Public Speaking and Training
Lisa Lees

This page lists many of the occasions on which I have spoken, participated on panels, conducted seminars, and helped with training. Much of what is listed here I did as community service on and around the campus of Michigan State University, where I worked from 1988 through 1999.

Groups, Talks, Workshops

• October 14, 1999: Organized and participated in the Gender Transgressors panel and discussion session during MSU National Coming Out Days
• June 24, 1999: Co-presented gender workshop to MSU Sociology 216, Brook, "Sex & Gender"
• April 26, 1999: Spoke to MSU Womens Studies 204, Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"
• November 30, 1998: Co-presented two sessions of Gender & Sexual Orientation training for the staff of MSU Human Resources at MSU
• November 17, 1998: Spoke about transgender experience to the Welcoming Congregation Class at the Unitarian Universalist Church in East Lansing
• October 27, 1998: Helped arrange and conduct nine sessions of Sharing Our Stories, a facilitated dialogue between students active in the Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Students and students active in the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at MSU
• October 15, 1998: Spoke about transgender issues to LCC Psychology 240, Martell, "Psychology of Human Sexuality"
• October 7, 1998: Co-facilitated the gender issues discussion session during MSU National Coming Out Days
• August 19, 1998: Co-presented gender workshop to MSU Sociology 216, Dillaway, "Sex & Gender"
• July 21, 1998: Consulted with MSU Physical Plant and Human Resources about transgender issues
• June 30, 1998: Consulted with the MSU Safe Place team about transgender issues
• April 22, 1998: Spoke to MSU Lyman Briggs 490E, Dreger, "Science, Sex, and Medicine"
• April 14, 1998: Co-presented Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance session as part of MSU Pride Week
• February 20-22, 1998: Co-presented two workshops at the 1988 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender College Conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago
• February 11, 1998: Gave a presentation on transgender issues to the staff of the MSU Counseling Center
• January 20, 1998: Participated in an GLBT training session for MSU WACPFO group
• January 12, 1998: Consulted with MSU Residence Life concerning issues that may arise with transgender students either living in residence halls or working on RL staff
• November 19, 1997: Co-presented MSU ROIAL residence hall program session of Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance
• October 19, 1997: Talked with an MSU Human Relations class about LBGT issues in the workforce
• November 14, 1997: Co-presented transgender training session for MSU Olin Health Center staff
• November 7, 1997: Co-presented transgender training session for MSU Olin Health Center staff
• October 10, 1997: MSU National Coming Out Day session, first use of our Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance materials
• June 5, 1997: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Mezey, "Sex and Gender"
• April 21, 1997: Spoke to Lyman Briggs 490E, Dreger, "Science, Medicine, and Sex"
• April 14, 1997: Spoke to MSU Women's Studies 204, Kaufman and Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"
• April 11, 1997: Facilitated transgender discussion session during Pride Week
• March 4, 1997: Spoke about transgender experience to Dignity at St. John Catholic Student Parish
• February 22, 1997: Helped organize and staff "Cocoa & Java; Words & Jam," an LBT Women's Coffeehouse, in the MSU Union
• November 21, 1996: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Swezey, "Sex and Gender"
• November 13, 1996: Spoke at the "Love Makes A Family" reception
• November 11, 1996: Spoke to MSU Anthropology 220, Ferguson, "Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective"
• November 6, 1996: I and my family participated in the "Love Makes A Family" panel in the MSU Union
• October 11, 1996: Participant on the National Coming Out Days panel
• August 5, 1996: Created GLFSA ad for the State News retrospective booklet to be distributed at the LBGT Student Resource Fair
• May 1, 1996: Consulted with Employee Assistance Program in regards to a request for information about transgender issues
• April 22, 1996: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Gallin, "Sex and Gender"
• April 11, 1996: Participated in first transgender panel on the MSU campus during Pride Week
• April 10, 1996: Marched in the first campus Pride March which was explicitly transgender inclusive (and many subsequent marches at MSU and in Lansing)
• March 25, 1996: Spoke to MSU Women's Studies 204, Kaufman & Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"

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