Keynote speaker Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, will kick-off the event, also offering guest Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first Montana transgender state legislator, who was censured for allegedly inciting protestors to disrupt a House session. There will also be panels and breakout sessions on political, racial, and cultural issues facing the LGBTQ+ community today.
Schedule:
8 a.m. Registration and Light Breakfast
9 a.m. Opening Plenary and Keynote Speaker
Morning Keynote: Imani Rupert-Gordon, E.D., NCLR
10-11 a.m. Breakout Sessions: Elders and Youth
OpenHouse, SF LGBTQ Center--Panel on Interconnectedness of Generations
10-11 a.m. Trans Activism in Red States
Speaker from Utah: Sue Robbins
Speaker from Florida: Nadine Smith
Speaker from Tennessee
Speaker from Kentucky
11-11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Afternoon Breakout sessions
Race and intersectionality
Connections to oppression stemming from racism, transphobia, anti-AAPI, immigration, Blackness
Planned Parenthood, JCC, ACLU and Lyric--how organizations are under attack
12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15-2 p.m. Performance and Drag Conversation Around Freedom of Expression (Lunch Program)
2-3 p.m. Breakout Session: Global Discussion of LGBTQIA+ Fight, Movement, Activism; Influences from the West on Restricting Rights; How They Mobilize
2-3 p.m. Breakout Session: Corporate Allies (i.e., Disney fighting back, etc.)
3-4 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Closing Remarks
4-5 p.m. Networking (off-site)
Keynote speaker Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, will kick-off the event, also offering guest Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first Montana transgender state legislator, who was censured for allegedly inciting protestors to disrupt a House session. There will also be panels and breakout sessions on political, racial, and cultural issues facing the LGBTQ+ community today.
Schedule:
8 a.m. Registration and Light Breakfast
9 a.m. Opening Plenary and Keynote Speaker
Morning Keynote: Imani Rupert-Gordon, E.D., NCLR
10-11 a.m. Breakout Sessions: Elders and Youth
OpenHouse, SF LGBTQ Center--Panel on Interconnectedness of Generations
10-11 a.m. Trans Activism in Red States
Speaker from Utah: Sue Robbins
Speaker from Florida: Nadine Smith
Speaker from Tennessee
Speaker from Kentucky
11-11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Afternoon Breakout sessions
Race and intersectionality
Connections to oppression stemming from racism, transphobia, anti-AAPI, immigration, Blackness
Planned Parenthood, JCC, ACLU and Lyric--how organizations are under attack
12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15-2 p.m. Performance and Drag Conversation Around Freedom of Expression (Lunch Program)
2-3 p.m. Breakout Session: Global Discussion of LGBTQIA+ Fight, Movement, Activism; Influences from the West on Restricting Rights; How They Mobilize
2-3 p.m. Breakout Session: Corporate Allies (i.e., Disney fighting back, etc.)
3-4 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Closing Remarks
4-5 p.m. Networking (off-site)
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