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Community in Unity: Being Transgender

Alaska Public Media | By Anne Hillman
Published September 30, 2016 at 9:05 PM AKDT
Panelists and host for Community in Unity: Being Transgender from right to left: Peek Ehlinger, Audrey Goodson, Damien Young, Cathy Gillis and Anne Hillman. (Townsend/Alaska Public Media)
Panelists and host for Community in Unity: Being Transgender from right to left: Peek Ehlinger, Audrey Goodson, Damien Young, Cathy Gillis and Anne Hillman. (Townsend/Alaska Public Media)

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.

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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.
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Anne Hillman
Anne Hillman is a behavioral health clinician working in rural Alaska. Before going back to school for her Masters of Social Work, she covered social justice issues for Alaska Public Media and ran the multimedia and arts project Mental Health Mosaics with Out North.
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