Featured Speakers
Loretta
Ross, Keynote Speaker
Loretta Ross has a 25-year history in the women’s movement,
both in ending violence against women and promoting reproductive
rights in the United States and internationally. Loretta is a
co-founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health
Collective, the founder of the National Center for Human Rights
Education, and is on the board of SisterLove, a women’s HIV/AIDS
organization. Most recently, she was national co-director of the
March for Women’s Lives, April 2004, Washington, DC.
Rose Afriyie
Hailing from the Bronx, New York, Rose is a University of
Pittsburgh alumna who majored in English writing with a joint in
political science and received a certificate in communication.
Rose is an experienced writer covering a range of issues and has
written columns about race, sex and gender and is currently a
field organizer for NOW.
Lindsay Bond
Lindsay Bond is the GPAC Regional Field Director. She completed her
degrees in Political Science and Critical Gender Studies at UCSD. She
currently lives in San Francisco.
Jacinta Bunnell
Jacinta is a nursery rhyme activist. Jacinta co-authored Girls are Not
Chicks and Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be… coloring books. In
addition to being an artist and writer, Jacinta has facilitated
workshops on sexuality, gender, and zine making for over eleven years.
Jeff Chubb
Jeff Chubb received his bachelor's degree in History at Whitman College.
He began his career in outreach serving food and doing social services
with homeless individuals in DC. Jeff is now the Outreach Director for
HIPS, an organization assisting female, male and transgender sex workers
on and off the streets of DC.
Rachelle Dixon
Rachelle Dixon has varied experience in sexual health education and
has worked as a phone sex operator, burlesque dancer and stripper. Ms.
Dixon considers herself a sex enthusiast, and currently serves as the
Health Education Associate at the Mautner Project, The National Lesbian
Health Organization.
Ann Friedman
Ann is one of the editors of Feministing.com (a blog for and by young
feminists), and she works as the assistant web editor at The American
Prospect, where she also blogs for TAPPED. She holds degrees in
journalism and Spanish literature from the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Dana Goldstein
Dana serves as Associate Editor of CampusProgress.org and is a recent
graduate of Brown University with a BA in Modern European History. While
at Brown, Dana worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist for the Brown
Daily Herald, the College Hill Independent, and in 2003 founded the
progressive politics quarterly The Left Hook, which she edited until
2005.
Judy Guerin
Judy Guerin has been working to advance issues of gender and sexual
expression for over 20 years. She is a well-known writer, speaker and
activist on these issues. She was one of the first women in the U.S. to
start a national image consulting business for cross-dressers and was a
well-known professional dominatrix for over 10 years. She is a founding
board member of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation and Federation and Forum
21, and serves on the advisory board of GenderPAC. She is the former
Executive Director of the National Coalition for Sexual freedom, a
former steering committee member of the national policy roundtable of
LGBT & HIV/AIDS groups, a former board member of GenderPAC and has
advised the European Union on LGBT issues and issues of sexual
expression.
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Beverly has published a number of texts within African American and
Women’s Studies which have been noted as seminal works by other
scholars. In 1983 she became founding co-editor of Sage: A Scholarly
Journal of Black Women which was devoted exclusively to the experiences
of women of African descent.
Tyrone Hanley
Before joining GPAC as a Youth Program Co-Coordinator, Tyrone served
as an AmeriCorps member at Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive
(HIPS). He volunteers with DC OUTfront, the Outreach Program for
Children with Gender-Variant Interests and is the President of DC’s
Youth Pride Alliance. He is a graduate of the University of Richmond.
Brittney Hoffman
Prior to working at GPAC as a Youth Program Co-Coordinator, Brittney
received her Masters of Arts in Women’s Studies and Public Policy at
George Washington University. While studying at GWU, she was co-editor
of “queer.,” a national academic journal. She currently volunteers with
HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive) and remains active within
the feminist community.
Natalie Hopkinson
Natalie is co-author of Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black
Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation and a visiting professor of
journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park. She is currently
completing her doctoral dissertation. A graduate of Howard University,
she lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and two small children.
Dr. Michael Kimmel
Michael is a sociologist and author who has received international
recognition for his work on men and masculinity. His books on
masculinity include Manhood in America: A Cultural History, The Politics
of Manhood, and The Gendered Society. Kimmel is a well-known educator
concerning gender issues and is a Professor of Sociology at SUNY --
Stony Brook.
Khaleaph Luis
Khaleaph has over 10 years of experience in community organizing and
advocacy prior to joining GPAC as the Community Partners Manager. He has
done a lot of work around the Prison Industrial Complex and is the
former Education Director for the Prison Moratorium Project. He has also
worked as a Research Assistant for various organizations conducting
socio-behavioral studies of drug use and HIV in the United States.
David Norton
Majoring in Sociology, Gender Studies, and Political Science at
Guilford College, David serves as an AIDS Fellow. Launching the National
Student Genderblind Campaign and the website www.genderblind.org, this
aspiring change-agent has led a collaborative student network to
implement non-discriminatory dormitory options.
Adrian Shanker
Adrian is a double major in Political Science and Religion at
Muhlenberg College. He is a former GPAC intern and is the current
President of the GenderYOUTH affiliated Muhlenberg GSA. Adrian has
successfully lobbied Muhlenberg to amend the non discrimination
statement to include gender identity. He is currently spearheading a
gender neutral housing campaign at Muhlenberg.
Carmen Vasquez
Carmen was the public policy and government relations director for the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Carmen currently
serves on the board of directors for the Center for Lesbian & Gay
Studies/City University of New York, and on the national advisory boards
for the National Center for Lesbian Rights and GenderPAC.
Riki Wilchins
The author of Read My Lips, GenderQueer, and Queer Theory/Gender Theory,
in 2001 Riki was selected as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Civic
Innovators for the 21st Century." Wilchins was a featured columnist on
gender issues for The Advocate. She received her Bachelor’s from
Cleveland State University and her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from
New School for Social Research.