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Call #1 - Transgender Youth 101
June 14th, 2pm EST, 1PM Central, 11AM PST
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Aidan Dunn, Executive Director
Youth Gender Project, San Francisco
Transgender basics:
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Transgender movement and social change
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Sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression
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Subcultures; diversity amongst communities
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Issues particular to TG youth (family, school, consent, etc.)
Cecilia Chung, Deputy Director
Transgender Law Center, San Francisco
Social context of risk
and increasing access to services:
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Obstacles (bathroom access, housing, employment, violence, etc.)
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Survival activities that put people at risk
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Best practices (client centered, inclusive data collection, documentation)
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Building relationships with the most marginalized (e.g., runaways)
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How to make your agency more accessible
Bali White
NDRI “Transgender Project” and Columbia University, New York City
House/ballroom community
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Call #2 - Medical Care and Access for Transgender Youth
July 6th, 2pm EST, 1PM Central, 11AM PST
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Dr. Robert Garofalo, MD
Howard Brown Clinic, Chicago
Clinical care issues:
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General health issues and risk factors
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Transgender-specific medical issues and treatment (hormones, silicone, HIV and
hormones)
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Clinic protocols and access to care
Dafna Wu, RN
Dimensions Youth Clinic, San Francisco
Access and advocacy:
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Barriers to care
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Lowering the threshold of access to care
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Psychosocial issues of trans youth
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Provider and parent relations
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Call #3 - Social Service Needs of Transgender Youth
July 26th, 2pm EST, 1PM Central, 11AM PST
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Jessica Xavier, MPH
Virginia Transgender Health Initiative Study, Virginia
Social context and
co-factors leading to HIV risk:
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HIV prevalence rates (needs assessment overview)
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Co-factors driving risk behaviors (homelessness, lack of employment, kicked out
of family home or school, etc.)
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HIV and STI risks (sex work, exchanging sex for resources, unprotected sex,
injection risks, etc.)
JoAnne Keatley, MSW, Program Manager
Correctional Medicine Consultation Network, San Francisco
Case management and care
management for TG youth:
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Barriers to care
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Working with TG clients
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Effective referral techniques
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Prison issues, medical treatment and advocacy
Earline Budd
Miracle Hands Ministries, District of Columbia
Minority
communities and HIV
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Call #4 - Advocating and Referral for Transgender Youth
August 16th, 2pm EST, 1PM Central, 11AM PST
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Rick Feely, Program Coordinator
Trans-health Information Project, Philadelphia
Outreach and
Programming:
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Effective outreach strategies
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Other supportive services (housing, medical, drug treatment, etc.)
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Program models that work
Sabina Neem, HIV Prevention Specialist
Attic Youth Center, Philadelphia
Working with other
service providers, making effective referrals and expanding
resources:
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Locating pre-existing resources and allies
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Effective referral mechanisms and techniques
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Expanding resources for transgender populations
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Moderator
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| 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. Mr. Singer has applied his
knowledge to the successful design and implementation of government-funded
projects that includes 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 curricula, 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, Mr. Singer most recently taught Transgender
Queries in Medicine, Law, Politics and Culture at Barnard College, in New York
City. Contact: bsinger@critpath.org and 215-243-0459 |
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YES Center
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| Blaine Parrish is a Senior Research
Scientist in the Department of Health Policy’s Center for Health Services
Research and Policy (CHSRP) at GWU. He holds an MA in Humanities from the
University of Texas at Arlington. He received his undergraduate degree in
Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and is currently working on
his dissertation “The Effects of Funder Mandated Organizational Activities on
Minority AIDS Community Based-Programs” in the doctoral program in the School
of Business at Capella University. His HIV work over the last 15 years includes
academic research, direct client services, administration, and project
planning, coordination, management, and evaluation on local, state and Federal
levels. Parrish served as executive director of AIDS Resources of Rural Texas
for seven years, project officer for the Program Development Branch in the
HIV/AIDS Bureau at HRSA, and as a project director for GWU’s Forum for
Collaborative HIV Research before coming to CHSRP. During his tenure as
executive director of AIDS Resources of Rural Texas (ARRT), he developed
prevention and HIV counseling/testing programs for at-risk youth. The programs
were designed to provide local community colleges and universities an
opportunity to partner with ARRT to bring these services to their campus
medical clinics. Prevention-to-care programs were then developed by Mr. Parrish
as individuals were identified for services. As the organization grew, Mr.
Parrish designed youth support groups, activities, and outreach programs
specifically designed for hard-to-reach rural youth, especially Hispanic and
African-American adolescents. Mr. Parrish completed his work at ARRT by opening
a Title III medical clinic to provide care to underserved rural and minority
individuals living over 37 counties and 54,000 square miles. During Mr.
Parrish’s service in the HAB, he provided support to grantees preparing to
begin primary medical services to rural and underserved populations, including
60 organizations funded through the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI). Mr. Parrish
has extensive project manager experience having directed several projects for
the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, including the CDC/OAR-funded “Sex and
Gender in HIV” project and the HRSA/CDC-funded “Quality of HIV Care” project.
Mr. Parrish is co-author of “Quality of HIV Care – Closing the Gap,” a report
on the status of HIV primary care in the US, including for hard-to-reach and
underserved communities. He currently manages projects for the CHSRP including
“Routine HIV Testing in the Clinical Setting” and “External Quality Review of
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations in the District of Columbia.” Contact:
blainep@gwu.edu or 202-530-0286. |
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