Exploring Intersectionality is designed for folks who are interested in better understanding Intersectionality. This training will cover the basic building blocks of Intersectionality, oppressive systems, identity, and paths to justice and liberation. Through insightful discussions and practical exploration, gain a deeper understanding of how various forms of oppression intersect, impact marginalized communities, and learn strategies to foster inclusivity and advocate for equity.

Register for free, virtual training: June 10th

This 2.5 hour virtual session is for open-hearted folks who care about LGBTQIA2S+ people and want to continue to build their understanding and allyship. Maybe you’d like to be a better supervisor to an LGBTQIA2S+ staff member; maybe you’d like to make sure that your organization is serving LGBTQIA2S+ folks as well as you possibly can; maybe you have pronouns in your email signature line, but aren’t quite sure what else you can do to support your LGBTQIA2S+ colleagues.

Come learn with seasoned trainers Lukas Soto and Emily Evans in an informal and welcoming setting. We’ll cover the foundational queer and trans concepts, debunk common myths, identify frequent microaggressions, and share lots of simple but effective ways to be a great LGBTQIA2S+ ally.

Register for In Person Training: May 13th

Register for Virtual Training: September 18th

Fatness is an intersectional justice issue, and we need to collectively strengthen our analysis around anti-fat bias and size discrimination. Similarly, we need to be more inclusive of fat folks and understand their experiences in our spaces. As we engage in a deeper, more authentic intersectional analysis, it is critical that size diversity not be lost or made invisible in this conversation. Fat folks are some of the most stigmatized people in America, AND their stigmatization is often legitimized by a wider culture that sees fatness as a moral failing, which, in turn, reinforces the idea that fat people are deserving of their ill-treatment.

This interactive workshop seeks to unpack biases around fatness and provide tools to create more welcoming spaces for all bodies. Further, this workshop will contextualize fatness as a difficult intersection for those with other marginalized identities.

While this may be a space for critical healing and validation for fat folks, this is also a learning space for folks generally who want to explore learning their learning edges around social justice issues.

Join INTERSECT’s Executive Director, Sirius Bonner, as she explores various forms of oppression and how they intersect with Gender Justice with key leaders in a variety of movements. At INTERSECT, we believe all forms of injustice are interrelated, but that doesn’t mean we’re experts in all of them! We’re on a journey to better understand all kinds of oppression – including, racism, ableism, ageism, xenophobia, fatphobia, and many more – and especially eager to learn how each of these forms of injustice intersects with and amplifies sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.

These 45min podcast-style webinars are self-contained and don’t require any prior understanding of the topic. They are bite-sized enough to be an easy lift, but substantial enough to boost anyone’s understanding of the topic.

This 2.5 hour training dives into the kinds of policies, policy-making, and policy-makers that deliver better public policy for all genders. We will cover several specific policies as well as broadly applicable tools and skills that support intersectional feminist policymaking.

This training is a great fit for anyone involved in policy-making, including elected officials, staffers, administrators, and advocates or those who want to understand policy-making at a deeper level. Participants are welcome to attend as a stand-alone session, or as an add-on to our Gender Justice Fundamentals training series. For stand alone session participants, coming in with a basic understanding of gender and sexism will ensure that you get the most out of the session.

Join us for virtual training: July 23rd

This full-day session is for folks who already have a solid understanding of gender justice and looking to expand their analysis even further. You’ll join Executive Director, Sirius Bonner, and Senior Trainer Emily Evans in a curated learning experience with a series of experts in gender-related topics. We’ll cover: reproductive justice, caregiving, sex work and the sex trade, gender-based violence, queer/trans justice, and economic justice. The learning on each topic will be lively and largely driven by participant interests and questions.

If you’ve taken our Gender Justice Fundamentals series, or if you’ve ever taken a gender studies class, or if you work at or volunteer for an organization that is focused on gender-specific services, this session would be a great fit for you.