event detailsposted by: jgeneric begins: Jan 21, 7:00 pm ends: Jan 21, 8:30 pm location: Wooden Shoe Books (704 South Street) |
Thursday January 21th 7:00PM
How does it feel to have your gender identity included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Diagnosing Difference is a full-length length documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) on their lives and communities.
Historically, non-trans medical and mental health care professionals have positioned themselves as the “experts” on transgender experience, creating standards, guidelines, and diagnoses that inform legal policies and mediate every aspect of life. Diagnosing Difference shifts the focus to explore the many complexities of the diagnosis from the perspectives of those it affects most directly and personally, including access to medical care, legal ramifications, social stigma, implications for psychotherapeutic care, treatment trauma, and differences in experience based on factors like race, class, gender orientation, and generation.
http://www.gidthemovie.com
About the Filmmaker:
Dr. Annalise Ophelian is a San Francisco-based human sexuality consultant, trans ally, and clinical psychologist. She interned for two years at New Leaf: Services for Our Community, one of the nation's leading LGBT community mental health clinics, where she specialized in working with individuals and couples on issues of gender identity, alternative sexualities, and trauma recovery. Her previous clinical experience also includes running a drop-in group for trans youth at the Dimensions Health Clinic, as well as working with youth in the juvenile justice system in the Santa Clara County Court and Community Schools program. Dr. Ophelian currently works for a private sector mental health agency specializing in relapse prevention for violent and sexual offenders.
Prior to her graduate training, Dr. Ophelian worked as a community-based sex educator, specializing in alternative sexualities, sexual and gender orientation, and communication and negotiation skills for sexual partners. She has lectured at colleges and universities around the country, including Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, and has taught clinical competency workshops on alternative sexualities for medical and mental health providers.
Dr. Ophelian has a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and Psy.D. from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Diagnosing Difference is her first film.
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