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Problems With Pronouns? This LGBT+ Educator Can Help!

Kryss Shane "Leading LGBT Expert" -The New York Times
August 27, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Problems With Pronouns?  This LGBT+ Educator Can Help!

About this session

This Q&A with 25+ year field expert offers participants the opportunity to think about what we are each already doing to support transgender people and what else we can be doing. At whatever level of power and whatever type of work you do, there is always a way to do more. This is the opportunity to come together to learn from one another and to walk away feeling empowered to do better and to do more for the trans* community.

Meet the speaker

Kryss Shane

Kryss Shane

"Leading LGBT Expert" -The New York Times

Named by The New York Times and many national and international platforms as America's go-to Leading LGBT Expert, Kryss Shane, MS, MSW, LSW, LMSW (she/her) has 25+ years of experience guiding the world's top leaders in business, education, and community via individual, small group, and full-staff trainings. She is known for making each organization's specific Diversity and Inclusion needs become more manageable, approachable, and actionable. This includes physical spaces, hiring practices, policies/procedures, and more. She is also the author of "The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion," the first book of its kind to guide educators, administrators, and school staff to become able and empowered to make their schools more LGBT+ inclusive.

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