Presenter bios

Sandi Adams

SANDI ADAMS, MSCM, has been teaching about conflict resolution since 1982. She serves as a conflict resolution specialist for FEMA’s new Alternative Dispute Resolution Cadre, and is currently teaching in Woodbury College ’s Mediation Masters program. In her private practice she provides direct services and various trainings to organizations and individuals. She has her Masters of Science in Conflict Management and has previously taught at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the Communication Studies Dept. and as the Director of the Mediation Training Program at Woodbury College in Montpelier , Vermont . She is the author of What the Fly Heard: What Mediators Say Behind Closed Doors, was an associate editor of Peacemaking in Your Neighborhood: Mediator’s Handbook, 2nd ed., and has published articles in various journals and magazines.

Corey Alexander

Corey Alexander is an NYC FTM BDSM writer and teacher whose current project is an SM nonfiction book for survivors of trauma. He has been working on a professional level with survivors of abuse for over 10 years, and is a survivor himself. He was the founding facilitator of the Queer Special Interest Group at The Eulenspiegal Society, and has taught BDSM classes on a variety of topics over the last four years.

Andy

Andy is a stealth, gay male-identified FTM who medically transitioned in the mid-1990s. He was on the organizing committee for the 1997 FTMI conference and has presented at and attended numerous trans conferences, including FTMI, True Spirit, Gender Odyssey, and IFGE. He is one of the facilitators of his local FTM support group and is also the author of the FTM Passing Tips web site. He lives in New England with his partner (a non-trans gay man) and two cats and enjoys computers, working out, and musicals.

Andrew Anastasia & Meridith Kruse

Meridith is pursuing a Ph.D. in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has recently taught courses on gender, sexuality and race at Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan Universities . Her research interests include queer pedagogy, radical performances of neutrality in the classroom and feminist/queer studies. She and Drew are also involved in the queer studies research group at the UWM. Drew is a recent graduate of the Women's Studies program at Illinois State University . He recently completed a research project involving the partners of trans-identified individuals and is interested in exploring the intersection of Second Wave and Transfeminism as well as feminist philosophy. He is currently pursuing graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Modern Studies Program. Once upon a time, and perhaps still, he considered(s) himself a lesbian separatist.

Nyle Biondi

Nyle Biondi is finishing up a Master’s degree in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Edgewood College . Nyle has facilitated the Madison FTM/Genderqueer support group for almost four years. After graduation, Nyle plans to continue working to improve mental health care for trans people.

Jay Botsford

Jay Botsford is a Youth Development Coordinator for Project Q, the by youth/for youth program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center that serves over 600 LGBTQ youth and their allies every year. Since starting at Project Q in 2004, he has focused on increasing transgender awareness and inclusion, first at the organization—by implementing monthly transgender-focused programming and by starting a transgender youth group that meets weekly—and now on a national level thanks to a grant from the Liberty Hill Foundation, working on a project with NYAC and GenderPAC to make youth organizations safe for and supportive of transgender-identified, gender-nonconforming and questioning youth.

Steven M. Brown, MD

Steven Brown, MD has had a strong academic interest in endocrinology for over three decades. While at Princeton University , his fields of research included mammalian sexual behavior and neuroendocrinology. A graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and Board-certified in internal medicine for over twenty years, Dr. Brown has lectured internationally on a variety of medical topics. He has given presentations at several TG meetings, including Southern Comfort, First Event, Esprit, California Dreamin' and the IFGE Annual Conference. He is in private practice in Wisconsin .

Michael L. Brownstein, M.D.

Dr. Michael Brownstein is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and a member of ASPS, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, specializing in plastic, reconstructive and gender related surgery. He has performed gender related surgery since the late 1970's when, with the advice and support of Paul Walker, co-founder and former President of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, HBIGDA (now known as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, WPATH), he received the first of his many referrals for bilateral breast reconstruction. Dr. Brownstein is a member of national plastic surgery organizations and societies including the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of HBIGDA (WPATH) and currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Ethics Committee. He lives with his wife, Denise Grant, in Half Moon Bay , California .

Mary M. Davies

Mary M. Davies is a writer who is also co-editor of Pinned Down by Pronouns (Conviction Books, 2004), which was nominated for a Lambda Literary award. She is a frequent reader at Gender Crash, an open mic in Boston , and from 2001-2005 she wrote a column for Gendercrash.com called "Notes From a Comfortable Shoes Femme." Her writing has appeared in Hot & Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire from Arsenal Pulp Press, and on ScarletLetters.com. She has recently completed her first novel, set in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she grew up. She lives in Western Massachusetts.

Deirdre

Deirdre aka Devon has been in and out of the trans community since 1995, when she co-founded the Transgender Support group at Michigan State University with Lisa Lees. She co-facilitated the group through 1998, when she began her FTM transition. She lived as a man from 1999 to 2004, then switched to living as a woman. She feels like an FTM on the inside but prefers to present as female. Deirdre is a sex-positive, mentally ill, arthritic, perverted, femme geek in recovery who believes in coming out about anything that can be kept secret, and she accepts any pronoun and either name.

lore m. dickey, MA

lore m. dickey is a 45 year old FTM and a full-time graduate student at the University of North Dakota. His research interests are in helping the psychological community to better understand the FTM experience. lore grew up in Phoenix, AZ and spent much of his life in Seattle, WA where he transitioned in 1999.

Davey Ethan Wilkes

Mitchell [Julie] Fey, PhD

I have a PhD in Modern Studies from Unviersity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. My dissertation is "Gender Passing in Narrative Cinema and the Re-Creation of Brandon Teena. I have 6 years teaching experience in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; Film Studies; and Women's Studies. My current research, as it relates to the transgender individual, is an examination of gender and gender expression as innate and because of "gender disruption" gender/gender expression is stunted. The transgender individual's gender formation is unique as it fights through conflicting gender messages from within themselves and outward influences.

Kolin Frantz

“Kolin Frantz” is but one identity used for this body in this lifetime. Kolin (who most likely thinks too much) believes his identity swings in a multitude of directions at any given time and place. While not (yet) diagnosed with multiple personalities, he firmly believes we all actually live as such and shouldn’t feel so tied down to singular identity labels and the beliefs and behaviors which result accordingly.

Bailey Jaye Garvin

Bailey Jaye Garvin is a 28-year-old female-to-male (FTM) transgender individual. Bailey received his BA from Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Bailey currently works for BGSU as Audio/Visual Services Supervisor where he assists faculty with their classroom technical needs and supervises student workers. Bailey is active in LGBT issues and is a long-time vegetarian and animal-lover who volunteers with the Humane Society.

Q Gaynor

Q Gaynor is a masculine-identified queer person living in the Wisconsin Northwoods.

Nick Gorton

Nick Gorton is a gay transgender physician living in Davis , California . He is a graduate of the UNC School of Medicine and finished as chief resident in Emergency Medicine at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn NY in 2002. In addition to his Emergency Medicine practice, Nick volunteers at Lyon-Martin Women's Health Service in San Francisco where he has a weekly clinic that focuses on transgender patients. He is a co-author of the free open-sourced book "Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide For Health Care Providers." He lectures on primary care for transgender patients and consults for several legal service organizations regarding transgender medicine.

Eli R. Green

Eli is a self-described 'genderwarrior' and 'social-justice gender-junkie.' Eli is an academic, activist, educator, author and researcher who focuses largely on addressing gender based systems of oppression. Eli resides in New York City , working at The Hetrick-Martin Institute with trans and queer youth, and traveling around the country speaking at conferences and leading educational trainings. Current projects include working towards an EdD in Human Sexuality at Widener University , chairing the Board of Trans-Academics.org and working on the publication of the Community Needs Assessment Survey results. To find out more about Eli and his work, check out www.genderwarrior.net.

Logan Grimes

Logan Grimes is a Chicago native with 20+ years of experience in social services, which he brings to community organizing, including services related to education, and advocacy. Associated with the Lesbian Community Cancer Project since 2001, Logan leads their groundbreaking cultural sensitivity training and educational workshops on the topics specific to transgender and lesbian health reaching more than 1200 professionals in three years.

Dex Hardlove

Dex Hardlove is a 22 year old FTM, student, activist, musician, sex club manager, and porn star from San Francisco CA. He has appeared in two Trannywood Picture films, so far, Cubby Holes: Transmen in Action and the upcoming Couch Surfers. He currently is a shift manager at Eros, the Center for Safe Sex and a full time student at USF, currently finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Behavior while aspiring to earn his Masters of Science in Nursing.

Tara Hardy

Riley D. Johnson

Riley D. Johnson is a Chicago-based activist, speaker, and scholar whose work focuses largely on health care disparities within gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer (GLBTQ) communities. Riley holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Knox College and is currently completing the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education graduate program at DePaul University. His master's thesis is concerned with health care access and use disparities in the transgendered community. He is also the founder of the Queer People's Health Collective, an innovative project with a two-fold purpose. QPHC educates patients about their bodies and their options while working with healthcare providers to better meet the needs of their GLBTQ clients.

Richard M. Juang

A writer living in Cambridge , MA , Richard M. Juang serves as the co-chair of the Advisory Board for the National Center for Transgender Equality and is a member of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. Designated male-at-birth, Richard identifies as genderqueer. He is currently working on a play titled, Boy Parts.

Raven Kaldera

Raven Kaldera is a shaman, an astrologer, a farmer and homesteader, and an FTM transgendered intersexual activist. He is the author of too many books to list, including "Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook", and is the co-editor of "Best Transgender Erotica". 'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.

Mara Keisling

Mara Keisling is the founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. A Pennsylvania native, Mara came to Washington , DC in 2003 after co-chairing the Pennsylvania Gender Rights Coalition.

Meridith Kruse

Meridith is pursuing a Ph.D. in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has recently taught courses on gender, sexuality and race at Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan Universities . Her research interests include queer pedagogy, radical performances of neutrality in the classroom and feminist/queer studies. She and Drew are also involved in the queer studies research group at the UWM.

Drew is a recent graduate of the Women's Studies program at Illinois State University . He recently completed a research project involving the partners of trans-identified individuals and is interested in exploring the intersection of Second Wave and Transfeminism as well as feminist philosophy. He is currently pursuing graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Modern Studies Program. Once upon a time, and perhaps still, he considered(s) himself a lesbian separatist.

Ben & Charley Labonte

Charley Labonte came out to himself and his partner as trans in the summer of 2004. He began counseling with a gender therapist the following fall and began medical transition in March 2005. He has worked as an interpreter for Deaf people and has been active in disability rights for many years. Most recently Charley has worked as a librarian. He has been married to Ben for 32 years. Ben Labonte came out as a gay man in his late 20s, just before meeting Charley. He came out as gay to Charley before they began dating seriously. Ben is a journalist who has been a newspaper librarian since 1988. Charley and Ben have two grown children. Both are active in their Episcopal church and in the parish's GLBT Alliance group and several online groups for FtMs and SOFFA.

Ethan

Diane Long

Diane Long has been working in violence prevention and education for more than 15 years. Since 1991, she has taught sex-positive verbal and physical self-defense and empowerment to help people become more aware, trust themselves, and make more informed choices around health and safety. Diane has practiced massage for 10 years, and has also trained in energetic reflexology, Healing Touch and Chakra Bodywork. She combines tools for boundary-setting and conflict resolution with techniques from integrative somatic practices such as authentic movement, bioenergetics and martial arts and applies them to improving sexual self-esteem and sexual negotiation. For the past four years, she has worked with trauma survivors in a clinical setting as a French interpreter and volunteer bodyworker.

Samuel Lurie

Samuel Lurie is a gay transman who presents nationally on access to health care for transgender and other marginalized people. He has trained over 10,000 people in 25 states. In addition to working in public health and social services, he has recently begun to train administrators in higher education. Samuel welcomes the opportunity to gather in trans community and share our struggles, successes, and dreams. For more information, visit www.tgtrain.org.

Lane McKiernan

Lane McKiernan is a queer, genderqueer activist artist with a disability. Ze believes in the importance of building community, particularly through art/performance, and dedicates part of zir work to skill and information sharing in order to further the work of improving the accessibility of arts and other community spaces.

Dr. Toby Meltzer

Dr. Toby Meltzer graduated from LSU Medical School in 1983 and is board certified in both General and Plastic Surgery. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. He started practicing at Oregon Health Sciences University in 1990 and went into private practice in 1996. In January of 2003, he moved to sunny Scottsdale , Arizona . He has privileges at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Campus at the Greenbaum Surgery Center and Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Campus. Dr. Meltzer performs approximately 200 Genital Construction Surgery (GRS) cases per year. He performs both MTF and FTM genital reconstruction surgery, chest contouring and breast augmentation. He works with a team for FTM genital reconstruction which includes both a Urologist and an OB/Gyn. In addition, Dr. Meltzer performs a variety of procedures including but not limited to: facial feminization, standard facial procedures (i.e.: rhinoplasty) body contouring (i.e.: liposuction), and tracheal shave.

Dana Menkin, RN

Dana is a practicing RN in Philadelphia , PA. He currently works in critical care and is pursuing his Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate while volunteering in transhealth clinics in Philadelphia . Dana has presented at the TransHealth conference in Philadelphia and lectured at UPENN School of Nursing. Dana volunteers with The Street Side Health Project- the needle exchange program in Philadelphia where he does hepatitis education and vaccinations in the mobile health van.

Lisa Mottet

Lisa Mottet has served as the Legislative Lawyer for the Transgender Civil Rights Project at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force since 2001. In her role, Lisa assists transgender activists and allies with transgender-related legislation and policy, with a focus on passing anti-discrimination laws. Lisa authored “Transitioning Our Shelters: A Guide to Making Homeless Shelters Safe for Transgender People,” working with the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Bruce Parker II

Bruce Parker is the advocacy coordintor for the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance and a Masters student in curriculum studies at Purdue University . He first fell in love with a transman five years ago. Although they have split up he continues to identify primarily as an (aspiring) SO and works for freedom of gender identity and expression through both his activism and his research.

Denise Pickering, Ph.D., PC

Denise Pickering in an Assistant Professor in The Counseling Program at The University of Vermont . She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Ohio where she worked with trans clients as part of her counseling specialty areas. Denise’s interest in trans issues came as a result of witnessing the poor treatment received in agencies when people with non-traditional gender expressions sought treatment for a variety of issues. She became an ally and advocate at that time and her doctoral dissertation: “Counselor Self-Efficacy When Working with Transgendered Clients: Implications for Training” provides a context for the need for education of information on transgenderism to be included in counselor and other mental health training programs.

Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D. (Kit)

Katherine (Kit) Rachlin, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in New York City . She has extensive experience conducting psychotherapy with trans-identified individuals and the people in their lives. She is also a researcher, educator, and long-time advocate for the community.

Dr. James J. Reardon

Dr. James J. Reardon, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), has been performing transgender chest reconstruction for 26 years. Dr. Reardon is a graduate of St. Johns University and SUNY College of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center .

E. Rockefeller

E. Rockefeller is a public librarian with the Ocean County Library System in New Jersey . He graduated from Alverno College ( Milwaukee , WI ) with a B.A. in history and English in 2002 and from the University of Wisconsin —Madison (Madison, WI) with a M.L.S. in 2006. Rockefeller is active with the American Library Association’s LGBT Roundtable and the New Jersey Library Association’s Special Populations section and LGBTI Roundtable. Rockefeller is a longtime advocate of the power of information and the importance of library use by historically nontraditional users.

Ken Rowe

Ken Rowe is a San Francisco-based activist and cultural worker whose academic work has focused on intentionally queer religious communities that are part of mainstream traditions.  The focus of his current work and activism is around sustainable queer sex-positive businesses.  He has served on the National Council of Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns, the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, been program director at the Center for Women and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union and served local United Methodist Churches for seven years. 

He has a BA in History and Social Sciences from Macalester College, a Master of Divinity in Urban Ministriy from Wesley Theological Seminary, and has nearly completed coursework for a Humanities PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology.   He also recently completed the San Francisco Sex Information Sex Education training. Today, Ken is an owner/manager of EROS-the Center for Safe Sex which also includes Trannywood Studios.  He's the community co-chair of the STD Community Partners of the SF Department of Public Health,  on steering commitee of United Genders of the Universe and the SF Trans March.

Neil Russell

Neil Russell: Neil holds a BA in Anthropology and Women's Studies from The University of Iowa. Neil is active in human right's education and advocacy, he has organized Students for Genital Integrity ( SGI ), and now participates with Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) on outreach and education.

Cianán B. Russell

Cianán B. Russell is a PhD candidate in Chemistry with an emphasis in Chemistry Education at Purdue University and is the chair of the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA). His research foci are the development, implementation, and evaluation of research-based, integrated undergraduate laboratory curriculum and the construction of trans* identities in the sciences and science education.

Joelle Ruby Ryan

Joelle Ruby Ryan is a Ph.D. Candidate in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University , where she has taught courses in ethnic studies and women’s studies. Joelle’s research focuses on LGBT issues, media, feminism, fat studies and sex work. Joelle has spoken frequently at regional and national conferences and is the author of Gender Quake: Poems as well as the producer of the autobiographical video TransAmazon. Joelle is a grass-roots organizer working in the areas of LGBT rights, anti-racism and feminism. She can be reached via the web at www.joellerubyryan.com.

Ryan K. Sallans, M.A.

Ryan K. Sallans, M.A. has recently appeared in the documentary Gender Rebel on the LOGO channel which looks at the Gender Queer identity and exploration. He’s an FtM transgender activist working as a Community Educator at Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs .

Casey Schwartz

Casey Schwartz is an (FTM) Transgender activist living in and loving the City of Chicago . Casey works for The Broadway Youth Center a program of Howard Brown Health Center, and other community partners, as a Trans Youth Program Coordinator working with trans youth as well as the larger LGBQ youth community. He is also the coordinator of TYRA (Transgender Youth Resource and Advocacy), a highly successful transgender youth program of Howard Brown and Illinois Gender Advocates. Casey speaks locally and nationally educating service providers, community members and young people on transgender issues and is committed to empowering the transgender youth of today.

Ben Singer, PhD-c

Ben Singer is a PhD Candidate in English at Rutgers University working on an ethnographic dissertation: “On the Medical Margins: Transgender Risk Reduction in Public Health.” Since 1993, he has worked as a consultant and trainer in the public health sector, specializing in reducing health disparities through improving access to culturally competent care. He integrates academic tools, leadership building and group facilitation skills with evidence-based research, case studies, harm reduction philosophy and diverse experience in multiple communities. He has applied these techniques to projects ranging from HIV/AIDS prevention to threshold reduction for access to healthcare services in government, academic, community and private settings. He has consulted on local, state and national levels with the CDC, HRSA, Philadelphia Department of Health, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office, and other health and human service organizations. Ben has applied his knowledge to the successful design and implementation of government-funded projects that includes co-founding the Trans-health Information Project (TIP), a program of Prevention Point Philadelphia and the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative, with funding by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2002-2004 he served as Director of TIP, contributing to program design, authoring a curriculum, managing staff, overseeing utilization of direct services, and presenting consumer based health information workshops, as well as technically assisting other local social service providers. In addition to presenting on transgender issues to government and community-based organizations across the country, Ben most recently taught Transgender Queries in Medicine, Law, Politics and Culture at Barnard College in New York City.

Bryan Sirtosky

Bryan Sirtosky is an officer and founding board member of the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) formed in 2002. Bryan is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana and has worked with allied organizations, elected officials, and members of the public in efforts to get transgender civil rights legislation passed at the state and local levels. He served as a subject matter expert to the Indianapolis City County Council in the passage of a trans-inclusive human rights ordinance and was involved in getting a similar ordinance passed in Bloomington, IN. Bryan's other passions are drums, software development, and his lovely wife, Lori.

Bri Smith

Bri is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and zirs dissertation is the biography of Lou Sullivan. Bri is also a queer activist in the Milwaukee community, and jokes about researching history by day and making history by night. Trans scholars, activists, and anyone in between can email Bri at SMITHB@UWM.EDU.

Galen Smith

Galen Smith is a queer, genderqueer, mentally ill, learning disabled, white transguy who identifies as a Lutheran, a feminist, and a multi-issue social justice activist. Galen has studied American Sign Language and massage therapy and is now studying Community Building and Social Action at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He currently serves as Transgender Representative on the Board of Directors of Lutherans Concerned/North America and he sings in the TransVoices chorus. He has presented workshops, trainings, and speeches on transgender identity and disability rights for community groups, faith communities, and learning communities throughout the country.

Lori Stone

Lori Stone provides technical support and web development assistance to grassroots organizations working for social justice. In her spare time, she exploits the internet to build community and empower previously disenfranchized groups. Lori has been an activist in midwest trans communities since 1996. She and her husband just celebrated their sixth anniversary.

Karl Surkan

Karl Surkan is FTM-identified and teaches college and university courses in gender studies, writing, and digital culture. He currently lives in Philadelphia with his partner and pets and hopes to have a larger family soon.

T.

T. is a gay man of transsexual experience who has been active in the gay men's leather community for nearly a decade. He works in queer men's health.

Joshua Tenpenny

Cole Thaler

Cole Thaler is Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's transgender rights attorney. He works out of Lambda's Southern Regional Office in Atlanta, GA. In 2002, Thaler co-founded the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition and led a successful lobbying effort to pass a civil rights ordinance in the City of Boston prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression. Thaler is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Advisory Board.

Amanda Tompkins

Amanda Tompkins is a queer doctoral student in Sociology at Syracuse University working on a qualitative dissertation tentatively titled "Queer(ing) Relational Space: Discourse and Identity in the Narratives of Non-Trans Partners." Her research focuses on the lives of non-trans people who have trans-identified partners. Amanda's academic interests are within queer studies/theory, sexualities, genders, bodies, power, and popular culture. In addition to her academic work and research she also teaches courses in Sociology.

CJ Turett

CJ is currently an HIV/AIDS Case Manager at Mazzoni Center, an LGBT Health Center in Philadelphia, PA, and he previously worked as a domestic violence/sexual assault/child sexual abuse educator for a small non-profit in upstate NY. Previously he has also taught environmental education and worked in sex offender treatment. CJ’s activism and research largely revolves around transfolks’ accessibility to survivor services, and CJ is focusing on that topic as he pursues his doctorate in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University. CJ is a member of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape’s Diversity Council, which aims to make Pennsylvania 's sexual assault centers accessible to all survivors.

j wallace

j wallace is an activist, educator and writer based in Toronto , Canada . He is an outspoken transman and a practicing Jew. He works full-time promoting the rights and inclusion of all people regardless of their gender identity and sexual orientation.

Burt Webb, MD

André Wilson, M.S.

André Wilson presents nationally on transgender health, insurance coverage, and workplace issues. An LGBT activist for over 28 years, in 2005 André’s advocacy resulted in trans-inclusive health insurance coverage to graduate employees at the University of Michigan. His presentations include trainings for Hospital Emergency Services staff, public safety officers, child and family psychological services, inpatient behavioral health staff and university administrators, as well as classes for students in social work, sociology, women’s studies, psychology, art, law, public health and medicine. He has consulted with advocacy groups and administrators, including at the Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission, AFL -CIO, Ohio State University , Michigan State University, Harvard University , University of California , and the University of Washington , and led workshops at GLMA , Creating Change, FTM Odyssey, and LGBTI Health Summit 2004.

Jay Wilson

Jay Wilson identifies as an aspie genderqueer FTM, disabled and postmodern Lutheran, geeky and queer, an activist and popular educator, Flickerite and a Trekker. Jay has worked in supported community living, radical social work, disability rights advocacy, summer camp health services, self-taught photography, information and referral, personal service assistance, church inclusiveness training, pastoral/chaplain ministries, and public speaking. Jay is trained as an emergency first responder, Master of Social Work, and Master of Divinity.

Additional presenters will be added as the remaining workshops are confirmed.