Gender Expression

Exploring expression and embodiment through guided reflection and experimentation. Trying new names, pronouns, clothing, mannerisms, voice, or presentation

 

Identity 

Clarifying your identities. Making sense of your feelings and experiences, the options and labels, and social complications related to gender, sexual orientation, and other intersecting identities

 

Deepening gender knowledge

Understanding LGBTQI spectrums - the relationships among sex, gender, sexual orientation for deeper self-understanding and more effective communication in social interactions

 

Coming out: Developing language and scripts for coming out

Finding words that feel authentic for conversations with family, friends, partners, coworkers, or community members

 

Coming out: Understanding emotional reactions you and others might experience

Navigating the mix of excitement, fear, relief, grief, and other feelings that can accompany coming out

 

Coming out: Navigating practical considerations

Planning for workplace communication, privacy issues, social media choices, or religious and cultural contexts

 

Transition: Clarifying your transition path

Sorting through possibilities, understanding what types of transition feel right for you, exploring the options

 

Transition: Preparing for social transition

Navigating conversations with family, coworkers, friends, or community members; developing language for correcting misgendering; and building self-advocacy skills

 

Transition: Navigating complex gender affirming practices and services

Learning how medical, legal, and bureaucratic processes work, what your options are, and how to prepare for appointments

 

Job seeking and interviewing

Building confidence, exploring presentation choices, navigating sex and name fields on forms, responding to misgendering, and assessing whether a workplace is LGBTQ-affirming

 

Educational and professional environments

Navigating interpersonal relationships and bureaucratic systems, addressing misgendering or bias, communicating needs to faculty, supervisors, or HR, understanding policies and protections, and developing strategies to advocate for yourself

 

Dating and relationship. Exploring relationships and intimacy
Re-imagining connection, dating, or sexuality, from an affirming lens, as you come into a fuller understanding of yourself

 

Resilience and coping

Building resilience and coping strategies. Developing tools for handling microaggressions, harassment, dysphoria, rejection, challenging relationships, and institutionalized hurdles

 

Religion and spirituality: Navigating belief, belonging, and identity
Sorting through personal beliefs, reconciling religious teachings with lived identity, navigating family or community expectations and conversations, finding affirming communities

 

Community: Finding or building affirming community

Locating affirming spaces, supportive groups, and resources. Finding a sense of connection that aligns with your identity and needs

 

Community: Understanding LGBTQ+ culture and community norms
Learning community language, social cues, and cultural practices in a welcoming, shame-free environment.

 

Know your rights

Information on federal attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, federal and state protections, and corresponding current bureaucratic practices (ID gender markers, gender affirming care, name and gender marker changes, trans athletes, title IX, parental rights, bathroom and facility access)

 

Other issues that are important for you!