We are currently holding our Transgender + Gender Expansive Support Group meetings virtually. Our meetings are supported by an easy-to-use online meeting tool called Zoom. CLICK HERE to get set-up with Zoom.
Join us for our regular monthly meeting focused on the transgender and gender expansive community, friends, families, and allies for support and education. Support group will immediately follow the speaker.
Brave Conversations at the Holiday Table
with Heather Hester (she/her)
We hope you will join us for Brave Conversations at the Holiday Table: What to say when somebody gets it wrong at the holiday table, and how to repair it afterward.
Most of what goes wrong at a holiday gathering is decided before anyone gets in the car. I walk through the choices you have before the day, what to say in the three seconds after somebody gets it wrong at the table, including what to say when you freeze, and how to repair things in the twenty four hours afterward.
About our Presenter:
Heather Hester is a parenting coach, the author of Parenting with Pride, and the host of More Human. More Kind., a three-time Women in Podcasting Award winner for Best LGBTQ+ Podcast. She is a parent of four, two of whom are part of the LGBTQ+ community, and the founder of I Love My Gay Kid, a haven for parents and allies. She gives you the sentence for the moment you go blank.
Find Heather online here: heatherhester.substack.com
Instagram: @morehumanmorekind
A NOTE ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
We will be utilizing Zoom features that provide the highest level of safety and confidentiality possible. Zoom is free to you and you need not have an account to join us. If you are new to Zoom, you can follow the links [here] for brief tutorials on all you need to know to sign on to a Zoom meeting with us. We ask that each of you that would like to participate in the on-line support, contact us in advance by email at rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org to RSVP for the meeting. We will cut off RSVPs at 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All participants will receive a follow-up email with the link to the Zoom call and a password. For confidentiality’s sake, please do not forward these to another participant — they are welcome to contact us directly to receive the link.
We recognize that youth may be interested in the educational part of this meeting and they are welcome to join us. As usual, we ask that youth who may want to stick around for our support groups be joined by a parent. Some heavy emotions can emerge in the course of our sessions and having a parent on-hand helps to ensure that the needs of any youth on the call are met.
If you need more personalized assistance and support, we remain here for you. Email us confidentially at info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org and we will work with you to identify the best member of our team to assist with your individual needs.