If you’re looking to see me give a talk or panel, here’s my current schedule of appearances. Below that is a list of events I’ve appeared at and talks I’ve given previously
Below that is a list of events I’ve appeared at and talks I’ve given previously.
If you are interested in booking me for a talk, panel, reading or appearance, please email mari@transnerdfeminist.com.
Upcoming Appearances
Storming the ConFusion
Dearborn, MI
January 2019
Capricon XL
Wheeling, IL
February 2019
Penguicon 2019
Southfield, MI
April 2019
Previous Appearances
Penguicon 2018
Featured Guest
May 2018
Digital Queers Symposium
University of Michigan Department of Communication
Invited Speaker/Presenter
“The Dichotomy is Dead; Long Live The Dichotomy:
Trans Women’s Desirability, Modern Television, and the Creator Influence”
April 2018
Capricon XXXIX
Panelist
February 2018
ConFusion Through The Looking Glass
Panelist
January 2018
Windycon 45
Panelist
November 2017
Penguicon 2017
Panelist
May 2017
Capricon XXXVIII
Panelist
February 2017
Friendship is ConFusion
Panelist
January 2017
Livonia, MI
Capricon XXXVII
Panelist
February 2017
Wheeling, IL
Penguicon 2017
Panelist
April 2017
Southfield, MI
Windycon 43
Panelist
November 2016
Lombard, IL
2016 World Professional Association for Transgender Health Symposium
Invited Panelist
July 2016
Amsterdam, NL
Panel:
“How Research Is Being (Mis) Used To Support The Marginalization of Trans People”
15th Philadelphia Trans Health Conference
Panelist
June 2016
Philadelphia, PA
Panel:
“Writing as Power and Self-Care”
Penguicon 2016
Panelist
May 2016
Southfield, MI
Panels:
“Creating Safer Spaces”
“Diverstiy in Geek Media”
“LGBTQ Identities”
SUNY Plattsburgh Women’s Studies Seminar Series
Featured Speaker
Plattsburgh, NY
February 2016
Talk Title: “Transgender Identities: Myths, Misconceptions, and Realities”
Capricon XXXVI
Featured Panelist
February 2016
Wheeling, IL
Panels:
“Non-Binary Identities In Stories”
“Queer Eye For SciFi”
“Science Gone Bad”
“Trans 101”
“Diversity in Writing and Media”
“Intersections of the LGBTQ Community and Fandom”
Life, The Universe, and ConFusion
Featured Panelist
January 2016
Livonia, MI
Panels:
“How Many Genders?”
“Pitch Me Your Elevator”
“Anthologies As Advocacy”
“Bad Girls Just Want Good Stories”
“Seeing The World Through Different Eyes”
“What’s Wrong With Gendering Kids Media”
Windycon 42
Panelist
November 2015
Lombard, IL
Panels:
“The Future of Social Media”
“Women of Wonder: Updated for 2015”
Penguicon 2015
Panelist
April 2015
Southfield, MI
Panels:
“Creating Safe Spaces”
“Everything You Thought You Knew About Genetics Is A Lie”
“LGBT Alphabet Soup”
“LGBT In Fandom”
“Misconceptions of Scientific Work”
Capricon XXXV
Panelist
February 2015
“Ask a Trans Person – Dispelling The Myth”
“Fandom For All- Creating Inclusive Communities”
“Queer Eye For SciFi”
Back To The ConFusion
Panelist
January 2015
Panels:
“Mary Sue and The Fake Geek Girls”
“Fat Girls Like Scifi, Too
“Diversity in _______”
Windycon 41
Panelist
November 2014
Panels:
“Women in Science”,
“LGBT Representation in Speculative Fiction”
Cleveland ConCoction 1
Diversity Guest/Panelist
May 2014
Panels:
“Trans People in Fandom”,
“Kinky in the Con Community”,
“Creating Consent Culture in Convention Communities”
Penguicon 2014
Panelist
May 2014
Panels:
“Respecting Your Transgender Peers”
“Genomics 101: What The Heck Is A Genome?”
“Genomics 201: The Transcriptome, The Epigenome, and Beyond”
“Healthcare in the 21st Century”