Monday, January 25, 2016

Workshops Announced for 2nd Asterisk Trans* Conference

On Saturday, February 27, the 2nd Asterisk Trans* Conference will offer 24 workshops over 4 sessions. A flex space room and self-care room will also be provided. The time for each workshop has not yet been finalized.

Read the workshop descriptions by clicking here.
  1. Art, Identity, and YOU: Trans Art and Empowerment Session
  2. Asian Pacific Islander Caucus
  3. A Conversation with Zoey Luna and Her Mother Ofelia
  4. Creating Spaces for Creative Expression and Performance as Healing Art
  5. Decolonize Your Sex Life
  6. GaySL: A Crash Course in LGBTQ American Sign Language
  7. Health Providers Panel: Accessing Trans-Friendly Health Care
  8. Leadership Isn't Sexy: Teaching Leadership to New Queer and Trans Leaders
  9. Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
  10. Neurodiversity and Disability in the Transgender community
  11. Owning Our Story, Finding Our Light: The Aizumi Family Story
  12. Partners of Trans Folx
  13. Providing Equal Access for Trans and Gender Nonconforming Populations, Part 1
  14. Providing Equal Access for Trans and Gender Nonconforming Populations, Part 2
  15. Psychotherapy 101: A Q&A session about finding trans* affirming mental health care
  16. QTPOC Identities: A Writing Exploration
  17. Queer Self Defense. For Real.
  18. "The Talk"
  19. Trans Health - Wellness and HIV
  20. Trans* Identity and Romantic Relationships: Their Interplay and Influence on Each Other
  21. Trans Workers Rising: Organizing for trans economic justice
  22. TransForming Recovery
  23. The Ups & Downs of Phalloplasty - A Holistic Perspective on FtM Genital Reconstruction
  24. What's Wrong with Rights?