Description
Black Queer individuals are particularly vulnerable to discrimination, lack of access to competent healthcare providers, and legitimately hold mistrust of medical institutions, all of which push those at the crossroads of these identities out of receiving much-needed healthcare and treatment. This workshop will explore the unique history of Black Queer folx, the colonial legacy of gender and its impact on the Black community, barriers to seeking and receiving services, and best practices for holding effective healing spaces.
Maryland: This workshop meets the requirement for Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice for Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners' COMAR 10.42.06.03.A.(1)(d) with a focus on cultural humility.
District of Columbia:
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This workshop meets the continuing education requirement for DC Public Health Priorities in the following topic: 10. Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care.
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Alternatively, this workshop also meets the LGBTQ+ requirement.
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You cannot use this workshop to satisfy both requirements.
Instructor
Maryland-native Randall Leonard (they/them/theirs) is a proud nonbinary licensed clinical social worker specializing in the care of LGBTQIA individuals. They currently hold healing space focused on the liberation of Black and Queer people through encouraging authenticity, reconnecting to history and lineage, and empowering shared lived experiences. They also facilitate a weekly group for trans and gender-diverse people of color to process intersectionality topics between race, culture, and gender.
Randall holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland, School of Social Work with a concentration in clinical behavioral health. As a strong advocate for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, their recent achievements include testifying for the “X” gender marker on Maryland driver’s licenses, passed and enacted in 2019, and being featured as part of Sephora’s 2019 “Belong to Something Beautiful” gender-diversity campaign.
Agenda & Learning Objectives
AGENDA:
1:05 – 1:15 Registration/Log On
1:15 – 2:45
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Welcome / Introduction / Learning Objectives
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Intersectionality
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QPOC Culture
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BPOC Community Terminology
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Supporting Gender Diversity
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Colonization and Gender
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30
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The Path of Liberation
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Community Concepts
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Effective Interventions
4:30 Adjournment
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Improve their knowledge about the Black Queer community.
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Describe the effects of colonization on the invalidation of Black gender diversity.
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Explain how to engage and support Black Queer community members “where they are at.”
Bibliography & References
BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES
Be the Conversation: Baltimore/DC transgender needs assessment study (2018). Retrieved from http://trtnetwork.weebly.com/uploads/7/3/7/6/73764281/report01_count-me-in-maryland.pdf
Boag, P. (2011). Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past (First ed.). University of California Press.
Fairchild, Halford. (2000). African American Psychology.
Hawn, T. (2020). Cultural awareness in therapy with trans and gender non-conforming adults and older people: A practical guide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Hawn, T. (2021). The gender identity guide for parents: Compassionate advice to help your child be their most authentic self. Rockridge Press
Keuroghlian A. (2018) Suicide Risk and Prevention for LGBTQ People. Webinar for The Fenway Institute.
LGBT Demographic Data Interactive. (January 2019). Los Angeles, CA: The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. Retrieved from https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/visualization/lgbt-stats/?topic=LGBT#density
Lugones M. (2016) The Coloniality of Gender. In: Harcourt W. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-38273-3_2
Murray, S. O., Roscoe, W., & Epprecht, M. (2021). Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities (Suny Press Open Access) (Reprint ed.). SUNY Press.
Russell, S. T., Pollitt, A. M., Li, G., & Grossman, A. H. (2018). Chosen Name Use Is Linked to Reduced Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 503-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.02.003
Shaia, Wendy & Avruch, David & Green, Katherine & Godsey, Geneen. (2019). Socially-Engineered Trauma and a New Social Work Pedagogy: Socioeducation as a Critical Foundation of Social Work Practice. Smith College Studies in Social Work. 1-26. 10.1080/00377317.2019.1704146.
Snorton, R. C. (2017). Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (3rd ed.). Univ Of Minnesota Press.
Target Audience
Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists
We welcome anyone interested in the topic!
Late Fees and Refunds
The base price is $70, which includes CE credit.
Cancellations: **ALL cancellations will be subjected to a $35.00 administration fee.** Cancellations must be received 24 hours in advance prior to the workshop to receive a refund or an account credit.
ADA Accommodations
If you are requesting ADA accommodations, please contact our office via email at least two weeks prior to the workshop date. Requests after that date may not be fulfilled.
Our email address is cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu.
