HR!Day443 - Exploring the World of Trans I: Understanding Gender in Three Dimensions
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This session begins a three day program on the phenomenon of Transgender, gender fluidity and nonbinary people
In the past 10 years, transgender, gender fluid, and nonbinary people are coming out in unprecedented numbers, with an enormous increase in media, political, & pop culture representation. With 117 proposed anti-trans laws in the U.S. in 2021 alone, it is clear that there is a lot of misinformation & disinformation about trans communities. So how do we understand the ever-expanding world of gender, and how each of us understands our own gender? Join Kelsey Pacha, Board President of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves and published author, to explore three dimensions of gender: sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and gender expression, and how each dimension manifests in our own lives. Participants will discuss medical, psychological, theoretical, historical, & legal perspectives on gender, and reflect on ways that they, too, experience gender fluidity.
- Kelsey Pacha, MA, M.Div. is a transman who has worked with marginalized communities for 18 years in a variety of settings. He holds a Master of Religion and Psychology, Master of Divinity, and Certificate of Sexuality and Religion from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Psychological Services from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He is the owner of Kelsey Pacha Consulting, which supports the work of institutions and individuals in increasing their capacity for cultural humility and social justice-informed institutional change. Kelsey offers educational trainings and LGBTQ workplace policy expertise with an emphasis on practical skills, identity awareness, and personal empowerment. He regularly works with corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion officers and LGBTQ affinity groups, as well as legal, clinical, medical, and direct service (including child welfare and faith leader) personnel. He has been featured as a subject matter expert on gender pronouns in Rolling Stone, Grammarly’s Guide to Personal Pronouns, and interviewed on NPR Cap Radio about best pronoun practices in the workplace. He presents workshops around the country on the impact of inclusive spaces for LGBTQ people in various settings. Kelsey straddles the worlds of academia/theory and practice, serving as the Board President of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, a national non-profit organization that publishes a 649-page resource guide of the same name, by and for the trans*, genderqueer, and gender-nonconforming communities. Through this work, he connects with leading transgender and gender expansive scholars in medicine, law, mental health, social sciences, politics, and culture to collaborate on editions of Trans Bodies. He recently authored the Religion and Spirituality chapter of the second edition of the book, to be released in April 2022, while managing a nationwide qualitative survey of 2,400 respondents, and editing several chapters. Kelsey also co-authored the Religion and Spirituality chapter in the surgical textbook Gender Confirmation Surgery: Principles and Techniques for an Emerging Field, edited by Loren Schecter, released 2020. For more information, visit kelseypachaconsulting.com.
Co-convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
Recommended Readings/Links
Erickson-Schroth, Laura, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, and T. Evan Smith. “Gender Identity Development,” in Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Ford, Zack. “The pernicious junk science stalking trans kids.” Center for American Progress, ::https://archive.thinkprogress.org/transgender-children-desistance-a5caf61fc5c6/:: Accessed May 1, 2020.
Mikalson, Pasha; Pardo, Seth; Green, Jamison. “First Do No Harm: Reducing Disparities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Populations in California.” The California LGBTQ Reducing Mental Health Disparities Project, 2013.
Pan, Landyn. “Gender Unicorn.” Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER.)
Turban, J. L., & Ehrensaft, D. (2018). Research Review: Gender identity in youth: treatment paradigms and controversies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(12), 1228–1243. ::https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12833::
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