March 28th & 29th
Fort Lewis College Student Union
Durango, Colorado
8am-4:30pm both days
FREE
Breakfast, Lunch, and Childcare provided.
Who Should Attend?:
-Caregivers & parents of transgender children of any age
-Medical providers
-Behavioral Health providers
-community members seeking to learn
Learning Objectives:
We hope you will walk away with skills, evidence, and connections to transform the care you provide to your clients, patients, or children.
- Apply current evidence and guidelines to gender-affirming care.
- Integrate best practices across medical and mental health disciplines.
- Address equity, access, and culturally responsive care.
- Navigate ethical, legal, policy, and economical landscapes.
- Advance mental health and psychosocial well-being.
- Explore the intersections of transgender care and neurodivergence.
- Build partnerships and connection with resources.
The Symposium is designed for a wide range of professionals and community leaders engaged in transgender and gender diverse health:
- Medical Clinicians: family medicine, endocrinology, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB-GYN, urology, surgery, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and voice therapy.
- Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals: psychiatry, psychology, counseling, social work.
- Caregivers, Parents, & Family Members: supporting transgender and gender diverse humans.
- Researchers & Educators: clinical and public health researchers, academics, curriculum designers.
- Trainees: students, residents, fellows, early-career professionals.
- Public Health & Community Leaders: health departments, advocacy groups.
- Policy & Legal Stakeholders: policymakers, ethicists, legal experts.
- Transgender & Gender Diverse Community Members & Advocates: leaders, advisors, educators, and collaborators.