Talk Summary: Parental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans children and young people, however, most trans young people in Australia experience parental rejection or ambivalence.. The overarching aim of the Transforming Families project is to to enhance parental understanding and support of trans children and strengthen family wellbeing through co-design and evaluation of resources for parents. This presentation provides qualitative findings from Phase I of Transforming Families which involved a series of interviews with parents and young people. Results are focussed on what parents reported they need to better understand and support their child’s gender identity journey.

Talk Summary: I recount the personal story of my medical emergency and how being transgender played a part in the events that took place. Discussing how things could have been better if we treat the person and not the gender.

Talk Summary: People can find themselves isolated, in even the most prosperous of perspectives. I look to bring light to not only those who become secluded from society due to their identity — but those that face further isolation from their families. For more details: www.lady-red.com

This talk is to highlight the importance of feeling comfortable in your own skin. Is is including the work i do with Gender Non-Conforming and Transgender persons incorporating the links between the skin and our brain. There is a direct link between testosterone and the sebaceous activity in the skin which i cover a little here but have further knowledge of. I want to raise awareness of the importance of creating a healthy complexion after treatment where the client will feel uplifted, confident and have more of a sense of self worth. The canvas will be prepared for them to apply make-up if needed and face the world as they want to be received. The preparation for surgery will see them living the live they have dreamt of and have a right to live.

Rosemary is a transgender woman who started her journey into transition in 2014 and made the big step of transitioning at work as a teacher in 2016. She is married and has two grown up daughters, lives in a small village community and has been supported by family, friends and colleagues through her changes. Rosemary worked for twenty years in Information Technology, rising to senior management in Marketing and Sales. After a change of career, she retrained as a secondary school teacher and worked in a hospital inpatient setting with adolescents. Over the last five years, she drew on her previous experience in management to start giving engaging workshops in LGBT+ diversity, including transgender inclusion, as well as consultancy and training for LGBT+allies.

Talk Summary: Katya is a diversity inclusion and leadership coach and she uses her views to discuss issues around gender neutral public bathrooms. She describes public bathrooms as a 'ground zero' for various kinds of discrimination and segregation across history. She discusses demographics, definitions, debunk myths about what it means to have gender neutral bathrooms and look at daily reality of this discussion in the UK. She discusses definitions of gender identity, gender expression and biological sex within context. She discusses legislation and issues of safety and mental health and wellbeing. She discusses statistics, for example, that 62% of trans and gender non-conforming persons have experienced various types of harassment and abuse in public bathrooms, 48% say they live in fear of using public bathrooms.

Amrita Sarkar's message: "Please take a stand against gender based violence happening worldwide against the transgender and gender non-conforming persons." Amrita is a Panellists for the DIMH2021 Live Session called Supporting Well-Being of Gender Non-Conforming Persons.

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