Creating Safer Spaces:
Embodying your Commitment to Trans Inclusion
a 12hr online training to foster trans & queer competency & solidarity
Tuesdays, September 24 - October 29th
10-noon Pacific | 1-3pm Eastern
live | online| captioned | recorded
Pricing: $325 - $375 - $425
Have you…
been confused by words like womxn and folx and questioned whether you should be using such spelling in your marketing?
wondered how to notice when harm occurs and how to interrupt it to truly call people in?
held “women’s spaces,” or sought to work exclusively with women but aren’t sure what that means for trans, non-binary, and gender queer folks?
caught yourself misgendering someone and felt unsure about how to tend to harm caused?
been curious about whether it’s best to use they/them for anyone who’s pronouns you don’t know?
wanted to support someone you know and care for during their gender transition but haven’t felt clear about your role?
This training is for you.
What this is:
A six-session educational series dedicated to growth and transformation where we’ll meet…
for lecture-based content, informed by who is present and what is needed in the group
for practice-based sessions which will be what you make of it, centered in questions, thoughts, practices, and reflections
Interested in going beyond trans 101?
In this six-session training, we’ll explore how to embody a commitment to equity, inclusion, justice, and liberation for trans, non-binary, and queer community members.
This offering will hold space for us to:
reflect on the construct of gender and its individual and collective impact
explore and practice ways to be challenge our implicit bias and the assumptions we might make about one another’s identities
unpack ‘harm’—both how it manifests for our queer siblings and how we can engage in repair and healing
define what accountability really looks like
skill-build to authentically create and hold safer spaces that genuinely welcome, include, and affirm trans, non-binary, and queer individuals
We’ll also explore conversations about topics such as intersectionality, social location, privilege and proximity to power, and we’ll discuss how we can engage in more inclusive, liberatory branding and marketing in our work.
What to expect:
Guided meditation and opportunities for grounding
Reflection and journal prompts
Recommended reading and podcast listening in between sessions
Group conversation
Multimedia slide deck learning
…and so much more
For the sake of accessibility, all sessions will be recorded with live captioning; replays will be shared with those who register.
Please attend as many of the live sessions as possible in order to make the most of this learning space.
Training Dates, Times, & Structure
Tuesdays, September 24 - October 29th
10-noon Pacific | 1-3pm Eastern
live | online| captioned | recorded
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Session 1: Identity
Setting the foundation: group introductions and orienting to the online space, an initial dive into shared language, social location or positionality, intersectionality, and more.
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Session 2: Gender
Unpacking the construct of gender: differentiating between gender and sex, challenging the binary and reclaiming historical truths, understanding pronouns, interrogating anti-trans bias and transphobia, and more.
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Session 3: Solidarity
Frameworks and practices: unpacking allyship and the spectrum of solidarity, what it means to show up in action and not simply in language, virtue signaling, performativity, tokenization, and embodying a commitment to the work of liberation.
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Session 4: Practice
Group-centered conversation, questions, reflections, and opportunities for practice related to pronouns, inclusive language, and more.
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Session 5: Marketing
Moving beyond virtue-signaling, tokenization, and performativity to share branding and marketing that is inclusive, liberatory, aligned, and change-oriented.
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Session 6: Forward
Final discussion and exploration of outstanding questions, thoughts on further learning and resources for staying connected to this work, what it means to challenge cisheteronormativity in our life and relationships, and more.
About the Facilitator
Tristan Katz (they/he) is a writer, digital strategist, and equity-inclusion facilitator dedicated to shifting the culture and interrupting cisheteronormative narratives to make the world safer, more affirming, and truly liberatory for queer and trans individuals. Their work is rooted in an anti-oppression and intersectional lens, informed by years of study with Michelle C. Johnson and the teams at Resolutions Northwest and the Transgender Training Institute.
What people are saying:
Amber Davey, previous program manager for LoveYourBrain
“In my three years and a half years at LoveYourBrain, I have never experienced conversation like we had today, in our session with Tristan. They are deeply thoughtful, and incredibly generous in their time and offerings.”
Ann Abbey, MA, LLP, RYT
“Tristan provided important learning to take me to the next level for the trans clients I work with in the therapy room and out in the world. I want everyone to attend and I want them to get paid more for their time.”
Casey Carroll, co-owner and creative director BWB
“Tristan brings the house down with their wisdom, love, earnest drive for change, modeling, and highly skilled facilitation and teaching. Their work is truly transformational. We’ve learned so much about how to create safer spaces and deeply engage in solidarity work through their trans inclusion counsel. We uplift all of their work and highly recommend bringing Tristan into your organization!”
Pricing
Your registration is non-refundable and available according to a three-tiered justice pricing structure. You are invited to reflect on what you are able to contribute and if you are in a position to pay at the higher end of the scale to support others who are not positioned to pay the highest tier of the scale. No one will be turned away for lack of funds! If you need additional support, please contact me directly.
$325
Community
Supported by your peers
$375
Sustain
Covers your enrollment
$425
Support
Supports your peers
10% of workshop proceeds will go directly to the Intersex Justice Project, an organization dedicated to ending invasive and unnecessary surgeries on intersex youth by empowering intersex people of color as change-makers.
Janet Mock
I wish that instead of investing in…hierarchies of what's right and who's wrong, what's authentic and who's not, and ranking people according to…rigid standards that ignore diversity in our genders and sexualities, we gave people freedom and resources to define, determine, and declare who they are.
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