Join PFLAG Manhattan Beach for their regular monthly meeting focused on the transgender and gender expansive community, friends, families, and allies for education and supportive conversations.
Support group will immediately follow the speaker.
This meeting is held on the third Wednesday of each month.
JOIN FOR ON-LINE EDUCATION & SUPPORT!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th at 7 pm!
Email us at rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org to RSVP to our
ONLINE SUPPORT MEETING!
Our Gender Expansive meetings will remain virtual for the time being. We will continue to utilize the Zoom platform with features that provide the highest level of safety and confidentiality possible. Toward that end, we ask that each of you that would like to participate in the on-line support on September 16th, contact us by email RSVP. We will cut off RSVPs at 5 p.m. on the 16th. To ensure the safest experience possible, all participants who have confirmed attendance will receive a follow-up email with the link to the Zoom call and a password. For confidentiality’s sake, please do not forward these to another participant — they are welcome to contact us directly to receive the link.
This is new technology for many of us and, although it can take us time to adapt and master a new program, we’re certain we can all make this work. If you are new to Zoom, you can follow the links HERE for brief tutorials on all you need to know to sign on to a Zoom call with us.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
How We Do Family: Fertility Realities for the Transgender Community with Trystan Reese (he/him)
This session is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of transgender fertility, including what to do before transitioning, how hormones impact fertility, what options trans youth have, and more!
About our Presenter:
Trystan Reese is an award-winning author, facilitator, and researcher focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. He has been organizing with the trans community for nearly two decades, serving on the frontlines of this generation’s most significant fights for LGBTQ+ justice. He burst into the American media landscape in 2017, when he and his partner decided to tell their trans pregnancy story publicly. He has since toured with The Moth MainStage, and his story was subsequently included in The Moth’s 2024 anthology, A Point Of Beauty.
As an author, Trystan's first book, How We Do Family, was released in the summer of 2021. He branched out with a children’s book, The Light of You, and his essays have been featured in many anthologies, including The Mindful Masculinity Workbook. Trystan is a published researcher who is passionate about transgender fertility and co-authored a chapter on the mental health needs of transgender patients undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology, which can be found in Cambridge University Press’ Fertility Counseling: Clinical Guide.
The founder of Collaborate Consulting, Trystan provides customized training solutions for individuals, organizations, and communities interested in social justice. He has trained hundreds of medical providers on transgender fertility inclusion and delivered keynotes at dozens of conferences and convenings.
He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his three kids: Riley, Sully, and Leo. They are very happy.
Find Trystan online here: collaborate.consulting
Instagram: @biffandi & @transfertility