If you identify as agendered, bigendered, transgendered, cisgendered or other you will be welcomed here. You will be invited into a space to breathe, be seen and held by community. forrest will share their gender coming out story and invite and guide you to share yours if moved. Together we will create and imagine a more inclusive gendered world. We will end with a celebration of all of our genders.
After forrest’s presentation is complete, there will be time to have a conversation as a group and with Jo Abbott (the conference steward) about how the Women and Spirituality can continue to honor the feminine while including all expressions of gender.
forrest Mainville(they/them/fae/faer) is a writer, teacher and lover of animals. They live on land stolen from the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, currently known as Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a retired Minnesota Child Welfare trainer and Hennepin County Social Worker. forrest teaches classes and offers retreats about aging and gender through a queer and gender expansive lens. Their work is to expand compassion for the LGBTQ community and increase gender justice for all.