TRANS*HEALTH @ UIC: A COMMUNITY FORUM TO CELEBRATE, EDUCATE, AND CREATE ALLIANCES

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.