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Youre here at the 2015 LGBT* in the South conference, joined by hundreds of organizers
and practitioners working for equality in every Southern state. Youve checked into
your hotel, youve gotten your morning coffee and youre ready to exchange ideas in our
collective effort to advance LGBT* rights! But the conversations wont end after Saturday.
The Southern LGBT* rights movement lives online with the hashtag #lgbtsouth. We
encourage you to use the hashtag both during the conference and beyond.
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Welcome to Asheville
and to the second
annual LGBT* in the
South conference.
Jos Alegra
El Centro
Hispano
Durham, NC
Michael Crawford
Freedom to
Marry
New York, NY
Mae Craedick
Hart Law Group
Asheville, NC
Ivy Hill
Gender Benders
Greenville, SC
Maya Rupert
National Center
for Lesbian Rights
Washington, DC
conference sponsors
PMS 653
plenaries
Panelists: Allister Styan, Western North Carolina Health Systems; Andrea Zekis, Human Rights Campaign;
Kelly Durden, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont; Holiday Simmons, Lambda Legal
Moderator: Meghann Burke, Campaign for Southern Equality
This panel will focus on advocacy, legal, health and safety issues within the trans* community in the South.
The panel will highlight organizing, leadership and service delivery models that are working effectively in
the South. Federal legal protections for trans* Southerners as well as pressing needs within the community
related to poverty, unemployment and bias-related violent crime will also be addressed.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Friday | Diana Wortham Theatre
Panelists: Bishop Tonyia Rawls, Freedom Center for Social Justice; Rabbi Joshua Lesser, Congregation Bet
Haverim; Alex McNeill, More Light Presbyterians; Alba Onofro, SoulForce
Moderator: Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Campaign for Southern Equality
This panel will focus on the complex intersection of religious freedom, faith and the push for LGBT* equality
in the South. Panelists will talk about the role of faith in advocacy efforts as well as spiritual issues and needs
within the LGBT community. Panelists will also discuss religious freedom issues including the flood of religious
exemption bills being introduced across the region.
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Saturday | Diana Wortham Theatre
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accessibility
If you have any questions about conference access, please ask a member of the conference team.
Identities within the trans* community are as diverse as each unique person. Because the term trans* is
an umbrella term that describes multiple gender identities, we use the asterisk behind the T in LGBT*
to acknowledge and respect each persons gender identity. The asterisk delineates identities such as
transgender, genderqueer, agender, non-binary, gender nonconforming, two-spirit, gender fluid, bi-gender
and many more.
respecting pronouns
Pronoun pins are provided for each participant at check-in. Everyone will have the opportunity to choose
the pin that corresponds with their pronouns. We ask that all conference participants be intentional about
respecting the pronouns of other participants.
Select restrooms at Pack Place and all of the restrooms at Trinity Episcopal Church are designated for use
by people of any or no gender, and are marked with all gender restroom signs. See the venue map or talk to a
volunteer to locate the all gender restrooms.
language access
We are happy to offer Spanish and English simultaneous interpretation throughout the conference, as well
as provide bilingual conference materials. All plenaries and select workshops will be offering simultaneous
interpretation. Please refer to the conference schedule or visit the interpretation table in the Pack Place
lobby to see which workshops will have English/Spanish interpretation. Attendees can find bilingual
assistance from interpreters, staff and volunteers wearing green ribbons.
To locate accessible entrances and elevators, please refer to the maps provided at conference check-in or ask
a volunteer for assistance. Pack Place is wheelchair accessible via all entrances and from the adjacent parking
garage. All floors have elevator access. Trinity Episcopal Church is wheelchair accessible from the Church
Street entrance and the courtyard entrance on Aston Street. All rooms are on one level, with the exception of
the mini chapel, which has a ramp. Transport between venues via shuttle will be offered at all times during the
conference. See the map on page 12 for shuttle locations.
The 2015 US Trans Survey is the new name of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, which is
the largest survey ever devoted to the lives and experiences of trans people. As the communitys survey,
it will reflect all trans identities and be used to educate the public about who we are.
The Survey launches in Summer 2015. Sign up and spread the word at USTransSurvey.org
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venue locations
Patton Ave.
t.
S. Market S
nce
confere
shuttle
ve.
Biltmore A
n Ave.
S. Lexingto
Church St.
Eagle St.
5 min
walk
Colburn Earth
Science Museum
Aston St.
parking
nce
confere
shuttle
Trinity
Episcopal
Church
parking
Aloft
Hotel
Asheville Art
Museum
Diana Wortham
Theatre
2014-15 Residents
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friday schedule
8:00 (all day)
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30- 11:30
11:30 - 1:00
Check in
Welcome & Keynote Address
Break
Workshop Session 1
Community Law Workshops:
How Advocates Can Equip and Empower
the LGBT* Community
Criminalization of the Trans* Community
and Get Yer Rights!
Earned Media 101
How to Get Funding in the South
LGBT Rights in the Workplace: Are We
Protected from Employment Discrimination?
Love Has No Borders...Finally: Perspectives
on Equality and Immigration Law
The Other 50 Shades: Gay and Gray in the
South, LGBT Aging and Inclusion
Lunch
Undercroft
(Trinity Episcopal)
Conference Room
(Trinity Episcopal)
Forum (D. Wortham Theatre)
Film Screening Room (Art Mus.)
Mini Chapel (Trinity Episcopal)
Science Classroom
(Colburn Museum)
Box lunch pickup in Tuton
1:00 - 3:00
Workshop Session 2A
Hashtagging a New Story of the South
Roots and Connections: Getting at the
Structure of Justice and Injustice
The Spirituality of Sexuality
1:00 - 2:00
2:15 - 3:15
3:00 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:30
5:00
5:30 - 7:30
Workshop Session 2B
Effective Advocacy for LGBT Clients
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage
Then What?
Juntos: Collaborating to Create
a Digital Health Intervention
Trans* Intersectionality: Revealing the Layers
Workshop Session 2C
Black and Gay in the South: Navigating Intersectionality
and Identities within
the African American LGBTQ Community
Ethically Engaging Youth
in LGBTQ Activism in the South
Fireside Chat: The Human Side of Impact Litigation
Lifeline: The Status of Social Securitys Basic
Protections for Families and Individuals
Break
Plenary: Transgender Leadership and Advocacy in
the South
Pack Place closes
Campaign Lab: Organizing to Live
Free from Fear in the South
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8:00
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 12:00
10:00 - 11:00
saturday schedule
Check in
Plenary: Religious Freedom, Faith
and LGBT Issues in the South
Break
Workshop Session 1A
Campaign Lab: Marriage Equality in the South
Fighting for Equality in K-12 Schools
Love & Support: Preventing Suicide Among Gender
& Sexually Diverse Community Members
Proud Shoes: Activating LGBTQ History
for Social Change
Workshop Session 1B
HIV/AIDS Advocacy in the South
Listening Session: National LGBT* Organizations
Connecting with Communities in the South
LGBTQ Benchmarks for Inclusion in Higher Ed
11:15 - 12:15
12:00 - 1:30
Workshop Session 1C
Day One: How General Synod Brought Marriage
Equality to North Carolina
Trans* Advocacy in Health Care
& the Need to be Counted
Moral Freedom Summer: NAACP and
LGBT* Engagement in North Carolina
Lunch
1:30 - 3:00
Workshop Session 2
Advocating for Trans* Inclusion in Schools
At the Intersection of Race, Poverty,
LGBT Identities and the Law
Language, Identity and Culture: A Deep Listening
Session
LGBT* Youth Resiliency in the South
Making Space: Adding the Q to POC Spaces
3:00 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00
5:00
Conference Room
(Trinity Episcopal)
Diana Wortham Theatre
Art Classroom
(Art Museum)
Film Screening Room (Art Mus.)
Mini Chapel
(Trinity Episcopal)
Forum (D. Wortham Theatre)
Undercroft
(Trinity Episcopal)
Science Classroom
(Colburn Mus.)
Diana Wortham Theatre
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campaign labs
These highly interactive labs are designed to help organizers build
skills and networks as they engage in real-time campaigns.
workshops
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can address the legal needs of LGBT people of color
and LGBT people living in or near poverty. This
workshop will seek to explore the ways in which
race and religion influence politics in the South and
to develop strategies to transform our historical
and cultural knowledge into power. Advocates will
learn how to identify the needs of members of the
community who also face hurdles with respect to
racial disparity and income disparity, and how to
address those needs within the framework of legal
advocacy.
DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE
1:30 - 3:00 SATURDAY
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around town
Bahai Center
5 Ravenscroft Dr
Asheville, NC 28801
Center for Spiritual Living
2 Science of Mind Way
Asheville NC 28806
Circle of Mercy Congregation
(American Baptist, UCC)
1 School Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
Jesus People Church
at Scandals Nightclub
11 Grove St.
Asheville, NC 28801
Jubilee
46 Wall St.
Asheville, NC 28801
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Asheville
1 Edwin Pl.
Asheville, NC 28801
Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of the Swannanoa
Valley
500 Montreat Rd.
Black Mountain, NC 28711
LGBT*-focused nightlife
O.Henrys/ The Underground
237 Haywood St.
Asheville, NC 28801
Scandals Nightclub
11 Grove St.
Asheville, NC 28801
mokeys Tavern
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18 Broadway St.
Asheville, NC 28801
lgbtrightstoolkit.org
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