GLP Community Event - Gender and Orientation Q+A Panel

Join us as Kat hosts guest speakers Brenda Waterman and Sophia St. James for a special (by donation) community event! Curious about Gender Identity vs Gender Expression? Need guidance dating a gender non-confroming partner? Trying to be a better Ally? We are coming together to answer your questions! 7-8pm Understanding Gender 101: What is Gender? *Identity, Expression, Non-Binary *Gender vs Orientation *Pronouns and Non-gendering terms Family Matters *When someone you love comes out as Trans/NGC *Parents of Trans Children *How to be an Awesome Ally! 8pm 30 Minute Break with Snacks 8:30-9:30pm Gender and Dating (18+) Dating *Communication *Consent *Supporting a Lover with Dysphoria About Your Facilitators: Brenda Waterman is a consent educator and LGBTQ activist based in the Phoenix area. In 2013, she co-founded the consent education group Kinksters of Konsent that partners with local events to help incorporate consent and create safe(r) spaces in the community. As a genderfluid and pansexual individual, she is excited to be a part of this panel and help foster better understanding of both the many nuanced experiences of transgender people and what it is to be a better ally and loved one to the trans folks in our lives. Sophia St. James is a queer glitter unicorn femme. She has traveled performing and educating the public on self confidence, self worth, and the art of sexuality no matter their outer appearance. Sophia is an educated and knowledgeable person who is as passionate as she is focused. Working as an erotic/femme performer, radical sex educator, adult film director/producer, and model; Sophia is a well rounded woman with drive and determination. Sophia has won a Feminist Porn Award with her directional debut of ‘Twisted Getaway’, she is featured in Girl Sex 101 and Confessions of the 100 Hottest Porn Stars as well as Ebony magazine. Sophia has sat on several panels and taught at universities across this nation. Sophia is proud to be a sex geek and share with others the importance of consent, accountability, and transparency. Katrina "Rainsong" Messenger is a founding member of The Good Love Project and their resident "Sex Geek". She has a widely varied background as a Birth Doula, LMT, and Women's Empowerment Coach. Her writings on sex and body positivity have been published on AZBigMedia.com, Bustle.com and YourTango.com