding of what it means to be transgender, clarify common misconceptions about transgender people, become familiar with the challenges transgender communities face, and learn ways to be a strong and engaged advocate for transgender people. Specific attention will be paid to creating inclusive spaces designed to accommodate the transgender and wider queer community.

These trainings cover the following:

·        Definitions of “the big four” concepts necessary to fully understand transness: sex, gender, expression, and orientation.

·        Definitions of “trans(gender)”, “cis(gender)”, and “nonbinary.”

·        A deconstruction of common gender norms, expectations, and stereotypes.

·        The prevalence of transness, historically and presently.

·        Models of gender that help conceptualize how nonbinary people fit in.

·        A wealth of information on pronouns.

·        How and why people transition, and the processes that may be involved.

·        Issues faced by trans and nonbinary people.

·        How to be a good advocate for the trans community.

·        How to design and create spaces that include and integrate the trans and queer community.