Close Modal Take Pride in Your Health Take Pride in Your Health brings together local experts for thoughtful discussions on identity, wellness, and inclusive care. Join us for an evening of community and conversation! Access Information: This event will have ASL interpretation and typewell live captioning. Seats will be reserved up front for those accessing interpretation/captions. The venue is wheelchair accessible. KN95 Masks are required by all in-person attendees and will be provided at the entrance if needed.This event brings together doctors, health practitioners, and LGBTQIA+ specialists for an evening of empowering dialogue about inclusive care and wellness.Through a lively expert panel discussion, we’ll explore essential topics such as gender-affirming care, mental health, preventative medicine, and the ongoing efforts to create more inclusive and affirming healthcare environments. Panelists will share insights from their work and lived experiences, helping attendees better understand how to access and advocate for compassionate, informed care.Following the panel, stay for a community networking and resource session featuring local organizations and healthcare providers who are dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals. These groups will be available to share resources, answer questions, and offer guidance to anyone seeking information or connection within the healthcare landscape.Whether you’re looking for insight, resources, or community, this event offers a welcoming and safe space for LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies alike. Come take pride in your identity, your story, and your health. Register for the Event Date and Time Tuesday, October 21 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Register for the Event Date and Time Tuesday, October 21 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Access Information: This event will have ASL interpretation and typewell live captioning. Seats will be reserved up front for those accessing interpretation/captions. The venue is wheelchair accessible. KN95 Masks are required by all in-person attendees and will be provided at the entrance if needed.This event brings together doctors, health practitioners, and LGBTQIA+ specialists for an evening of empowering dialogue about inclusive care and wellness.Through a lively expert panel discussion, we’ll explore essential topics such as gender-affirming care, mental health, preventative medicine, and the ongoing efforts to create more inclusive and affirming healthcare environments. Panelists will share insights from their work and lived experiences, helping attendees better understand how to access and advocate for compassionate, informed care.Following the panel, stay for a community networking and resource session featuring local organizations and healthcare providers who are dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals. These groups will be available to share resources, answer questions, and offer guidance to anyone seeking information or connection within the healthcare landscape.Whether you’re looking for insight, resources, or community, this event offers a welcoming and safe space for LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies alike. Come take pride in your identity, your story, and your health. Featuring Image Jacqueline Boyd Owner, The Care Plan Jacqueline Boyd brings passion and expertise to the field of aging andLGBTQ+ advocacy. A dynamic speaker, facilitator and entrepreneur,Jacqueline is the owner of The Care Plan. The Care Plan(www.the-care-plan.com) is the country's first LGBTQ+ centered caremanagement and care development company. The Care Plan’s innovative model of client-directed care provides advocacy, care navigation and advance planning for successful aging experiences, as well as organizational support for businesses looking to develop a dynamic culture of care for clients and workers alike. As part of The Care Plan’s leadership, Jacqueline has consulted with national and local organizations such as AARP, SAGE, Howard Brown Health Centers, and AIDS Foundation Chicago to enhance services offered to LGBTQ+ older adults. Jacqueline is a sought after speaker and author, having presented at the American Society on Aging National Conference, Creating Change Conference, the Los Angeles County Older Adult Summit, and University of Chicago among others. She recently contributed chapters to the Life Care Management Handbook, Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Health and Aging, and authored the guide Create Your Care Plan: An LGBT Person’s Guide To Preparing For Medical Procedures. Image Pidgeon Pagonis Intersex Speaker, Author, Photographer, Filmmaker, Producer & Consultant Pidgeon Pagonis has worked for over a decade as an intersex advocate, speaker, consultant, photographer and filmmaker to shed light on the human rights violations endured by intersex people. Their goal is to help end the non-consensual irreversible medical procedures meant to discipline unruly intersex bodies. Pidgeon’s accessible advocacy helps people complicate their preconceived binary notions about “biological differences”. Their work has been essential for those who want to show up for intersex people in their lives, but aren’t sure where to start. Whether advancing the intersex cause as the co-founder of the Intersex Justice Project (IJP), co-producing viral informational videos, creating art that centers intersex voices, appearing on the cover of National Geographic “Gender Revolution” special issue or being honored as a LGBTChampion of Change in by the Obama White House, Pidgeon has staked out a place at the fore of debates on intersexuality. In 2020, IJP’s #EndIntersexSurgery campaign succeeded in getting Lurie Children’s to become the first hospital in the nation to apologize and halt surgeries. Currently, they’re working on their memoir slated to be published in 2023 by Little A Press.
