In this jam-packed and interactive approach to often confusing concepts, participants will explore:

• The difference between sex and gender, from both a biological and cultural standpoint
• The transgender legal landscape: current and future challenges
• The experiences/challenges of transgender youth
• The role of Health and Human Services professionals in caring/advocating for the Transgender community

  Meet Your Instructors: Christopher Jorgenson and Alexandra Hall

  Christopher Jorgenson currently serves as the director of the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center at UW-Eau Claire. When not on campus, engaged in advocacy work and teaching in the Woman’s Studies program, he can be seen traveling around the state providing a variety of training programs, most notably: Safe Space Training, Sexual Assault Bystander Intervention Training, (Being) Sex and (Doing) Gender: The Difference and Why It Matters, and QPR & Campus Connect suicide prevention gatekeeper training programs.

  Alexandra Hall, MD is a family physician with extensive experience in transgender medical care. Trained at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the University of Vermont, she has worked for Dean Health Care, Cornell University, and now the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She frequently conducts workshops and trainings for mental and medical health professionals on the care of transgender clients, both on a regional and national level, and has been involved in advocacy for improved access to care as well as appropriate insurance coverage for transgender people.

  Cost Information

  Early Bird Fee: $159 (through October 1)

  Full Price Registration Fee: $189 (after October 1)

  Registration includes instruction, course materials and lunch.