Sixth National SART Training Conference (May 25 – 27, 2011 – Austin, TX)

Workshop Title: Compounding Variables: Anti- LGBTQ Hate Crimes and Sexual Assaults

Workshop Description: Anti-LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) hate violence, particularly when it is coupled with sexual assault, presents complex and compounded challenges for both victims and services providers.  Hate violence sends a strong message to LGBTQ people, often crumbling a community’s sense of safety and rendering them powerless and vulnerable.  To be effective, service providers must be able to appreciate and respond to the various levels and meanings hate violence carries.

Through a blend of didactic and experiential modalities, national statistics on anti-LGBTQ hate violence and sexual assault will be presented, highlighting where anti-LGBQ violence overlaps with and differs from anti-transgender crimes.  Many LGBTQ people face substantial bias because they belong to other traditionally marginalized groups along other axes of identity such as race, class, incarceration history, immigration status, or ability.  Membership in more than one marginalized community can dramatically increase targeting for severe violence.  A special focus on transgender victims, trends, heightened risks and narratives will be a driving force throughout the workshop.  Come prepared to be engaged and interactively participate!

Workshop objectives:

1. Participants will be able to list key anti-LGBTQ hate violence and sexual assault statistics.
2. Participants will be able to identify additional identity and experiential variables that contribute to increased anti-LGBTQ crime severity.
3. Participants will be able to respond more sensitively to anti-LGBTQ hate violence and sexual assault through personal resonance with individual narratives presented.

Fifth Annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference  (April 30, 2011 – CT)

Workshop title: Anti-Transgender Hate Crimes and Sexual Assaults: Compounding Variables and Best Practices for Community/Professional Response

Workshop description: Anti-transgender hate violence, particularly when it is coupled with sexual assault, presents complex and compounded challenges for both victims and services providers.  Hate violence often crumbles a community’s sense of safety and renders members powerless and vulnerable.  To be effective, service providers must be able to appreciate and respond to the various levels and meanings hate violence carries.  Through a blend of didactic and experiential modalities, national statistics on anti-transgender hate violence and sexual assault will be presented.  Many transgender people also belong to other traditionally marginalized groups along other axes of identity such as race, class, incarceration history, immigration status, or ability and so are far more often targeted for severe violence.  Best practices and resources will encourage participants to implement changes in their communities and organizations. Come prepared to be engaged and interactively participate!

Workshop facilitator / trainer: michael munson

Workshop time / location: 10:45 – 11:45am, Academic building of the Unniversity of Connecticut Health Center Building A (room: Friends)

Learn more about (and registered to attend!) the Transgender Lives Conference at http://conference.transadvocacy.com/

Michael Munson will be presenting two workshops at the ReachingOut conference.

1. Services Outside the Box: Helping Your Clients Navigate Sex-Segregated Services
(4/14/2011 – Thursday 1:00 – 3:00pm)

2. Transgender Survivors: Statistics, Stories, Strategies
(4/14/2011 Thursday 3:30 – 5:00pm)