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Join us for a day-long symposium on the topic of gender!
What is gender, and how does it develop?
What messages do young people get through media about gender?
How can school and public librarians create safe spaces for transgender and gender expansive youth?
Featuring:
Keynote speaker Lesléa Newman - Author of HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES and SPARKLE BOY
Maya Gonzalez - Award-winning artist and author of THEY SHE HE ME: FREE TO BE!
Alex Gino - Award-winning author of GEORGE
Lourdes Rivas - Author of THEY CALL ME MIX
Sarah and Ian Hoffman - Authors of JACOBS NEW DRESS
Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. - Director of Mental Health at the UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center and author of THE GENDER CREATIVE CHILD and GENDER BORN, GENDER MADE
Encian Pastel - Educator and member of Gender Justice in Early Childhood
Cristina Escobar - Director of Communications at The Representation Project
Olivia Higgins - Founder of Queerly Elementary
Please register in advance; tickets will be available at the door for $75.
Contact us if you'd like to be considered for a scholarship to this year's Institute!
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LocationKoret Auditorium, SF Main Library (View)
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
Categories
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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