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GO Spotlight – Presenter: riKu Matsuda
riKu Matsuda works in the Human Relations Branch of the LA County Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services Department as a Senior Intergroup Relations Specialist. He is an analyst for the annual hate crime report and leads the department’s work to end violence against transgender and non-binary communities. Continue reading
Live Q&A with Aidan Key
For the first time ever, Gender Odyssey founder and executive director, Aidan Key, will be on Facebook LIVE for a Q&A session with you. Between 6 p.m. and midnight on Wednesday, May 10, Aidan will be live on the Gender Odyssey Facebook page along with Gender Odyssey family and friends. Continue reading
GO Spotlight – Keynote Speaker: Kris Hayashi
Welcome to the Gender Odyssey Spotlight! As we approach the Gender Odyssey Professional Los Angeles (June 28-29) and Gender Odyssey Seattle (August 23-27) conferences, we are using our blog to spotlight some of the presenters, sponsors, and attendees of these conferences. Kris Hayashi is the executive director at the Transgender Law Center, and will be a panelist on Thursday afternoon at Gender Odyssey Professional Los Angeles, alongside Bamby Salcedo and riKu Matsuda. Continue reading
We’ve Grown! Announcing Gender Odyssey Professional – LA
We are thrilled to announce that this year Gender Odyssey Professional is coming to Los Angeles June 28-29! Continue reading
WIN a Free Conference Pass With Your Donation
With our annual Double Thanksgiving fund raising campaign underway, we’re giving away a limited number of FREE Gender Odyssey conference passes! Continue reading
What Can I Do Right Now For Trans Children?
The past week has been one that few of us will ever forget. My most immediate thoughts after the election had me agonizing as to whether my work for trans rights over the last two decades would just go up in smoke. Not just my work, either. The progress and legal protections we have today have been the result of courage and persistence shown by so many who were there well before my time. Is all that going to disappear? Continue reading
How Gender Odyssey Is Helping Families Like Yours
PFLAG National Board Member Catherine Hyde has penned a powerful piece for Huffington Post that will resonate with all parents raising a transgender or gender-nonconforming child. While Hyde initially struggled raising a transgender child without experienced help, her family ultimately triumphed. Continue reading
Trans Teens Paint: Art Exhibit Opens This Week and Will Display at Gender Odyssey Conference
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with Gender Diversity to bring a unique and moving exhibit, Imagine the Possible: Trans Teens Paint, to the Central library in downtown Seattle this June and July, then moving the exhibit to the Gender Odyssey conference from August 4-7. Continue reading
Meet Our New Conference Director: Michael Woodward
Conferences are amazing opportunities to make connections and learn information, where you’re hearing people’s stories, sharing experiences, and asking questions of people that you don’t normally have access to. I know that they’ve changed my life and made my life so much better by being able to learn from my peers and get the sense of community. You make life-long connections. Continue reading
Debi Jackson’s Request
Gender Diversity’s vision, I believe, will have a profound impact on our lives and our communities. None of us will need to live in such deep isolation. Continue reading
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