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Friday, July 21 • 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Navigating Gender Work as a Gender-Expansive Professional - Where Are We Now?

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This workshop is hosted by gender-expansive individuals and is specifically for gender-expansive professionals. Please respect the intentional creation of this safe space. A panel will discuss a variety of topics, which may include: being out in the workplace, transitioning, working with gender-expansive clients (in the mental health, medical, advocacy, and other fields), working with cisgender managers/supervisors, the highs and lows of doing gender work as a gender-expansive professional, and others. Following the panel will be opportunity for small or large group discussion, depending on number of attendees.
Moderators
avatar for Ben Geilhufe, MA, LPCC

Ben Geilhufe, MA, LPCC

Ben Geilhufe, MA, LPCC has been an educator and advocate for the transgender community since beginning his own transition in 2006. He has contributed to policy reform for higher education institutions, non-profit organizations and larger corporations around gender identity, awareness... Read More →

Speakers
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Amina Elfiki

Amina Elfiki is a queer mixed transwoman of color.  She will graduate with an M.A. from the Wright Institute in October, and is currently training at the Pacific Center, an LGBTQ community counseling clinic in Berkeley.  She is committed to challenging and deconstructing power... Read More →
avatar for J. Jessie Rose Cohen, LCSW

J. Jessie Rose Cohen, LCSW

Director of Community Based Clinical Services and Training, University California of San Francisco
J. Jessie Rose Cohen, LCSW (pronouns "J"/she/her) has worked with children and families nearing twenty years. J. is a TransNonBinary identified clinician. Trained at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, J. serves as Director of Community based Clinical... Read More →
avatar for Lida Vala, MA, LMFT

Lida Vala, MA, LMFT

Therapist/Advocate/Consultant/Educator, Lida Vala, LMFT
Lida Vala; MA, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist who works 20 hours a week at Corbett Group Home, Inc. with foster youth who reside in the agency’s residential program. She also offers therapy 2 days a week in her private practice in Campbell, California. Lida utilizes... Read More →
avatar for Sand Chang, PhD

Sand Chang, PhD

Sand Chang, PhD (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a Chinese American genderqueer-identified psychologist, educator, and trainer. They currently work for NCAL Kaiser Permanente in designing clinical and cultural competence education programs for transgender health. They also maintain... Read More →

Friday July 21, 2017 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
MJ 2038
  Intersectionality

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