Today I participated as part of a panel of LGBT educators and youth workers to a graduate class of teaching students at the University of Canberra. The other presenters were excellent. Two educators presented on having non-normative family structure, and a youth worker presented on homosexuality and bisexuality. I attempted to speak about supporting gender non-conforming children in their roles as teachers.

I'd never spoken on this topic before, but unfortunately I was the only person available for the presentation. I felt very nervous, and probably should have made more effort to prepare before hand. Still, people seemed to be into the presentation, and I gave out our website address, so that hopefully some of the people in the room will be able to come here and find some more useful information.

Talking to people who genuinely want to be able to help trans people is something that really makes this gig worthwhile. Sometimes I get frustrated, and burned out, and wonder if anyone actually cares about this stuff... and then I present somewhere, or speak to someone who is curious, and interested, and wants to be helpful. The vibe I got from this presentation was amazingly positive, and I really appreciate that the teachers at the University of Canberra are making the effort to equip their students to make life a bit easier for the next generation of gender non-conforming and queer kids going through our schooling system.