Education
Our goal is to progress conversations about trans issues, especially in places where trans folks feel uncomfortable speaking out. We use short films as a jumping-off point to build community, create dialogue, and activate allies. We’ve worked with more than 75 universities, community groups, and cultural institutions including Allied Media Conference, Creating Change, and MIT.
Our most popular workshops:
Why Are Trans People Dying in An Age of Celebrity?
Growing Up Trans in the South
The Future is Nonbinary?!?!
Forging Families that Work for Us
Intersectionality in Our Work
Online Programming Guide
EP1: A FAMILY MATTER
Why Are Trans People Dying in The Age of Celebrity?
2015 was heralded as the transgender tipping point, but it was a record-breaking year for violence and murders of trans women of color. Does celebrity make us safer? We will examine the role of visibility in movement building, the fight for civil rights, and achieving social justice.
Forging Families that Work for Us
Many trans folks have conflicted relationships with our families of origin. There are often layers of trauma, misunderstanding, and frustration. Some choose to craft chosen families of our own design. How much should we change for our families and how much can we expect them to change for us? In this interactive workshop, we share personal experiences and strategize about how to navigate the complexity of family in order to build a network of supportive relationships that will nourish us. (Workshop, Panel, Lecture)
A’int I a Man?
How do we honor our ancestors while also building a future that is more intersectional than anything that has come before? We look back at lessons the civil rights movement has for trans liberation and draw from the legacy of black trans organizing as we reimagine our black, trans, LGBTQ communities and beyond. (Lecture).
EP2: LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE MYSELF
HIV Issues in Trans Communities
HIV prevention and treatment are changing rapidly. Factors that drive the spread of the virus are as complex as our relationships, our cultures, and power itself. Why are HIV rates so high in trans communities? What is being done to help? What policies need to change? (Lecture/Workshop)
Growing up Trans in the South
Over 100 anti-trans laws have been proposed since 2021, and many of them attack trans youth’s access to medical care, school, and even families. Hear first-hand accounts about growing up knowing that family, friends, and society had no blueprint on how to live as a transgender person. Leave with strategies for supporting youth and fighting back. (Lecture/Panel)
Hands Off My Black Trans Body
Did you know that people living with HIV are still targeted, prosecuted, and convicted for actions that cannot spread HIV? From outdated laws to trumped-up “bio-terrorism” charges, Black and trans people living with HIV pay for others’ ignorance by losing their freedom. Learn how one advocate turned circumstance into advocacy to fight against unjust laws that target trans people in the Southern US.
EP1: WHERE IS MY REFUGE?
Refugee & Asylum 101
The United States plays a role that is singular in world politics today. From Syria to Mexico, people all over are moving across border in fear, desperation, and hope. How can we understand this complex world when our media is full of misinformation? Together, we will deconstruct xenophbia, while developing a deeper understanding of the relationships between LGBTQ bodies, borders, and crisis.
Debunking the Model Immigrant Myth
From DACA to Dreamers, the media spins a story that our immigration policies help the “deserving.” However, these laws are predicated on anti-crime rhetoric that ignores the painful inequities of the (in)justice system. We will deconstruct immigrant narratives while discussing how transmisogyny and criminalization impact Latinx trans communities.
General Programming (Mix & Match)
A Decade of Sharing Trans Stories
When the Trans Oral History Project started in 2008, it was the only of its kind. 85 interviews in over a dozen states later, it’s still going amidst a media landscape of trans trendiness. View clips from the TOHP archive through the years to learn how the work has changed and why documenting trans histories matters today.
Existing while Trans: Sex Work & Criminalization
Because of employment discrimination, trans folks are often forced to do sex work in order to survive. At the same time, trans women of color are perceived and targeted as sex workers when they are just trying to live their lives. Explore the relationship between sex work and the trans community through an intersectional lens, paying close attention to the interplay of criminalization, immigration, and HIV.
What Does Intersectional Social Justice Documentary Look Like?
Director, André Pérez discusses some of the pitfalls of traditional documentaries that he is attempting to subvert in AIT. Learn about models from community organizing, interactive design, and citizen journalism that can help move towards more just, collaborative, and participatory storytelling.
The Future is Nonbinary?!?!
1 in 4 people in Gen Z are LGBTQ+ and 20% of them are nonbinary. Join a nonbinary activist and organizer as they trace their own journey over the past 15 years to share some insights about what you need to know and understand to be ready for the growth of the nonbinary community. Together we’ll discuss how it’s changing the way society thinks about LGBTQ+ advocacy, law, and community.
Training for Aspiring Allies & Accomplices
Trans 101 & 102 (for Individuals)
What are the unique experiences and needs of trans people? How can you be a better ally in your personal and professional life? Part informational lecture and part participatory activities, this workshop can be tailored for different audiences including students, SOFFAS, or the general public.
Trans 101 & 102 (for Institutions)
What are the unique experiences and needs of trans people? How can you be a better ally in your personal and professional life? Part informational lecture and part participatory activities, this workshop can be tailored for different audiences including students, SOFFAS, or the general public.
White Privilege 101
Develop a deeper understanding of how white privilege operates in your own life as well as the world around you. This workshop is geared towards white people and people with little background in considering the implications of whiteness.
Unlearning White Supremacy
The LGBTQ community is stratifed by race like many other communities. We will work together to name and describe how white privilege operates individually and systemically in our communities. Then we will share strategies for interrupting racism. This is a closed workshop for LGBTQ people only.
Honoring Intersectionality in Our Work
Intersectionality is a popular term in recent years, but what does it look like in practice? This is an interactive workshop to help social workers, organizers, and others who interact directly with diverse communities develop practices of cultural humility. We will strategize together about how to create spaces where people feel comfortable bringing their whole selves.
Equity & Compensation
Our sliding scale fee structure pays our BIPOC presenters equitably and subsidizes work with trans and low-income communities. If you are an institution, please consider paying as much as you can.
Sample Booking Fees:
$0-250 Licensing an episode to screen
$250 DVD copy of the AIT series + unlimited screening rights
$250-1,000 Screening and virtual Q&A or presentation
$500-$6,000+ In-person workshop
Do-It-Yourself with our organizer’s toolkit
If you don’t have a budget for presenters, we have you covered. We piloted lesson plans and created a FREE official organizer’s toolkit with discussion questions, exercises, worksheets, and more.
Considering booking but unsure where to start?
We are currently booking programming for Fall of 2022 (ie. Trans Day of Remembrance, LGBT Heritage Month, Latinx Heritage Month) as well as Spring of 2023 (ie. Trans Day of Visibility, Black History Month). We’re happy to work with you to create customized programming to fit hte unique needs of your community.