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Allyship and Inclusion
Learn how to create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
This is a practical, action-oriented workshop that helps participants build the skills and confidence to show up as effective allies.
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LGBTQ+ Basics
A clear and accessible introduction to the basics of sexual orientation, gender identity, pronouns, LGBTQ+ terminology, stereotypes, microaggressions, privilege. Provides foundational knowledge and answers common questions.
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Trans/Nonbinary Basics
A clear and accessible introduction to the basics of trans/nonbinary identities, pronoun use, terminology, gender transitions, inclusive facilities and communication. Participants learn respectful communication practices, and how to create affirming spaces for people of all gender identities and expressions.
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Intersectionality
This session offers a deeper, clear, step-by-step explanation of how intersectionality works—moving beyond popularized simplistic or confusing descriptions. Participants gain a deeper understanding of structural inequities and practical tools for building more inclusive practices and systems. (It is recommended that participants first complete the LGBTQ Basics educational session).
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It's not just you: alternative approaches to learning pronouns
Trying your hardest and still struggling with pronouns? Adult brains lack plasticity. Learning new pronouns requires a cognitive reframe. This workshop is comprised of a series of exercises, grounded in cognitive behavioral and adult learning theory, designed to help you learn pronouns more quickly and effectively.
Customized for
Schools, Universities & Student Groups
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It's Not Just You: Alternative Approaches to Learning Pronouns
Why do so many people struggle with pronouns? Adult brains lack plasticity. Learning new pronouns requires a cognitive reframe. We will explore why the pronoun learning process is slower and share strategies for facilitating the process. This workshop can be customized to include a series of exercises, grounded in cognitive behavioral and adult learning theory, designed to help participants learn pronouns more quickly and effectively.
Allyship and Inclusion
Learn how to create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
This is a practical, action-oriented workshop that helps participants build the skills and confidence to show up as effective allies.
​
LGBTQ+ Basics
A clear and accessible introduction to the basics of sexual orientation, gender identity, pronouns, LGBTQ+ terminology, stereotypes, microaggressions, privilege. Provides foundational knowledge and answers common questions.
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Trans/Nonbinary Basics
A clear and accessible introduction to the basics of trans/nonbinary identities, pronoun use, terminology, gender transitions, inclusive facilities and communication. Participants learn respectful communication practices, and how to create affirming spaces for people of all gender identities and expressions.
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Intersectionality
This session offers a deeper, clear, step-by-step explanation of how intersectionality works—moving beyond popularized simplistic or confusing descriptions. Participants gain a deeper understanding of structural inequities and practical tools for building more inclusive practices and systems. (It is recommended that participants first complete the LGBTQ Basics educational session).
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Understanding Federal Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
This session breaks down current federal legislation affecting LGBTQ+ people, how MA law provides some protections, and explores what these challenges mean for affected individuals. Topics include gender-marker changes, access to gender-affirming care, Title IX, facility access, trans athletes, and more—plus strategies for staying safe, supported, and proactive.
Trans Athletes: Facts & Myths
This first part of this session offers an overview of what current scientific research actually tells us about trans athletes and competitive performance. We will examine how sports policies and eligibility rules affect all trans athletes, intersex athletes, and athletes assigned female at birth. The second part of the session reviews the most common arguments in the public debate—usually framed as a conflict between fairness and inclusion—in an effort to identify common ground.
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Gender Affirming Practices and Products for Masc-Leaning People
Exactly how does trans tape work? What are the options for keeping a packer in place? What’s a packer? Can I wear my binder in the pool, please! This practical session covers gender affirming approaches and products used for chest flattening, packing, standing to pee, and swimming – including advantages, challenges, and safety tips.
Special Topics
Supporting Trans People in the Workplace/ LGBTQ Inclusive Workplaces
Build a workplace where all employees can thrive. This session provides practical guidance for HR and leadership teams for creating an inclusive and equitable workplace culture. Topics include hiring and onboarding practices, benefits and leave policies, inclusive forms and digital systems, respectful use of names and pronouns, and best practices for supporting workplace transitions.
Beyond the Rainbows: Being a Good Business/Corporate Ally
Business and corporate partners are valuable members of the LGBTQ+ community. Research shows that LGBTQ+ customers prefer to support brands that demonstrate genuine allyship. This session helps organizations move beyond symbolic gestures to meaningful, sustained commitment. Participants learn how to build authentic relationships with LGBTQ+ communities, avoid “rainbow washing,” and integrate inclusive practices into branding, customer engagement, workplace culture, and community partnerships.
Affirming Care for Providers
This practice-focused training equips healthcare providers and office staff with the knowledge and skills to offer respectful, gender-affirming care to LGBTQ+ patients in everyday practice. Participants will learn current LGBTQ+ terminology, affirming language for anatomy and body parts, the complexities of gender variance, and best practices for inclusive communication (including forms and intake practices). Leave with clear guidance, useful scripts, and actionable steps that can be implemented immediately to create a more welcoming environment for all patients.
Understanding Federal Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
This session breaks down current federal legislation affecting LGBTQ+ people, how MA law provides some protections, and explores what these challenges mean for affected individuals. Topics include gender-marker changes, access to gender-affirming care, Title IX, facility access, trans athletes, and more—plus strategies for staying safe, supported, and proactive.
Trans Athletes: Facts & Myths
This first part of this session offers an overview of what current scientific research actually tells us about trans athletes and competitive performance. We will examine how sports policies and eligibility rules affect all trans athletes, intersex athletes, and athletes assigned female at birth. The second part of the session reviews the most common arguments in the public debate—usually framed as a conflict between fairness and inclusion—in an effort to identify common ground.
Workshop: Exploring Gender Identity and Expression
What is the relationship between your gender identity, gender expression, and sense of embodiment? This reflective, guided journey helps you examine the empowering and affirmative possibilities.
Gender Affirming Practices and Products for Masc-Leaning People
Exactly how does trans tape work? What are the options for keeping a packer in place? What’s a packer? Can I wear my binder in the pool, please! This practical session covers gender affirming approaches and products used for chest flattening, packing, standing to pee, and swimming – including advantages, challenges, and safety tips.
Strategies for Improved, Empowered Coping and Resilience
This strengths-focused workshop helps students identify, affirm, and expand their existing resilience skills. Participants explore practical strategies for handling microaggressions, misgendering, and stressful situations, and identify community-based practices that sustain long-term resilience.​​
Workplace and Business
for ERG's, HR, and DEI Professionals
Supporting Trans People in the Workplace/ LGBTQ Inclusive Workplaces
Build a workplace where all employees can thrive. This session provides practical guidance for HR and leadership teams for creating an inclusive and equitable workplace culture. Topics include hiring and onboarding practices, benefits and leave policies, inclusive forms and digital systems, respectful use of names and pronouns, and best practices for supporting workplace transitions.
Beyond the Rainbows: Being a Good Business/Corporate Ally
Business and corporate partners are valuable members of the LGBTQ+ community. Research shows that LGBTQ+ customers prefer to support brands that demonstrate genuine allyship. This session helps organizations move beyond symbolic gestures to meaningful, sustained commitment. Participants learn how to build authentic relationships with LGBTQ+ communities, avoid “rainbow washing,” and integrate inclusive practices into branding, customer engagement, workplace culture, and community partnerships.
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Understanding Federal Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
This session breaks down current federal legislation affecting LGBTQ+ people, how MA law provides some protections, and explores what these challenges mean for affected individuals. Topics include gender-marker changes, access to gender-affirming care, Title IX, facility access, trans athletes, and more—plus strategies for staying safe, supported, and proactive.
advanced educational series
STRATEGIC EQUITY
The Roots of Inclusion Series
for a list of introductory educational sessions
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Multi-session series with sessions designed to build on one another
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Each session moves beyond introductory understandings to expose the underlying power frameworks that connect sexism, racism, homophobia, and transphobia
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Learn how all forms of oppression are conceptually and operationally linked to address inequities at a deeper, structural level
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Gain clear and accessible conceptual tools that can be immediately applied in thinking and practice
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Be better equipped to act strategically and drive meaningful, systemic change
Session Descriptions
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The Fundamentals of Systems of Oppression
This popular, foundational session offers an accessible, practical and conceptual introduction to how systems of oppression operate. Participants gain a clear conceptual framework for understanding power, privilege, and structural inequities—building the groundwork for the rest of the series.
Race and Racism
This session moves beyond obvious forms of racism to explore the deeper underlying conceptual and structural forces that keep racial inequity in place. We examine how the black–white binary shapes U.S. racial dynamics, how different groups become racialized, and what these patterns mean in an increasingly multi-ethnic society.
Gender and Sexism
This session examines the deeper, often invisible systems that organize our daily lives through conventional and institutionalized gender norms. What appears “natural” is frequently produced and reinforced by social structures that regulate gender. Participants will gain practical, accessible tools for identifying and addressing these underlying mechanisms of sexism.
LGBTQ+: Beyond the Basics
Examine how the sex/gender system underpins homophobia and transphobia, and discover the historical links between stigmatized sexualities and racial oppression in the U.S. This session connects LGBTQ+ issues to broader systems of power, offering a deeper lens than introductory trainings.
Intersectionality
People hold multiple identities that shape their access to privilege and exposure to oppression. This session moves beyond popularized, superficial explanations of intersectionality, offering invaluable insight of how intersectionality works, both conceptually and practically so that intersecting inequities can be more effectively addressed.
Your Organization or Company: Reflective Institutional Analysis
In this guided, applied session, participants use the concepts from the full series to engage in an analysis of their own organization.
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For nonprofits, community orgs, colleges, schools, health care providers, libraries, ERGs, businesses
1-3 hour sessions.
Customizable. Interactive.
Pick one. Pick three. Pick whatever works.
Discounts for multiple bookings.
Understanding politics
WHY ARE TRANS PEOPLE SUDDENLY A POLITICAL TARGET?
Why have transgender people become the focus of intense public debate and political conflict? This session examines the historical roots of trans stigma, recurring patterns of moral panic and scapegoating, and the social and political forces shaping today's landscape while offering practical strategies for resilience, advocacy, and community action.
Understanding gender liberation
NEW LIBERATING WAYS TO UNDERSTAND GENDER AND GENDER CATEGORIES
What is gender, and why do the categories we use to describe it change over time? This session explores the history, diversity, and social construction of gender, inviting participants to think beyond binaries and fixed identities toward more expansive and liberating ways of understanding human experience.
Understanding gender
DIVERSITY, COMPLEXITY, AND INTERSECTIONALITY WITHIN TRANS COMMUNITIES
Trans communities are far more diverse and complex than popular media and political discourse often suggest. This session explores the rich diversity of gender identities and experiences through the lenses of history, culture, sexuality, and intersectionality, challenging simplistic narratives and honoring the full spectrum of gender diversity.
Understanding systems
HOW INSTITUTIONS SHAPE GENDER:
THE HIDDEN SYSTEMS BEHIND EVERYDAY GENDER NORMS
Gender is not simply personal; it is shaped by the institutions that organize social life. This session examines how schools, media, healthcare, religion, law, family systems, and other institutions create and reinforce gender norms while exploring how individuals and communities can challenge and reimagine those systems.
Building resilience
TRANS RESILIENCE, EMPOWERMENT, AND SOLIDARITY DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES
In a time of heightened visibility and vulnerability, how can trans communities cultivate resilience and collective strength? Participants will explore personal and cultural narratives, challenge limiting assumptions about trans identity and activism, and consider how solidarity, community, and radical inclusion can foster empowerment and belonging.
Building resilience
CHANGING TRANS PERSONAL NARRATIVES AND POLITICAL SCRIPTS
The stories we tell about trans lives shape both personal well-being and public understanding. This session examines how inherited narratives of vulnerability, pathology, and conflict can be transformed into more inclusive, intersectional, and humanizing frameworks that strengthen communities and broaden possibilities for social change.
Understanding communication
NAVIGATING GENDER CONVERSATIONS IN POLARIZED TIMES:
HOW TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS CONFUSION, CONFLICT, AND DISAGREEMENT
Talking about gender can be challenging, especially across differences in experience, belief, and understanding. This practical session provides tools for navigating difficult conversations with empathy, clarity, and confidence by focusing on communication strategies, shared values, and effective conflict management.
Understanding history
THE HISTORY THEY DIDN'T TEACH YOU:
GENDER DIVERSITY ACROSS TIME AND CULTURE
Gender diversity is not a modern phenomenon but a longstanding feature of human societies. Participants will explore historical and cross-cultural examples of gender variance, the emergence of contemporary identity categories, and the ways institutions have shaped—and continue to shape—our understanding of gender.
Building community
BUILDING COMMUNITY ACROSS DIFFERENCES: SOLIDARITY, RADICAL INCLUSION, AND COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Strong communities are built not by eliminating differences but by finding shared purpose across them. This session explores how systems of oppression are interconnected, the role of intersectionality and radical inclusion in building solidarity, and practical strategies for creating communities grounded in trust, care, collaboration, and collective leadership.
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More Trans/Nonbinary Educational Sessions
Trans/Nonbinary Basics
A clear and accessible introduction to the basics of trans/nonbinary identities, pronoun use, terminology, gender transitions, inclusive facilities and communication. Participants learn respectful communication practices, and how to create affirming spaces for people of all gender identities and expressions.
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Gender Affirming Practices and Products for Masc-Leaning People
Exactly how does trans tape work? What are the options for keeping a packer in place? What’s a packer? Can I wear my binder in the pool, please! This practical session covers gender affirming approaches and products used for chest flattening, packing, standing to pee, and swimming – including advantages, challenges, and safety tips.
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Trans Athletes: Facts & Myths
This first part of this session offers an overview of what current scientific research actually tells us about trans athletes and competitive performance. We will examine how sports policies and eligibility rules affect all trans athletes, intersex athletes, and athletes assigned female at birth. The second part of the session reviews the most common arguments in the public debate—usually framed as a conflict between fairness and inclusion—in an effort to identify common ground.
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It's Not Just You: Alternative Approaches to Learning Pronouns
Trying your hardest and still struggling with pronouns? Adult brains lack plasticity. Learning new pronouns requires a cognitive reframe. This workshop is comprised of a series of exercises, grounded in cognitive behavioral and adult learning theory, designed to help you learn pronouns more quickly and effectively.
Understanding Federal Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
This session breaks down current federal legislation affecting LGBTQ+ people, how MA law provides some protections, and explores what these challenges mean for affected individuals. Topics include gender-marker changes, access to gender-affirming care, Title IX, facility access, trans athletes, and more—plus strategies for staying safe, supported, and proactive.
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Trans/Nonbinary Allyship and Inclusion
Learn how to create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
This is a practical, action-oriented workshop that helps participants build the skills and confidence to show up as effective allies.
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