Is your school, employer, religious group or other organization interested in a
speaker for a panel or presentation? TransOhio can provide panelists and speakers
for your event.
If you're interested in scheduling a TransOhio speaker, please fill out our
speaker request.
Meet some of our speakers:
Melissa is a transgendered woman living in the Columbus area. She lives
fulltime as her true self and has been in transition for over a year. Melissa has
undergone FFS and is planning to undergo Gender Confirmation Surgery (GCS) in May
2009. Melissa works as a meeting and event planning where she has obtained the CMP
(certified meeting professional) designation which is only held by about twenty
percent of her industry. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the Ohio
Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) as the Director of Communications.
Prior to her work in this field, Melissa practiced employment and labor law for
twenty years in West Virginia and she has been admitted to practice in West Virginia
and Kentucky as well as several federal courts. Melissa obtained her undergraduate
degree at Northern Kentucky University in 1982 in Political Science (cum laude)
and graduated 22nd of 140 in her law class at West Virginia University in 1985.
Melissa is in a committed relationship with her partner Paula and she has two adult
children from her previous marriage. Melissa is also very proud of her involvement
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Jennette is a post-op male-to-female transsexual woman. She is
a lifelong resident of the Dayton, Ohio area and is very active in the LGBT and
TG community on the local, state, and national levels. She is a board member of
the Greater Dayton LGBT Center, a member of the Dayton Pride Partnership, a board
member and vice chair of the Equality Ohio (c)4 board, a member of the Out and Equal
Transgender Advisory Committee, a member of the National Center for Transgender
Equality, and works with the Ohio GLAAD Media Advocates.
Jennette is interested in speaking about the following topics:
- Medical school
- Doctors & Nurses
- Social workers
- Mental health providers
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Paula is a transgendered woman residing in the Columbus area after
moving here from Michigan. Paula lives fulltime as her true self and has been in
transition for several years now. She will be undergoing her GCS in July of 2009.
Paula graduated from Michigan State University in 1972. Paula worked nearly thirty
years as a plumber pipefitter until her retirement in the fall of 2008. She has
been active in such hobbies as competition shooting and has competed in several
regional and national competitions. Paula is in a committed relationship with her
partner Melissa and she has two adult children from her previous marriage as well
as two grandchildren. She is also very proud of involvement with TransOhio and NCTE. |
Kayden is a transgender man in his early twenties currently attending The Ohio State University majoring in psychology with graduate school on the horizon. Growing up in Akron, Ohio he came out as a lesbian in 8th grade and then later started his transition while in high school. Kayden offers the perspective of a transgender youth that navigated both the catholic and public educational systems. For the past 3 years Kayden has spoken to numerous organizations and college social work, education and sexuality/health classes providing Transgender 101 and telling his personal transition story.
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More Speaker Info Coming Soon!
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There are many speakers involved with TransOhio. We'll be adding more profiles
soon. Please contact us at
TransOhio@gmail.com
for additional speaker information and topics.
Interested in being part of the TransOhio Speaker's Bureau? If so, email us!
If you're interested in scheduling a TransOhio speaker, please fill out our
speaker request. |
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