Schedule
Friday, November 21, 2014
7:45-8:15 AM | Registration
8:15-8:30 AM | Welcome
Dean Ronald Yasbin, College of Arts & Sciences and Provost Glen Cope
8:30-9:30 AM | Keynote
It's About All of Us: Expanding Understandings of Gender | Joel Baum, Senior Director, Professional Development and Family Services, Gender Spectrum, Emeryville, California
9:30-10:15 AM | Plenary Session
An Overview of Trans* History | Dr. Amy Cislo, Washington University in St. Louis
10:15-10:30 AM | Break
10:30-11:30 PM | Workshop Sessions
Education
Teaching Trans-Inclusion: A Shared Responsibility on Campus | Lu Ferrell, Salem State University
Language
Words That Work: Using Language to Advance Equality and Acceptance | Stephanie Mott, Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project
Youth & Families
Transgender Youth: Strategies to Increase Safety, Awareness & Inclusion in Schools | Catherine Griffith, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Legal Issues
Bending the Mold: Navigating Transgender Legal Rights for Trans Folks and Their Advocates | Crispin Torres, Midwest Regional Community Educator for Lambda Legal
Health & Aging
Working with Gender Diverse and Transgender Clients | Kelly Storck, LCSW
11:30 AM-12:15 PM | Plenary Session
Caring for the Gender non-Conforming Child and Adolescent: The Development of the Lurie Children's Hospital Multidisciplinary Model of Care | Dr. Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Gender, Sexuality, and HIV-Prevention, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago
12:15-1:30 PM | Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM | Plenary Session
Trans* Aging: Past, Present, and Future | Loree Cook-Daniels, FORGE, Inc.
2:30-4:00 PM | Research Sessions
Education/Youth and Families
Men and Women for Others: Teaching the Gender Spectrum at a Jesuit University | Ina Seethaler, Saint Louis University
The School Experiences of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth in Wisconsin | Lane Hanson, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Transgender Journey: Learning to DO Resilience, in Order to BE Resilient | Kathryn G. O'Brien, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Policy / Health and Aging
Caged Women with Penises: The Implications of the Penal System for Trans Women in Male Prisons | Michelle Bloyd, Webster University
Sexual Concerns of Transgender Women with Disabilities | Mya Vaughn, Maryville University
Gender Transitions Later in Life | Research: Vanessa Fabbre, Washington University in St. Louis
The Effects of Survival Economy Participation on Transgender Experiences of Service Provider Discrimination | Matthew Bakko, Washington University in St. Louis
Constructing Gender
Unintelligibilities That Matter | Ren Wilding, University of Missouri–St. Louis
The Arkansas Multidimensional Gender Scale | Karyl Lounsbery, Tellurian UCAN, Inc.
Trans/Forming Educational Leadership: Retrospectives of Transgender Persons as Public Intellectuals in School Contexts | Research: Brandon Beck, Texas State University
4:00-4:15 PM | Break
4:15-5:15 PM | Plenary Session
Your Rights and the Future for Transgender Equity | Masen Davis, Transgender Law Center
5:15-7:00 PM | Happy Hour with Cash Bar
Saturday, November 22, 2014
7:45-8:15 AM | Registration
8:15-8:30 AM | Welcome
Dean Carol Basile, College of Education and Chancellor Thomas George
8:30-10:30 AM | Workshop Session
Youth & Families
Creating Gender Inclusive Schools | Joel Baum, Senior Director, Professional Development and Family Services, Gender Spectrum
8:30-9:30 AM | Workshops Sessions
Language
An Assessment of the Speech & Language Needs of the Transgender Community | Workshop: Marie Klopfenstein, Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville
Education
Trans* Awareness for Educators and Policymakers | Laura Pearce, University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Health & Aging
In Our Own Words: Exploring Supportive Transgender Health Care in Metro-Saint Louis | Aminata Cairo, Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville; Sayer Johnson, Metro Trans* Umbrella Group
Policy
Sharing Experiences for Awareness and Advocacy Using Podcast Materials | Nick Butler, MU Center for Health Policy
Personal Narratives/Storytelling
Love Me for Me: Children’s Literature in Support of TransVisibility | Aminata Cairo, Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville and Sayer Johnson, Metro Trans* Umbrella Group
Transgender Evolution: Navigating Binary Culture | Kathleen Nigro, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Youth and Families
The Game of K-12 Life: A Journey Through the School to Prison Pipeline | Ka'Milla Miller
9:30-10:30 AM | Workshop Sessions
Language
Words To Live By: The Importance of Language as a Tool for Inclusion | Joseph Anthony, National Center for Transgender Equality, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Education
Value of Trans* Youth Leadership | Morgan Kennan, Missouri GSA Network
Policy
Transparency & Inclusion: The Gender Question in HIV Reporting | Elizabeth Fuchs and Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier Saint Louis Effort for AIDS
10:30-10:45 AM | Break
10:45-11:45 PM | Plenary Session
Pink and Blue: The Battle to Be Ourselves | Decker Moss
11:45 AM-12:45 PM | Lunch
12:45-1:45 PM | Plenary Session
Creating a Safer Space on Campus: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Student Advocacy at HBCUs | Brandon Braud, Human Rights Campaign
1:45-2:45 PM | Workshops Sessions
Language
Pronouns Matter! Navigating & Honoring Gender | Christine Dolan, Washington University in St. Louis
Constructing Gender
Constructing Gender: A Global View of Transgender Peoples | Don Conway-Long, Webster University
Youth & Families
Understanding Social Transition for Children and Youth | Kelly Storck, LCSW, Workshop for High School Youth Safe Connections
Building Community: A Workshop for the High School Youth | Safe Connections
Education
Status of Laws That May Protect Transgender Students | Lawrence J. Altman, Kansas City Public Schools
Health & Aging
After the Letter: What's Next? | Dr. Chad Keller, Psychological Services, Lewis and Clark Community College
Spiritual Support
Finding Spiritual Support | Rev. Becky Turner, Faith Aloud; Rev. Dr. William Yancey, Bethel Lutheran Church; Rev. Dr. Scott Stearman, Kirkwood Baptist Church; Rev. Mary Gene Boteler, 2nd Presbyterian Church, CWE; and Rabbi Susan Talve, Central Reform Congregation
2:45-3:00 PM | Break
3:00-4:00 PM | Roundtable Sessions
Demographic Studies of Trans* Youth at the SPOT: Supporting Positive Opportunities with (Gender-Nonconforming) Teens | Jennifer Heeley, MD, Katie Plax, Guariv Kaushik, Washington University Pediatrics
Transgender Student Veterans | Michael Pelts and David Albright, University of Missouri–Columbia; Sarah Froese, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
Trans* Social Support Group | Michelle Farrell, University of Missouri–Kansas City
The State of the Trans* Metro Area | Metro Trans* Umbrella Group
Transitioning: A Family Journey | Patricia Egan Berne
The Power of Conversation | Laurie Copeland and Kim Hutton
Legal Advice | Arlene Zarembka, Attorney
4:10-5:00 PM | Endnote
Taking Action: Moving Towards Greater Gender Inclusion for All | Joel Baum, Senior Director, Professional Development and Family Services, Gender Spectrum