HR!Day445 - Exploring the World of Trans III: Trans & Nonbinary People, In Our Own Words
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Trans and Nonbinary people tell their stories in their own words.
A conversation about gender journeys throughout the lifespan with three trans* and/or nonbinary people: Cal Bigari, Co-Owner of Benders Salon, and Dr. Kevin Johnson, psychiatrist, and founding member of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. One possible additional panelist TBD. Topics include: How do you describe your gender identity? What kinds of terms do you use and what do they mean to you? How does your gender intersect with your other identities (i.e. race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, religion, etc.)? How can cisgender allies support trans* communities?
Presenters
- Cal Bigari (he/him) is a co-owner of and Community Organizer at Salon Benders, a queer- and trans-inclusive salon & educational/community space in Long Beach, CA. Benders offers affirming salon services to LGBTQ people of all ages and identities, with a focus on community building and celebration of queer & trans creators. Cal identifies as a queer trans man, with an extensive background in community engagement, innovation education, and facilitator of community projects.
- Kevin Johnson, MD (they/them) is a queer, multiracial (Black and Hawaiian), mahu-identified addiction psychiatrist who lives and works in Upstate New York. They are a founding member of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, and have served as the Board Treasurer since TBTS’ inception in 2012. Kevin is the Short Piece Editor and Relationships & and Families Section Editor for the second edition of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, to be released April 15, 2022.
- 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
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, first (2014) & second (April 2022) editions, Oxford University Press.
Baldoni, Justin, Heath, Jamey, & Plank, Liz. Alok Vaid-Menon: The Urgent Need for Compassion. The Man Enough Podcast, October, 2021.
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