T.J. was one of the keynotes for a conference I hosted featuring 13 colleges and universities in the Midwest with over 225 attendees. His delivery, content and overall presence was one of the major highlights of this event. To this day students still rave about his workshop and keynote. He is absolutely one of the rising stars in the field! |
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Spoken and conducted workshops on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
Queer and Trans Justice and History; Campus Activism and Leadership; Race, Gender, Class, Immigration, and Sexuality; Trans*forming Feminisms; Intersectionality; Masculinity; Privilege and Oppression; Drag and Gender Performance as Tools for Liberation; Trans*forming College Athletics and Fitness; Gender Expansive Programming, Trainings, and Support Services, and many more. Connect with me to see if I'm the speaker you've been looking for!
Be sure to check out my consultant page as well for more information about trainings.
Queer and Trans Justice and History; Campus Activism and Leadership; Race, Gender, Class, Immigration, and Sexuality; Trans*forming Feminisms; Intersectionality; Masculinity; Privilege and Oppression; Drag and Gender Performance as Tools for Liberation; Trans*forming College Athletics and Fitness; Gender Expansive Programming, Trainings, and Support Services, and many more. Connect with me to see if I'm the speaker you've been looking for!
Be sure to check out my consultant page as well for more information about trainings.
T.J has a gift for connecting with students on serious topics and providing great education.
- Megan Rowe, Associate Director of Housing Operations, Loyola University Maryland
In 2005, I was featured as one of four trans college students in the docu-series TransGeneration, which aired on the Sundance Channel and on LOGO. The documentary earned the Outstanding Documentary Award from GLAAD in 2006, and was heralded as "a revolutionary documentary series" by the Boston Globe. After that, I toured dozens of film festivals and college campuses, accompanying screenings and facilitating discussions and Q&As spurred by the series. With 8 episodes and a 90-minute festival version to choose from, TransGeneration can be a useful tool for education, community building, hilarity, and powerful story-telling.
Contact me today to book a screening!
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PAST KEYNOTES AND WORKSHOPS
T.J. is a skilled facilitator and educator. T.J. presented relevant, and engaging content about trans awareness to undergraduate students. His content was thoughtful, nuanced, and comprehensive, and his facilitation style was engaging to participants that were at varied levels of awareness.
- Purvi Patel, Assistant Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Washington University in St. Louis
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"Queer Understandings of Leadership". DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.
"Trans Students and Experiences at Women's Colleges" at Mount Holyoke College Board of Trustees meeting in NYC "Dismantling the Gender Binary and Creating Gender Expansive Spaces" at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. 
Photo credit: Demitra
"LIFE Stories - LGBTQ People of Color" w Imani Rupert-Gordon, Erik Glenn, Hiram Ramirez, Corey Winchester, and Em Roth at Evanston Township High School LGBTQ Summit, Evanston, IL
"Building Trans-Inclusive Movements" and "Feminism & Trans*Formation: Gender Liberation Through a Critical Trans Politic" at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD "Gender and Sexuality in Inclusive Classrooms" panel with Paisley Currah, Tey Meadow, and João Nemi Neto at Barnard College, New York, NY 
Photo credit: Annie M. Kosar
"Being Brown About It: An Intersectional Trans*Formation"; "From Accessing to Shaping: Rethinking Trans 'Inclusion' on College Campuses"; "At the Intersection of Race, Gender and Sexuality: Troubling Coming Out" at Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
"The Politics of Pee" 2016 LGBTQIA Month Keynote (pictured on the right) at Highline College, Des Moines, WA "Trans*formative Movements are Leader-FULL" at 2016 CUSP Student Leadership Conference, Olympia, WA 
Photo credit: Kijua Sanders-McMurtry
"Trans Activism and the History of Revolutionary Leadership: A Salon with Reina Gossett" (along with Holiday Simmons & Raquel Willis, pictured above) at Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA, November 2015
"Exploring QTPOC & Non-monogamy" at 2015 Midwest Queer Indigenous and People of Color Conference, Minneapolis, MN 
Photo credit: Kim Hutcherson
"Trans*formative Movements are Leader-FULL" at 2015 O.N.E. Leadership Conference, Denison University, Granville, OH.
"A Conversation on Trans Activism and Redefining Leadership with Janet Mock" (pictured above) at Agnes Scott College, Atlanta GA, November 2014 “Beyond Inclusion: Trans*Forming Higher Education for the Public Good” at the Equality Leadership Colloquium for LGBT Issues in Higher Education, Ypsilanti, MI, May 2014 
"Consuming Virtual Queerness: Bite Size Enough For You?" at DePaul University, Chicago, IL, May 2013
Keynote at 2012 Georgia GSA Summit, Atlanta, GA "Activating Drag: Collaboration and Social Justice with Stilettos and Spirit Gum" keynote at the 2012 Northeast LGBT Conference, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY "The Fluidity of My Journey with Gender and Privilege" at the 2012 MOSAIC Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 
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"Trans*forming Higher Education and Being Brown About It: Centering Intersectionality in Trans Liberation" at Penn State University, New Kensington, PA
"Being Brown About It: An Intersectional Trans*Formation" at Southern Oregon University's Trans Activist Pride week, Ashland, OR "From Accessing to Shaping: Rethinking Trans 'Inclusion' at College Campuses" at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 
"Conceptualizing Collective Survival Through Critical Hope" at 2017 Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
"Trans*Forming Higher Education and Being Brown About It: Centering Intersectionality in Trans Liberation" at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA "At the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality" at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 
Photo credit: Jeremy Morales
"Trans*forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change" at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, April 2016
"Surface Level: Culture as an Iceberg & Constructions of Masculinities and Femininities" at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, April 2016 "Feminisms and Trans*formation: Gender Liberation Through a Critical Trans Politic" at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, April 2016 "Supporting trans and gender-expansive youth at schools" for the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago, w/ J. Leininger & O. Daniel-McCarter "Trans*forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change" at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, April 2016
"Surface Level: Culture as an Iceberg & Constructions of Masculinities and Femininities" at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, April 2016 "Feminisms and Trans*formation: Gender Liberation Through a Critical Trans Politic" at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, April 2016 "Supporting trans and gender-expansive youth at schools" for the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago, w/ J. Leininger & O. Daniel-McCarter 
"From Accessing the Shaping: Rethinking Trans 'Inclusion' on College Campuses" at 2015 Upper Midwest Region - Association of College and University Housing Officers Annual Conference, La Crosse, WI
Speaker for the Hillside Social Justice Dinner Series, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, September 2015 "Being Brown About It: An Intersectional Trans*formation" at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, April 2015 
Photo credit: Askar Salikhov
Keynote at 2014 Great Lakes Colleges Association Students of Color Leadership Conference, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
"Trans*forming Higher Education and Being Brown About It: The Role of Intersectionality in Trans* Justice" at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, April 2014 LGBT History Month Keynote at Governors State University, University Park, IL, October 2013 LGBTQA History Month Keynote w/ B Cole at University of Wisconsin Madison, October 2013 6th Annual LGBTA Month Opening Keynote at DePaul University, Chicago, IL, May 2013 
Photo credit: Michael G. Brown
2011 Camp Pride Keynote, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2009 Transgender Day of Remembrance Keynote, Burlington, VT 2008 Out & Greek Leadership Conference Keynote, Chicago, IL 2008 Midwest BLGTA Colleges Conference Keynote, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Guest Speaker for Standing Committee for LGBT Awareness, ACPA Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN 2003 Michigan Pride Rally Speaker, Lansing, MI |
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