Our speaker will be Kim Pearson, Executive Director and Co-founder of TransYouth Family Allies (TYFA), the only national organization dedicated exclusively to education and advocacy for gender variant and transgender children and youth (www.imatyfa.org). Ms. Pearson will discuss the experiences of gender variant and transgender children and their families, including common myths, statistics and strategies for community support. You can learn more about this speaker at: http://imatyfa.org/aboutus/bio-kimpearson.html .