What does it mean to be transgender? How does a person know if their biological sex fits who they really are? Does our community welcome this growing population? Join us for Community in Unity: Being Transgender, a panel conversation with a live audience talking about gender transition and identity.
Community in Unity: Being Transgender was recorded on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
The panelists were:
Audrey Goodson, active duty transgender military member
Damien Young, transgender youth advocate with Identity, Inc.
Cathy Gillis, mother to a transgender youth
Peek Ehlinger, genderqueer family medicine resident
Resources:
Supporting and Caring for Transchildren
Healthy Children.org
National Center for Transgender Equality – resources for veterans
Have questions or comments? Email communityinunity@alaskapublic.org or call 550-8447.
Anne Hillman is the healthy communities editor at Alaska Public Media and a host of Hometown, Alaska. Reach her at ahillman@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Anne here.
