When: Friday, March 5, 2010 - 9:00am - 5:30pmWhere: University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus, Payson-Smith Hall
Who: Members of the transgender community and their allies, as well as mental health, social service, and medical professionals
The purpose of the Transforming Health and Wellness conference is to raise awareness about health and wellness-related needs of the transgender community, and to address how the many areas of life that affect wellness may be influenced by gender non-conforming experiences. The Transforming Health and Wellness Conference will have workshops geared towards medical and mental health professionals as well as the transgender/genderqueer/gender-fluid community.
Some of the topics covered throughout the day will include:
For health providers:
"Trans 101"
Information about physical health and transitioning issues
Guidelines for therapists working with trans clients
Q&A with a panel of transgender individuals
Providing counseling to transgender clients with co-occurring mental health or substance abuse concerns
Issues commonly faced by trans youth
Case discussions Q&A
For community members:
- Transitioning decisions
- Q&A with a panel of doctors and therapists
- Living outside of the boxes of male/female
- Butch/Femme identities
- Homelessness in the trans youth community
- Open discussion for parents and family members of trans individuals
- Body Image
- Relationship concerns
- Coming out or talking about gender with family members
- Spirituality
Registration for Transforming Health and Wellness 2010 has closed due to reaching our maximum attendance capacity. However, we hope to make this an annual event. If you would like to be added to an email list to receive information about next year's conference, please email the conference organizers.
(There are a few people who have already made registration arrangements within the past week who may have not "officially" registered. If you are in this category, please email alex@mainetransnet.org to register. Thanks!)
We look forward to seeing you on March 5th, or at future conferences!
The Transforming Health and Wellness conference was organized by MaineTransNet (Maine Transgender Network, Inc.) with assistance from the USM Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity and the Trans Care Collaborative.