In recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility, please join us for the latest in our Elevating Voices for Long-Lasting Change town hall series, “Supporting the Mental Health of Trans Communities,” at 2pm ET, March 31 on Facebook @AFSPnational and YouTube Live at youtube.com/afspnational.

Transgender Day of Visibility is an international event dedicated to recognizing the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community. To highlight the importance of supporting trans mental health, our Town Hall conversation will be moderated by Morgan Cohn (they/them), AFSP’s area director of Orange County and Inland Empire/Desert Cities in California, who serves on AFSP’s national LGBTQ Workgroup, which is a cross-departmental staff group that coordinates AFSP’s efforts and programming for the LGBTQ community. For example, the LGBTQ workgroup led and updated the most recent version of AFSP’s educational program Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention in the LGBTQ Community.

Morgan will be joined by panelists Russell Toomey, Ph.D. (he/they), professor and program chair, Family Studies & Human Development at University of Arizona, who is an AFSP-supported researcher who has studied SOGI populations; Phii Regis, MPS (they/them), associate director, All Children - All Families of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation; and Jari Jones (she/her), actress, model, and activist.

Topics will include:

• Unique challenges commonly experienced by the trans community
• What scientific research reveals about trans mental health and suicide prevention
• Impending legislation affecting trans rights
• What all parents should know to provide loving support for children and teens
• How we can all support trans folks

We encourage you to join us for this impactful discussion and help spread the word. (If you’d like to learn more about AFSP’s position on recent legislation targeting LGBTQ youth, click here.)

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