Gender Affirming Practice

Gender Affirming Practice

About this event

Eating disorders are significantly more prevalent amongst trans and gender diverse (TGD) people, with more than 75% of TGD people experiencing an eating disorder / disordered eating throughout their life. This webinar is focussed on providing identity-affirming care and support to TGD people. We will explore key concepts, considerations, reflection points, and practical ideas / adjustments, which are foundational to making our understandings and practice more inclusive, accessible, affirming, and safe for TGD folk. All aspects will be grounded in person-centred, trauma-informed, intersectional, de-pathologising, anti-colonial, anti-oppressive frameworks, informed by up-to-date research / evidence, lived experience, and community knowledge. Resources to support post-webinar reflection and learning will also be provided to all attendees. Key topics will include: - Understanding gender diversity (more nuanced than you might think!) - Unique stresses, health issues, and risks faced by TGD folk - Marginalised, intersecting identities, bodies, and experiences - What safe, affirming, and inclusive support is (and isn't) - Therapeutic / practice considerations - Agency, advocacy, and allyship Who is presenting it? The webinar is created and presented by Lumen Gorrie (they/them). Lumen is a queer, trans, AuDHD, chronically ill, disabled person living and working on unceded Wurundjeri Land. They are a registered clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor, and are passionate about neurodivergence, gender, queerness, eating disorders & differences, chronic illness, disability justice, advocacy, and systemic change. They also hold lived experience of eating disorder recovery. How and when will it be presented? - The webinar will be presented live via Zoom, from 10am-12:30pm AEDT on Thursday 15/05/2025 - It will also be recorded, and the recording will be accessible by ticket-holders for 30 days post-live event

Speakers

Lumen Gorrie

Audience

Particularly geared toward those in allied health, medical / healthcare, peer worker, and support worker roles, but is open to anyone.

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