Genspect Expert College Series

Gender non-conforming and trans-identified students provide colleges the opportunity to celebrate diversity and empower young people to transcend stereotypes. However, studies reveal that many of these students exhibit comorbidities such as ASD, ADHD, anxiety, depression and/or a history of trauma. The studies also reveal that still other students repress same-sex attraction through trans-identification. How can campuses safely/best support such a varied group, as well as the emerging group of young people managing detransition? 

The Expert College Series is your opportunity to expand your understanding of the complexities of gender health and better support your students.

Familiarity with the resources in our self-paced Summer Learning Series is recommended but not required.

Corinna Cohn — Homosexuality and the Gender-Questioning College Student

Corinna Cohn was diagnosed with gender identity disorder at age 15 and started gender transition at age 17. After living more than a decade without disclosing her transsexual status to friends, Corinna started speaking publicly about her experience. Since 2013, Corinna has been a blogger and commentator on personal development as a transsexual. Corinna has written on her life experience for The Washington Post, among other places, and hosts the podcast Heterodorx. Corinna is active in the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network and serves on the advisory board for Rethinkime.org.

Dr. Susan Bradley — Autism and the Gender-Questioning College Student

Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Susan Bradley was the chair of the DSM-IV Subcommittee on Gender Disorders. She served as the Head of the Division of Child Psychiatry and was Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children, a major teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, where she is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Bradley founded the Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, where over the course of her career she saw over 400 cases of children and adolescents with gender identity disorder and related issues. She has published books and articles, including over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Marcus Evans — Trauma and the Gender-Questioning College Student

Marcus Evans is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the Institute of Psychoanalysis who trained and worked at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Center in London, home of the UK’s largest gender clinic. He has over 40 years experience in mental health as a practitioner, supervisor, lecturer, and manager, and currently serves on the advisory board of the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine. Evans, along with his wife, psychologist Susan Evans, has authored the book: Gender Dysphoria: A therapeutic model for working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults.