Texas Nondiscrimination Summit Presents The 9th Annual Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit Stephen F. Austin State University Baker Patillo Student Center

Co-sponsored with: Stephen F. Austin State University School of Social Work and the SFA Student Government Association

Summit at a Glance Friday, June 9, 2017 9:00 to 9:30 ...... Registration & Breakfast 9:30 to 10:30 ...... Welcome and Opening Ceremonies 10:30 to 10:40 ...... Break 10:45 to 10:50 ...... Introduction of Keynote Speaker 10:50 to 11:35 ...... Keynote Speaker: 11:35 to 12:35 ...... Lunch and Poster Session 12:40 to 1:35 ...... Concurrent Session 1 1:40 to 2:35 ...... Concurrent Session 2 2:40 to 3:35 ……………………………………………….……………Concurrent Session 3 3:40 to 4:10 ...... End of Day–Closing Remarks 5:30 to 7:00 …………………………………………..…………………………….Reception

Saturday, June 10, 2017 9:00 to 9:30 ...... Registration 9:30 to 9:35 ...... Welcome Remarks 9:40 to 10:35 ...... Concurrent Session 4 10:40 to 10:45 ...... Introduction of Keynote Speaker 10:45 to 11:30 ...... Keynote Speaker: 11:30 to 12:25 ...... Lunch and Poster Session 12:30 to 1:25 …...... Concurrent Session 5 1:30 to 2:25 ……………………………………………………………..Concurrent Session 6 2:30 to 3:25 ……………………………………………………….….…Concurrent Session 7 3:30 to 4:00 …………………………………………………..………End of Summit Closing

Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit Mission Statement Texas Universities face new challenges in regard to pluralism and the respect of diversity in its many forms among faculty, student, staff, and the communities wherein they reside. Oftentimes a strategic approach that utilizes the grassroots power of the members of these institutions in collaboration with leaders at high administrative levels yields the most positive results in transitioning such entities towards being more open to all. The Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit is a grassroots effort to look at strategic approaches to the issues of social justice and policy implementation as regards the concepts of gender identity and gender expression. The Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit invites interested parties in higher academia to engage in discourse and provide education for what works and what does not work in regards to codifying inclusion of "gender identity and expression" into institutional policy. The summit serves to find means to this end through discussion of divergent and respective strategies in regard to the inevitable barriers that always arise. We envision this summit not as a protest, demonstration, or rally, but as an opportunity to educate others in strategic approaches towards social justice issues related to policy inclusive statements.

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9:00 to 9:30………………………Registration & Breakfast, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor)

9:30 to 10:30 …………Welcome and Opening Ceremonies, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor)

Emcee…………………………………………………………………….. .. Jenifer Rene Pool Welcome to SFA ………….Dr. Adam Peck, Associate Vice President of University Affairs Overview of Summit ...... Josephine Tittsworth Emcee ...... Jenifer Rene Pool

10:30 to 10:40 ...... Break

10:45 to 10:50 ……………………………………Introduction of Keynote Speaker Emcee ...... Jenifer Rene Pool

10:50 to 11:35 ...... Keynote Speaker: Barbra “Babs” Casbar Siperstein ...... Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor)

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Barbra “Babs” Casbar Siperstein is a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Political Director of the Gender Rights Advocacy Association of New Jersey. She has served as Vice Chair of the DNC Eastern Caucus, President of New Jersey Stonewall Democrats, Co-Chair of National Stonewall Democrats Federal PAC Board, Vice Chair of , Deputy Vice Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee and a member of the New Jersey Civil Unions Review Commission.

Since 2002 she has taken a lead in pursuing a full agenda to empower transgender people including but not limited to successful measures to include transgender people anti bullying laws, bias crimes and employment, housing and public accommodations non-discrimination laws as well as banning conversion therapy. ”Babs” became the first openly transgender DNC member in 2009 when she was appointed as an At-Large member by Chairman Tim Kaine and in 2011 was elected by her peers to serve on the DNC Executive Committee. She was a long time serving member of the Edison Township Municipal Alliance, a Trustee of Congregation Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy for over 25 years and served as President of the Regional Conservative Hebrew School of Northern Middlesex County. She holds the title of Princess Royale of the Imperial Court of NY and is a Past Master of Menorah Lodge F & A M.

3 With her daughter Jana, “Babs” owns and operates Siperstein Fords Paint Corp, a specialty coatings supplier and home decor retailer. A former owner and breeder of Standardbred horses, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers and an MBA from Pace University.

Widowed in 2001, she takes one day at a time, enjoys a long-term bi-state relationship with a remarkable partner as well as spoiling and encouraging her grandchildren and wishes they can enjoy a life where people learn to communicate, take responsibility for their actions or inactions, and have respect for each other!

11:35 to 12:35 ...... Lunch, Regent’s Suite A & B An Examination of the Coverage of Transgender Discrimination in Industrial- Organizational Psychology Textbooks Poster Session, Vendor Area This poster will examine the amount of coverage of Transgender discrimination there is in recently published textbooks in Industrial-Organizational Psychology compared to the amount of coverage of discrimination of other minorities. James Kunz

12:40 to 1:35 ...... Concurrent Session 1

Radical Inclusion: Reclaiming the Story of Jesus from the Non-Affirming Church Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) Many of us know the stories of Jesus—we’ve internalized not only the stories but the interpretations attached to them, to the point that there is little room for anything new to emerge—so we miss their very heart of radical love and inclusion. This workshop will retell the stories from the perspective of the marginalized, and recapture God’s expansive and inclusive love for all of us, especially the LGBTQ community! We will dig into Jesus’ words, reexamine parables, and retell the Prodigal as a Trans Daughter and see how it all fits together into one overarching message of love. We will bring new light to tiresome questions about “going and sin no more” (as if), “tough love” (what??), and other badly abused passages. You will rediscover the heart of Jesus for you, reclaim his teachings and his story, and walk away revitalized and full of hope. Susan Cottrell; Founder Freed Hearts

Title IX, Its role in Texas Higher Education and Its Impact for Transgender Students. Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) Kali Cohn joined the ACLU of Texas in September 2015 as a G. Rollie White Trust Legal Fellow. Following her year-long fellowship, she permanently joined the staff in 2016 as a staff attorney focused on LGBT rights and criminal justice issues. Her presentation will be a legal perspective on Title IX, its role in Texas higher education and its impact for transgender students. Kali Cohn; Staff Attorney from ACLU Texas

4 1:40 to 2:35 ...... Concurrent Session 2

Engaging the Conservative Movement in Meaningful Dialogue Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) The Log Cabin Republicans of will present a lecture and exercise session that reviews the importance of engaging conservatives in policy change and best practices to do so. The lecture will review conservative contributions to the GLBT equality movement, analyze the core of opposition that still remains, and discuss how best to change that opposition to support. Chris Busby, President of Houston Log Cabin Republicans

Transgender Legal Issues Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) TG documents without the need for surgery and legal status for purposes of heterosexual marriage, same-sex marriage, same-sex divorce, child custody, adoptions, wills, power of attorney and other same-sex partner benefits in light of US Supreme Court decision on DOMA called Windsor. Frye, Oaks, Benavidez, and O’Neil, PLLC

2:40 to 3:35 ………………………………………………………………….……Concurrent Session 3

Transgressive Words: Poetry of Transition Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) Dr. Beck is a teacher and a poet. He is also a transman. His poetry expresses his journey through gender and provides an opportunity to listen to a story of one transition in a higher education setting. Through his shared words, you will have an opportunity to explore your own experience with gender and to discover ways to use words to bring people in your own life closer to their own gender journeys and to provide support for transgender, non-binary and intersex individuals on your college campuses. Dr. Brandon L. Beck; Professor, Texas State University

Creating a Trans-friendly Grassroots LGBTQ Community Center Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) Learn pragmatic techniques to create collaborative and inclusive grassroots organizations to support transfolk and the general LGBTQ community based on the founding of the Borderland Rainbow Center in El Paso, TX. Learn to work with limited resources and volunteers to create meaningful programming to support transgender community members. Understand more about how to create sustainable social justice organizations. Brenda A. Risch; President, Board of Directors, Borderland Rainbow Center

3:40 to 4:10...... Closing, Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) What Happened Today…………………………………………………Jenifer Rene Pool End of Day Remarks ...... Josephine Tittsworth

5:30 to 7:00 …………………………………………Reception (329 East Main Street Nacogdoches) A welcome reception will be held at the Cole Art Center from 5:30-7pm including complimentary refreshments.

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6 Saturday, June 10, 2017

9:00 to 9:30 ...... Registration & Breakfast, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor)

9:30 to 9:35 ...... Welcome Remarks, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor) Emcee ...... Jenifer Rene Pool Welcome to SFA………………………Janet Tareilo, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

9:40 to 10:35 ...... Concurrent Session 4

Advocacy and Representation on Social Media Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) I will overview what social media activism looks like, real-life examples of activist work on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, and teach audience members how they can also become social media activists. Spencer Heineman; President PRIDE Nac

Incorporating Transgender Health Issues into Inter-Professional Training for Health Care Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) Students, Faculty and students who are learning to function as inter-professional healthcare teams were introduced to culturally competent care for transgender clients through a case study exercise. We share techniques for developing and using case studies to demonstrate the complexity of such clients’ lives. Participants will outline a case study about transgender health issues that fits their learning situation. Kathy Schmidt; Assistant Professor of Social Work, UT El Paso, Patricia Lara; Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, UT El Paso, Connie Summers; Associate Professor of Speech and Language Pathology, UT El Paso

10:40 to 10:45 ...... Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor) Emcee ...... Jenifer Rene Pool

10:45 to 11:30 ...... Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Ivester, Twilight Ballroom (2nd floor)

Jeremy Ivester is a 27-year-old transgender man. In elementary school, he called himself a tomboy, interpreting the word differently from everyone else around him. By twenty-three, he could no longer deny his discomfort with his curvy chest and underwent surgery, re-sculpting his body to be more masculine. A year

7 later, he began taking the hormones that would trigger male puberty, lowering his voice and broadening his shoulders. That’s when he completely adopted his new name and gender.

Jeremy would like nothing better than to simply live life as the man he is, not making an issue of his identity. But recognizing the need to improve awareness as a means of increasing acceptance, he has decided to publicly share his story. And he is doing so not only with the support of his parents, but with their participation as well. Together, the three of them were recently featured in an Equality Texas #TransTuesday video, already viewed by over 15,000 people. He has addressed a gathering of teachers in Austin, TX, under the auspices of the Anti- Defamation League. He has rallied at the State Capital to protest the terrible anti-LGBT laws proposed by our politicians. And he is now co-authoring a book about his experiences, titled "Once a Girl, Always a Boy”.

11:30 to 12:25 ...... Lunch, Regent’s Suite A (2nd floor)

Transgender Topics in Young Adult Literature: What is Out There & What is it Portraying? Poster Session, Vendor Area This poster session sheds light on what Young Adult Literature is doing to represent transgender teens and how it affects the community as a whole. We know there are positive stories out there, but how do we combine the hardships of some transitions with a still optimistic message for those seeking out comfort and information in the literary world? Jacqueline Rivera

12:30 to 1:25 ...... ……………….………………….…Concurrent Session 5

Culturally Adapted Social Work Practice as a Trans Advocate Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) When we think of Ally as an identity and in this case as a verb we become sensitized to the fact that we can never be cognizant of what it like to walk in the shoes of someone who is Trans. If you are a straight or ally, you have an opportunity to engage folks who go to various places of worship, education or employment without entirely overstepping their comfort levels and without outing your acquaintances without their permission. Utilizing your skill as an ally you can make people aware of their privilege and how it can become a powerful tool for Advocacy. Naomi L. Brown, LMSW, Faith Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, CAN, Lauryn Farris

Contemporary Texas Trans History Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) has had an unmistakable Texas twang. This TTNS presentation by Monica Roberts will give you background knowledge on the history, people and events that have shaped the modern Texas transgender community over the late 20th and early 21st century. Monica Roberts, Author of Award-Winning Blog TransGriot

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1:30 to 2:25 …………………………………….……………………..Concurrent Session 6

Best Practices for Addressing Opposition Groups on Campuses, Developing an Ally Training Program Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) This presentation examines the process of creating an Ally program, developing an Ally support system, and the theories behind training tactics and materials. Participants will learn the process of creating an ally program, and will receive sample documentation. We will cover the initial creation of Ally programs, and training allies to work with transgender students. Prairie Endres-Parnell, Tiburcio Lince, Coordinator, and Lora Helvie-Mason, Office of Diversity, Director, Tarleton University

Current Transgender Legal Issues and Rulings, Best Practices for Transgender Persons in Prisons Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) This presentation will cover policies in correctional institutions that effect the transgender population. We will discuss the present policies in Texas correctional institutions including county jails and prisons. The presentation will discuss the evolution of policies, the current Texas court cases regarding transgender rights while incarcerated, and current statistics about transgender inmates. Trenton Roberts/GSA Student, Prairie Parnel, TSU Faculty, Rose Green, GSA Student, James Dinh, Counselor

2:30 to 3:25 ...... Concurrent Session 7

Building Support for Nonbinary Gender Students Student Affairs Commons, 3.201 (3rd floor) Building and maintaining a support organizing for Transgender, non-binary and gender diverse students at a Texas University is challenging yet fun and worthwhile. Join us as we share with you the experiences we've had in growing our organization and presenting University wide events in support of and in visibility for this unique population. Emily Bogue, Oceanna Hart, DJ Davis, Arden Goolsby, Seanie Mardell at Texas State University

Empowerment in Healthcare - The TGNC Card Student Center Theater, 2.101 (2nd floor) The TGNC Card is a resource designed to support transgender individuals with communication in healthcare settings. It is small but mighty. Designed to fit in a wallet, this cards can help facilitate comfortable, productive conversations with medical providers about personal health and wellness. Come learn about this resource, developed by the Trans Masculine Sexual Health Collaborative of Fenway Health. TGNC Cards are available to all attendees. Renee Randazzo; Clinician, Fenway Health / Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition

3:30 to 4:00 ...... Closing, BPSC Theater (2.101) What is next? ...... Jenifer Rene Pool End of Summit Remarks ...... Josephine Tittsworth

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9th Annual TTNS Committee Members Josephine P. Tittsworth, Executive Director Maria Gonzalez, Treasurer Naomi Brown Rebecca Councill Ryan Dillon Cyndra Krogen-Morton Kayla Lozano Alicia Millard Hannah Reinhard Steve Straughter Aubrey Tarantine Nikki Vogel Ann Wilder TTNS Advisory Board Christopher Wick, President Daniel O’Neil, Vice President Stephen “Arch” Erich Hana Pinard Dionne Hill Tammy Molina-Moore

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Hollyfield Foundation Diamond Sponsors

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OSHA publishes best practices on restroom access for transgender workers

A new publication* by OSHA provides guidance to employers on best practices regarding restroom access for transgender workers. OSHA requires that all employers under its jurisdiction provide employees with sanitary and available toilet facilities, so that employees will not suffer the adverse health effects that can result if toilets are not available when employees need them. The core principle of the guidance is that all employees, including transgender employees, should have access to restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. OSHA's goal is to assure that employers provide a safe and health working environment for all employees. The best practices guide was developed through OSHA's alliance with the National Center for Transgender Equality to provide NCTE affiliates and others with information and resources to help foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/qt060215.html

Reception Friday, June 9, 2017 5:30 to 7:00 pm Cole Art Center 329 East Main Street Nacogdoches A welcome reception will be held with complimentary refreshments served.

10th Annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit University of Houston Houston, Texas Summer of 2018

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Special Thanks to The Hollyfield Foundation

The Hollyfield Foundation awards grants to nonprofit 501(c) (3) organizations that support its mission. Jay Hollyfield was a native Houstonian who attended Lamar High School and later The University of Texas. An avid traveler, Jay spent his early years dabbling in acting, first in New York, then in Europe. Like his father, Jay became an entrepreneur and successful businessman. In the years to follow, Jay owned and operated many businesses that catered to the Houston community. His properties included both historical landmarks and popular gay destinations in Montrose and Midtown. His pride and joy is the Hollyfield Building, which is now Uptown Lofts and before Hollyfield's purchase, the Depelchin Children's Home.

A well-known, colorful Montrose resident known for his adventures and well-resourced life style, Jay lived life grand. Jay was a patron of the fine arts, his true love. He was involved with the Westheimer Art Festival from its inception in 1972 until his death in 1994. He installed a board that would keep true to his vision, an arts festival for the community. Today the Bayou City Art Festival is bigger and more successful than ever, raising hundreds of thousands for the art community.

Jay was a champion of gay and causes. Politically he wanted to further the cause by uniting the community. Securing equal rights for gays and became his passion. He was also interested in the health issues that faced the gay and lesbian community, especially HIV/AIDS. He was instrumental in founding the Kaposi Sarcoma Committee, which today is AIDS Foundation Houston, and was an early supporter of the Montrose Clinic.

In 1988, at the request of the Fund, Jay and a few of his friends hosted a dinner in the wine cellar at Tony's as a fund raiser. It is now known as the Houston , a charitable foundation that raises funds for local and national organizations committed to enriching the GLBT community. Named after Jay for his hard work and dedication to the GLBT community, the Hollyfield Political Award, is presented at the Houston Black Tie Dinner honoring its recipient for political activism within the community.

Jay Hollyfield died of AIDS-related conditions in 1994. At his request, the Hollyfield Foundation was founded. Its purpose is to help secure equal rights and treatment for sexual minorities and to be an advocate in the fight against AIDS. Today the board is comprised of friends and community leaders that share these philosophies. The Hollyfield Foundation continues to reach out to the GLBT community through its grants process by funding organizations on the front lines.

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