A two day conference on contemporary issues for clinicians interested in Trans* and gender variance.
Day 1 will focus primarily on clinical and research issues, Day 2 on the social context and emerging trends. Some fee concessions will be available for volunteers or low income practitioners, email for further details. You can register for one or both days.
For full details click here information about costs are on the Register Now button on that link which is where bookings/registrations will take place. Don't book through this portal
http://www.tinyurl.com/Trans2014
Friday April 4th
10:00 am 1:00 pm: Keynotes
Dr Meng-Chuan Lai - The Gender and Autism Spectra: Crossroads and Unresolved Mystery
Dr Victoria Holt- Associated Difficulties presenting in families of Gender Variant young people
Alex Drummond - Genderqueer: an auto-ethnographic report from the frontier of Trans*
2pm to 4pm: Seminars
Christina Richards - Trans* - Clinical Aspirations and Pragmatics
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Lee Middlehurst - Online Questionnaires: Re-conceiving Transgenderism to Help All Trans Identities
Tina Livingstone - Impacting practice - trans' clients perception of helpfulness and unhelpfulness in therapy
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Nicola Horley - The narratives of those who identify as gender variant but wo live without surgical interventions.
Saturday April 5th
10:00 am 1:00 pm Keynotes
Dr Meg Barker on Non-Binary Genders
Michelle Bridgman on The role of therapy before & during transition
Sam Feeney on Adolescent Emerging Trans Identities & the law
2pm to 3pm: Brief Presentations
GIRES - the creation of educational resources and information
Mermaids - peer support for families of gender variant young people
Clinic Q - setting up a sexual health clinic for trans* people
4pm Closing discussion
Amanda Middleton and Paris Lees in discussion with Dominic Davies on discussing “Is Trans-Oriented an emerging sexual orientation?” [to be confirmed]
Full biographies and abstracts available on the link