

Watch a recording of this presentation on our YouTube channel. Lindsey is a certified trainer by the Transgender Training Institute. Lindsey has used her passion to conduct dozens of workshops with a specialization in transgender identities, terminology, and best practices. She has been an educator in various capacities and on a number of different subjects but has worked on LGBTQ+ rights for fifteen years. After a decade in Pennsylvania, she returned to her home state of North Carolina to serve as the executive director of an LGBTQ+ organization. Lindsey is the former Director of Training and Education for the LGBT Center of Central PA, and previously served as the Director of Youth Programs for the same organization. This session will cover basic terminology and language, practical recommendations for providing tangible support to LGBTQ+ youth, and local resources for LGBTQ+ young people and their parents, teachers, etc. Lindsey Lughes from the LGBT Center of Central PA speaks about how to understand and support the LGBTQ+ young people in your life.

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