Do Something Identity(ies) Conference
Conference happened
Friday, May 13, 2022
8am-6pm PDT
13 CEs Available
Welcome to the inaugural DSI conference, an international virtual conference that centers and celebrates the most erased realities in the LGBTQIAS+ community. The conference occurred on May 13th, 2022. You can purchase all of the recorded conference sessions at this link. For flexibly pricing or if you have any questions, send an email to DiversityAndIdentities@
All presentations, panels, lectures, education sessions, and more are presented exclusively by folx who are trans/non binary and/or another non cis identity; many of the presenters also hold other historically excluded identity(ies) in terms of race, ability, and more. Additionally, everyone who is part of organizing and facilitating the conference are paid for their labor – we are focused on creating a conference that reflects the world we want to live in.
Our hope for the DSI Conference is to broaden the perspective of attendees by highlighting realities that differ from their own experiences. The intention of the conference is to center trans/non binary and many more non cis identities’ realities and educate the world on affirming care.
Course Overview
Our presenters come from different countries and continents around the world. They all have various types of work/professions and have the privilege of sharing their unique perspective through the knowledge and passions they hold. These presenters help viewers to think outside of the cis gender, heterosexual, white passing, able-bodied, and many more privileged frameworks. They help the viewer better understand that members of our community are not a monolith and need spaces that are truly affirming of the different identity(ies) that one person holds.
What You Will Learn
The conference strived to teach on a wide variety of topics relating to the trans, non binary, non cis, and queer communities. Presentations are centered around the perspectives and experiences of our community and highlighting the individual knowledge, expertise, and experiences of our speakers. We encourage you to attend as many sessions as possible because our community is not a monolith and to embrace true diversity by learning from many individual experiences.
Each session will address life saving topics crucial for education on how to better understand the LGBTQPIA+ community. This course will help you build a more inclusive practice that creates a safer space for this misunderstood community.
Subject Areas and Topics
Decolonization
Decolonising as a means to Gender Rights (feat. Arya Jeipea)
In this discussion Arya makes a case for decolonisation as a way to achieve bodily autonomy, gender equality and recognition for transgender people.
Disordered Eating
In this interactive presentation, Asa Splinter shares their personal story about how they fully recovered from an eating disorder; why food should not be seen as fuel or the enemy; and what is needed to make peace with your body.
Identity(ies) Through Music
Queer Identity Development Explored through Queer Song Lyrics (feat. Gray Baldwin
This presentation will focus on queer identity and exploring the coming out process through song lyrics by queer artists.
Addressing Transphobia
Addressing Transphobia Throughout the Ecosystem (feat. Dr. Cadyn Cathers)
In this course, Cadyn Cathers, PsyD explores how psychotherapists can offer prevention and intervention to reduce gender minority stress experienced by their trans or nonbinary clients.
Identity(ies) and Religion
Trans in Scriptures (feat. Masha Davis)
Come and learn about where trans people are in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures and other ancient texts. Masha will be presenting peer-reviewed material that represents a very controversial and uncomfortable viewpoint to our detractors.
The Art of Being: Working with Intuition and Internal Reflection (feat. Ashley Marie Lagrange)
A collage-based Mental Health Workshop where participants will focus on visualizing a part of ourselves that feels difficult to sit with and learning skills to follow our intuition to ground ourselves.
Don’t Shame Me! (feat. Rebecca Kerl)
Don’t Shame Me is a presentation focused on how clinicians and professionals can better support those who identify as ND, LGBTQIA+, and those who have alternative lifestyles, specifically in mental health and medical settings. LGBTQIA+, and those who have alternative lifestyles, specifically in mental health and medical settings.
A Quick & Easy Guide to Neopronouns
The presentation will distinguish and define pronouns and neopronouns. A brief general history of neopronouns will be provided. Then I will elaborate on some commonly used neopronouns, explaining how to use and say each one and giving examples of each neopronoun in popular culture today.
Do Something: Trans & Non Binary Identities (feat. Van Ethan Levy)
Do Something: Trans & Non Binary Identities is a documentary created only by trans and/or non binary people.
In graduate school many of us learned therapeutic interventions to support folks in the dominant identities, culturals, relationships, and family structures. There are ways to shift language, navigate dynamics, and celebrate the queerness in therapy. Queerness shows up through politics, gender, relationship dynamics and sexuality. This is an introduction to what queering therapy can look like.
Ableism is any type of discrimination or bias against disability. In this training, attendees will learn about how to engage in allyship for individuals with disabilities. Attendees will learn practical examples of how to use anti-ableist language, how to avoid objectifying disabled individuals, and how to create safe spaces for people in the disability community.
Through this discussion/workshop, participants will learn about the history of trans negativity as it relates to anti-Blackness and fat stigma, explore the impact of oppression and microaggressions on internalized trans-negativity, and explore radical healing through a liberation framework, particularly through self-compassion & shame resilience work.
This workshop provides licensed mental health professionals with tools on how to assess & write a letter for a trans/ non binary/ non-conforming & many more non cis clients for surgery/ hormone/ name change/ gender marker change and more in one session.