Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago brings famed transgender writer and activist Janet Mock to Chicago.
Lurie Children's Gender & Sex Development Program and Project Life Skills is hosting famed transgender writer and activist Janet Mock. Mock, author of Redefining Realness, is a founder of the #girlslikeus project and the former staff editor of People magazine's website.
This is Mock's first public event since her appearance on CNN with Piers Morgan on February 5, 2014.
At age 18, Mock went through gender reassignment surgery. She will describe her experiences as a transgender woman of color and contextualize those experiences to draw connections between her life, her work and her overall mission to broaden society's portrait of womanhood. She speaks about the power of storytelling, the history of trans women-led movements, the media's portrayal of trans women and the personal-political dynamics of visibility.
February 11, 2014
12:30-1:15pm Reading and Conversation
1:15-2pm Book Signing
Center on Halsted
3656 N. Halsted St. (Halsted and Addison)
Lurie Children's Gender & Sex Development Program supports the physical, mental and social health of patients and their families as youth progress through gender identity development. The Life Skills Project is a research study that assesses a group-based intervention, which was developed in Chicago for trans women by trans women.
Transgender youth are at a disproportionately high risk for depression, suicide, and homelessness
For more information, call Jennifer Leininger, Program Coordinator at 773-303-6056 or email at JLeininger@luriechildrens.org .