This 3hr workshop is designed to be an introduction to working with LGBTQ and Gender nonconforming pregnant people facilitated by a gender nonconforming person.

We will go over :

Current representation of LGBTQ and GNC folks within reproductive justice, specifically the birthing community

Bias and barriers within the birth world and their stake holders that impact LGBTQ and GNC pregnant people's mental, emotional, physical and medical well-being.

Facilitator will:

Engage participants in practice scenarios

Offer both local and global resources to that are currently working to create affirming care and services for LGBTQ and GNC pregnant people

Offer practical tools for participants to practice unlearning transphobia, and other bias that impact LGBTQ and GNC pregnant people in the greater scope of their personal lives.

This 2.5hr workshop is designed to be an introduction to working with Queer, Trans and Gender nonconforming pregnant people and their families, facilitated by a gender nonconforming person in the postpartum stage.

We will go over

What Queer, Trans, and GNC familes can look like

Current representation of queer, trans and gnc folks within reproductive justice, specifically the birthing community

Bias and barriers within the birth world and their stake holders that impact queer, trans, and gnc pregnant people's mental, emotional, physical and medical well-being.

Facilitator will:

Engage participants in practice scenarios that will challenge participants assumptions, unconscious bias and comfort level in working with Queer, Trans and GNC families

Offer both local and global resources to that are currently working to create affirming care and services for Queer, Trans and GNC pregnant people

Offer practical tools for participants to practice unlearning transphobia, and other bias that impact Queer, Trans and GNC pregnant people in the greater scope of their personal lives

While this training is similar to the ones above, I use a specific lens to speak to medical providers in hospitals.

It is important that medical providers, particularly in hospitals learn how to lessen the trauma they cause to QTGNC Pregnant & Postpartum People Seeking Care from them.

We will make extra room for discussion around policy and how hospital policy, ego and fear of liability enable providers to pressure and QTGNC Pregnant & Postpartum People, not consider or encourage their autonomy and facilitate traumatic situations. It’s time to be better. Let me support your practice <3.

Can be for or designed for:

Any Reproductive Care Worker-* Birthworkers, Doulas, Nurses, Midwives, Obs, etc

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Considering the racist, sexist and non consensual history of obstetrics, the Black maternal health crisis and the devaluing of pregnant people's needs and experiences in the U.S., it is likely you or someone you know has or will experience trauma on their birth journey. As doulas, it is imperative we learn to show up, grounded in trauma informed care. This workshop will define birth trauma and types of birth trauma and review the history and current state of birth and trauma. We will make connections between trauma and its intersections with race, gender, sexuality, class and disability as it pertains to birth. And we will take away tools on being more trauma informed in theory and practice as practitioners

While this training is similar to the ones above, I use a specific lens to speak to medical providers in hospitals. It is important that medical providers, particularly in hospitals learn how to lessen the trauma they cause to Black Pregnant & Postpartum People Seeking Care from them.

We will make extra room for discussion around policy and how hospital policy, ego and fear of liability enable providers to pressure and Pregnant & Postpartum People, not consider or encourage their autonomy and facilitate traumatic situations.

We will also definitely discuss how antiBlackness plays a role in how you see Black Pregnant & Postpartum People. And how that informs your implicit and explicit biases and ultimately your care.

It’s time to be better. Let me support your practice <3.