TRANSCENDING THE NOISE - SUMMIT DAY THREE

TRANSCENDING THE NOISE: Perspectives in Providing Medical and Legal Services to Trans Kids, Teens and Adults recording of June 5, 2018 session:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cbamanitoba/mb_bar_2018_06_05.mp4

SPEAKERS:
Allison Fenske, lawyer, Public Interest Law Centre (Legal Aid Manitoba)
Nicole Naussbaum, Legal Aid Ontario and project lead of the TransForming Justice project
Dr. Simon Trepel, MD FRCPC, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Center and Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Christine Buchel, MD, CCFP, FCFP, staff physician at Klinic Community Health Centre and Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Reece Malone, Sexologist, Sex Therapist and Sexuality Educator
Logan Oxenham, Policy Writer (Admissions, Classification & Placement of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Inmates) and Staff Training Development “Trans Inclusivity”, Manitoba Justice

The objective of Day Three of the Transcending the Noise Summit is to educate attendees on the medical and legal intersections when trans individuals enter the justice system, the importance of continued access to health care, and advice on improving service to trans individuals. Speakers will also discuss the legal considerations of trans individuals generally and legal considerations as an individual moves through gender confirming surgery. Logan Oxenham will discuss how to better serve the trans community, including justice intersection, custody corrections, and community portion with probations etc. and the legal systems intersection.  Orienting staff on Trans issues and developing training and policies for staff to follow.  Dr. Reece Malone will discuss the nuances of how to have conversations, the actual tools and practical nuances of conversation, and facilitating the roles of the conversation. 

Allison Fenske and Nicole Naussbaum will discuss navigating medical and legal services, including considerations and timing of legally changing your gender, moving through a gender confirming process, considerations in using X for gender on a passport, and gender expression and gender identity as a protected right.