All over the world trans people's freedom, justice, and equality are under attack from a well-coordinated group of anti-trans lobbyists.

Whether it is campaigns to stop the bans on gender-affirming care, protecting trans people from conversion practices, or defending trans kids at school, trans people and our allies are rising up to protect our communities and win a future where all of us are safe, celebrated, and free.

Join this webinar to hear about the attacks on trans lives in the UK, US, Canada, and so-called Australia. Learn about the challenges, the victories, and most importantly how we can fight back here at home.

This is a free webinar. You will receive the zoom link after you register.
There will be a Q&A at the end of the session that you will be able to submit questions for on the call.

Speakers [more to be announced]

Malita Picasso (she/her)
American Civil Liberties Union

Malita is a staff attorney at the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project where she advocates on behalf of transgender and nonbinary people through litigation in both state and federal court throughout the United States. Her cases implicate a wide-range of issues impacting transgender people including their access accurate identity document, to gender-affirming health care, and to restroom that aligns with their gender identity. Prior to becoming a staff attorney, Malita completed a two-year Skadden legal fellowship, which focused on advancing the rights of transgender elders. She has also contributed to the work of the ACLU outside of the LGBT & HIV context, and was significantly involved in efforts to seek the release of medically vulnerable people from ICE detention centers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has spent over a decade working in various capacities in the social justice legal field and fighting for the rights of trans and nonbinary people, immigrant populations, communities of color, and people otherwise impacted by poverty. When she is not working, she spends her time loving being trans, adoring her dog, hiking in and exploring the national parks, or cooking unnecessarily delicious meals.

Kai O’Doherty (they/them)
Head of Policy & Advocacy, Mermaids

Kai O’Doherty (they/them) is the Head of Policy & Advocacy at Mermaids, a UK-based charity which supports and advocates for trans children and young people, and their families. They are a trans advocate originally from Bermuda, who has previously organised in Bermuda, Montreal, and the UK.

Bennett Jensen (he/him)
Director of Legal, Egale Canada

Bennett Jensen is an accomplished human rights lawyer and leader. A graduate of the McGill Faculty of Law, Bennett began his career as a litigator at a leading global law firm based in New York City, before becoming the deputy head of the firm’s award-winning pro bono practice and leading responses to national rights violations like the Muslim travel ban and the family separation crisis. Bennett has been recognized as a Rising Star by the American Bar Association and as one of the LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s Best 40 Lawyers under 40 for his work with and on behalf of 2SLGBTI and immigrant communities. Prior to joining Egale, he served as a policy advisor and then as Director of Litigation to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada where he supported the passage of the criminal ban against conversion “therapy”. Bennett clerked for Chief Justice Allan Lutfy and Justice Mary Gleason, then of the Federal Court.