Event Program
MORNING SESSION I
WORKSHOP NAME: Creating Trans Joy Through Storytelling
TIME: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-A
DESCRIPTION: I recognize not everyone is a writer, but we all have stories, and we all have voices. I think of oral storytelling as especially Southern. Using excerpts from my book of memoir, Curveball: The Alabama Son They Never Saw Coming, I plan to show listeners how to use stories from their lived experience to highlight both the struggles we as trans and queer folx face, as well as how to turn that experience into stories that highlight trans and queer joy, community, and resilience.
Facilitated by: Josh Cole (he/they), MA Creative Writing and Publishing Arts (Ubalt) and Author of Curveball
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: A Double Rainbow: The Overlap of Trans and Autistic Identities
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-G
DESCRIPTION: During this session, we’ll provide a neurodivergent affirming overview of autism and explore trans identity in that context, as well as discuss terminology, prevalence, unique considerations, and ways to counteract and empower.
Facilitated by: Katie York (they/she), Harford County Neurodivergents
Bio: Katie York founded Harford County Neurodivergents (HCN) in 2022. HCN aims to build community and equip self-advocates with affirming resources. Katie is a board member of Upper Chesapeake Bay Pride and Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna. They are also a community organizer and advocate for racial equity, disability justice, and LGBTQIA+ rights.
Audience: Open to everyone.
Katie York
(they/she)
WORKSHOP NAME: Trans Liberation: Where Do We Go From Here?
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-F
DESCRIPTION: In this session we will be talking about the often overlooked radical and anti-capitalist history of the trans liberation struggle. We will also lay out the way our current political and economic systems fail trans people and what the community really needs to achieve liberation. Finally, we will propose a positive vision for how to move forward with the fight for trans rights through popular resistance.
Facilitated by: Raina Nelson (they/them) and Morgan Artyukhina (she/they), Party for Socialism and Liberation
Bios: Raina Nelson (they/them) is a Black non-binary activist living in Washington, DC. They have a background in supporting LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace, fighting for the rights of gender-oppressed people, and organizing in public housing.
Morgan Artyukhina (she/they) is an autistic Jewish trans woman living in Washington, DC. She is a historian, journalist and activist who writes about and organizes in the struggles against evictions, racism, war, and attacks on the rights of women and LGBTQ people.
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Military Service and Transition
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-E
DESCRIPTION: Panel event where military members discuss their experiences transitioning while serving in uniform.
Facilitated by: SPARTA
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Youth Craftivism: Making a statement with art!
TIME: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR
DESCRIPTION: Raise your voice! Or your scissors and markers! Come make art that makes a statement. We’ll have a button maker, collage materials, beads, and more. Works in progress are welcome too! We’ll have some suggested activities, but let your creativity take you on a journey. Meet new people and learn about SMYALs year-round programs for queer and trans youth, both in DC and online.
Facilitated by: Ty Kitchen (they/them), SMYAL and Ayanna Alexandre (she/her)
Bios: Ty Kitchen (they/them) is the Little SMYALs Programs Manager at SMYAL, where they lead programs for LGBTQ+ youth ages 6-13. Ty is a nonbinary educator, camp counselor, singer, poet, and amateur gardener, who strives to create spaces where youth can be seen and empowered as their whole authentic selves.
Ayanna is a 22-23 Youth Fellow with Little SMYALs, where she co-facilitates programs and support 6–13-year old’s. Ayanna graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Family and Child Sciences and is now attending Howard University to obtain her master’s degree in School Psychology. She is passionate about being a place of support for underserved youth and plans to be a School Psychologist within public schools in the near future. When not at SMYAL or on campus, you can find Ayanna reading a new book in a nearby café, eating new foods at restaurants around the city or doing any and all things creative.
Audience: Open to kids 17 and under and their guardians.
Ty Kitchen
(they/them)
Ayanna Alexandre
(she/her)
LUNCH
WORKSHOP NAME: Lunch Presentation
TIME: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a special presentation from one of our sponsors.
Facilitated by: Gilead
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Lunch
TIME: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
LOCATION: 5th Floor
DESCRIPTION: Attendees are provided with a free lunch (sandwich, salad, cookie). As attendees exit the lunchtime presentation they will be given a lunch ticket. Lunch will be served in the 5th Floor Event Space/Terrace.
Audience: Open to everyone.
AFTERNOON SESSION I
WORKSHOP NAME: Engendered Spirit Award Ceremony
TIME: 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: This is an annual award given to three individuals for their support and contributions to the betterment of the Trans community.
Facilitated by: Trans Pride Washington, DC
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Transmasculine Bottom Surgery
TIME: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: Join this session to get an overview of various bottom surgery options for transmasculine and nonbinary folks (assigned female at birth), as well as hear from local community members who've had surgery. This event will start with a presentation about bottom surgery options that currently exist and resources where you can learn more. At the end of the presentation, we will introduce our panelists which will share their experience with bottom surgery, specifically phalloplasty (RFF, MLD, and ALT) and metoidioplasty. Afterwards, the audience will be invited to ask respectful questions.
Facilitated by: Jamison Henninger (he/him), DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS)
Bio: Jamison Henninger is a volunteer and Executive Director of the DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS), which runs a binder exchange program that distributes new and gently used binders to transmasculine folks in financial need based in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Audience: Due to the nature of the content, 18+ is recommended. No photography allowed.
WORKSHOP NAME: "Exploring Gender" - A Zine Workshop
TIME: 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-E
DESCRIPTION: The goal of this workshop is to create a space for people to get in touch with and explore their relationship with gender in a visual way. We chose zines as our medium because since their inception they have been used by underrepresented and marginalized communities to tell their stories in a way that was unfiltered and easily accessible.
In this workshop we will cover the basics mechanics of making/folding two types of zines (a single sheet 8 page mini zine, and a multi sheet booklet), as well as a brief primer on what a zine is and why we chose this medium (and their role in LGBT+ history), before introducing the following prompts:
"What does gender mean to me? How do I define gender?"
"How do I describe and/or express my own gender? What does it look like?"
"What is my gender journey? How has my experience of gender changed throughout my life?"
Facilitated by: Oliver Coley (he/they), DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS)
Bio: Oliver Coley is an artist turned software developer and the support group coordinator for the DC Area Transmasculine Society. He is an avid collector of both zines and indie comic books, and spends his spare time throwing pottery, drawing, and taking pictures of plants and animals.
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Name and Gender Change Basics for DC, MD, and VA
TIME: 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-A
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will begin by walking attendees through the name and gender marker update process in DC, MD, and VA and we will provide written guides that walk folks through the process step by step. There will also be time to ask specific questions during the last 30-45 minutes.
Facilitated by: Jess Davis-Ricci (they/them), Whitman-Walker Health and Audrey Benjamin (she/her), Whitman-Walker Health
Bios: Jess Davis-Ricci (they/them) is a Staff Attorney at Whitman-Walker Health in Washington, D.C., a community health center offering gender-affirming healthcare, mental health and addiction services, and free legal services. As a Staff Attorney, Jess is committed to empowering trans and gender expansive communities through providing direct legal services on matters related to name changes, updating the gender designation on identity documents, accessing disability and public benefits, protecting transgender rights, and fighting LGBTQI and HIV discrimination.
Audrey Benjamin (she/her) is a Paralegal at Whitman-Walker Health. As a paralegal, Audrey is passionate about providing direct legal services to the LGBTQIA community for matters related to name and gender changes and public benefits.
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Pride is Community Care: Supporting Survivors
TIME: 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-G
DESCRIPTION: The goal of this workshop is to educate attendees about healthy queer relationships and community care for queer survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Queer people are more likely to experience interpersonal violence, because of the isolation and loss of social supports that can come with having a marginalized identity. During this workshop, we will host an open dialogue about how we can come together as a community and support friends that we believe might be in an unhealthy or abusive relationship. We will also discuss resources and ways to seek support when you are in an unhealthy relationship.
Facilitated by: Adeline Murphy (she/they), Network for Victim Recovery of DC
Bio: Adeline is the Outreach and Communications Specialist at NVRDC. She previously worked as an Advocate for youth survivors of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking at NVRDC and Break the Cycle. Adeline also has a background in youth advocacy and housing insecurity, having previously worked as a Residential Coordinator at a domestic violence shelter and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in foster care. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Social Policy from Dickinson College. She also has a trauma- informed organization certificate from the University of Buffalo, School of Social Work. Adeline self-identifies as a queer survivor and is passionate about educating and spreading awareness about social justice issues in a trauma-informed manner.
Audience: Due to the nature of the content, 18+ is recommended.
WORKSHOP NAME: Trans Entrepreneurs
TIME: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-F
DESCRIPTION: This session features a panel discussion which will highlight diverse trans entrepreneurs and their businesses.
Facilitated by: Leonina Arismendi (they/them) and Caroline Howe (she/her/y’all), Department of Small & Local Business Development
Bios: Leonina Arismendi (they/them) is an Uruguayan born artist and storyteller, award winning writer, outspoken immigrant justice advocate, and a professional translator and interpreter. She is a 2023 participant in WeAspire, an entrepreneurship program run by the Department of Small & Local Business Development.
Caroline Howe is the Program Manager of Aspire to Entrepreneurship at DC's Department of Small and Local Business Development, supporting returning citizens in launching and growing their businesses. In her 3 years in this role, she's increased diversity in the program, working closing with LGBTQ+ communities to acknowledge the disproportionate incarceration of trans and queer folx. She also provides direct technical assistance to queer-owned entrepreneurs and businesses, regardless of business type.
Audience: Due to the nature of the content, 18+ is recommended.
AFTERNOON SESSION II
WORKSHOP NAME: Living History of Trans Pride in DC
TIME: 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: This event features a panel discussion featuring trans folks from DC who will be sharing the history, evolution and destiny of Trans Pride DC. Panelists for this discussion include SaVanna Wanzer, Rev. Brian Hamilton, Holly Goldmann.
Facilitated by: Diedre Gray (she/her), Rainbow History Project
Audience: Open to everyone.
Diedre Gray
(she/her)
WORKSHOP NAME: Support for Partners: A Space to Share, Process, and Connect
TIME: 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-E
DESCRIPTION: Are you a spouse, partner, or significant other of someone identifying as trans or nonbinary? This workshop will create a safe, confidential space for partners of trans and nonbinary folx to share their experiences, talk through related thoughts & feelings, and build community. The session will focus on partners’ evolving sense of self, with discussion of their internal perceptions and how these may relate to external relationships with partners, friends, family, etc. This will be a space of fully supportive, non-judgmental sharing and processing together. Participants will have the opportunity to talk through their thoughts/feelings, journal, and/or draw as they feel most comfortable. A free copy of Transversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities, an easy to understand book written for cisgender folks to better understand the experiences of transgender individuals by Lee Harrington.
Facilitated by: Megan Borishansky (she/her), DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS) Partners’ Group
Audience: Open to partners.
WORKSHOP NAME: Trans and Kinky
TIME: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-G
DESCRIPTION: During this event, we will educate trans folks about the Kink community, kink in general and how to best navigate these as a trans person.
Facilitated by: Daniel Mendoza (they/ze) and BB Farmer (they/them), Transitions Shopping Service
Bios: Danny has been a kinkster and community organizer for many years and work to share what they've learned to empower their communities with knowledge. They bring an intersectional approach to everything they do.
BB Farmer
Kinkster for 20 years, educator & newbie facilitator. BB’s goal is to make sure that new kinksters have a great first experience. BB is the Owner of Transitions Shopping Service and has been a mentor to many new folx.
Audience: Due to the nature of the content, 18+.
WORKSHOP NAME: Chest Binding 101
TIME: 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
LOCATION: ROOM 401-F
DESCRIPTION: During this session we will discuss: What is binding and how to do it safely?, different brands and styles to find what works best for you, how to measure yourself to get a properly fitted binder, and programs that exist to help get you one for free. Participants will be able to ask questions and will get free access to an app where they can calculate their size in a binder across brands. Before the session closes, we will have volunteers to provide
Free sizing services at the event (you cannot be actively binding while this is done).
Facilitated by: Jamison Henninger (he/him), DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS)
Bio: Jamison Henninger is a volunteer and Executive Director of the DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS), which runs a binder exchange program that distributes new and gently used binders to transmasculine folks in financial need based in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Audience: Open to everyone.
WORKSHOP NAME: Closing Ceremony
TIME: 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: Hear final remarks from Trans Pride Washington, DC, including thoughts on this year, more information about the after party at As Your Are, and next year’s pride.
Facilitated by: Trans Pride Washington, DC
Audience: Open to everyone.
SOCIAL EVENTS
EVENT: Mix & Mingle
TIME: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION: AUDITORIUM
DESCRIPTION: Socialize and meet others on the 5th floor terrace.
Facilitated by: Trans Pride Washington, DC
Audience: Open to everyone.
EVENT: After Party
TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
LOCATION: AS YOU ARE (500 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003)
DESCRIPTION: Join us as As You Are for our after party. There will be snacks, drinks, dancing, and a DJ.
Getting There: Catch a ride from the metro nearest MLK Library (Metro Center) and take the blue, orange, or silver line to Eastern Market. As You Are is located at 500 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003.
Audience: Open to everyone, all ages, 21+ after 9 pm.
