The UIC Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy’s Race, Sexuality and Violence Series and the Gender and Sexuality Center present:
TRANS*HEALTH @ UIC
A Community Forum to Celebrate, Educate, and Create Alliances
Wed April 9, 3-5pm
Student Center East, Room 613
750 S. Halsted Street
A forum to discuss gender identity, race and the right to medical access, and why the new trans* inclusive health policy at UIC matters to all of us. Ask questions, learn something new, build bridges and celebrate the new policy. We will screen the new GSC video about bringing trans* health coverage to UIC, roll out a Frequently Asked Questions sheet about coverage and more, hear from our panel and answer your questions. Don’t miss it!
Featuring:
- Aja Blalark, UIC student, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs; community advisory board member of Chicago House and their Trans Life Center Program.
- Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Curriculum, Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, UIC College of Medicine.
- Jae Szeszycki-Truesdell, MA, MPH, Health Promotion Specialist, Transgender Services, API Wellness Center, San Francisco, CA; UIC alum and leader of the UIC trans* health initiative.
Refreshments will be served. RSVP to Ryan Viloria at rvilor1@uic.edu or irrpp.uic.edu. Find us on Facebook, too.
irrpp.uic.edu. Find us on Facebook too.
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