Intersections | Beyond the Binary (NL)

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Beyond the Binary:
Gender expansive Iowans and the policies that protect them (NL)

Presenter: 

Max Mowitz, Program Director, One Iowa

MAY 5  11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Christ Episcopal Church, Cedar Rapids

** in-person event **


When it comes to understanding what it means to be LGBTQ and/or gender non-conforming, there is much confusion and ignorance… and we have seen how that ignorance can hurt individuals and communities. This past year the transgender community has been a main target for that. Join Max Mowitz, One Iowa Program Director, to learn more and what you can do to support and be an ally alongside the community.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Max Mowitz (He, Him, His/They, Them, Theirs) is Program Director at One Iowa, Iowa’s statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, overseeing organizational programming, direct service, and community education via LGBTQ training. Max has been active in LGBTQ advocacy work since coming out in high school, focusing on comprehensive LGBTQ education to the broader community as a component of queer liberation. Max specializes in topics related to the trans and nonbinary community, LGBTQ birth work, LGBTQ-inclusive healthcare, and mental healthcare and is a certified Community Health Worker. Max previously served as the Volunteer and Office Coordinator at the Young Women’s Resource Center after earning their undergraduate degree in Ethnomusicology and African American Studies.

Max serves as a board member for the Iowa Abortion Access Fund, Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund. Max is pursuing their birth and postpartum doula certification and is practicing as a gender-affirming doula, serving Trans and Nonbinary individuals in their gender-affirming experiences as a support system as they navigate healthcare systems, social gender-affirmation, and mental health. Max is passionate about justice and the liberation of all marginalized peoples. Max is a harpist, guitarist, powerlifter, drag enthusiast, abolitionist, and a spouse to Austin and partner to June.



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Intersections is a monthly gathering of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. It's an opportunity to learn, to participate in civil dialogue, and to discuss issues at the crossroads of religion and politics.

When
May 5, 2023 from 11:45 AM to  1:00 PM
Location
220 40th St NE
Christ Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402