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Core Webinar: Anti-Trans Bias and the New Federal Paradigm

  • 1.  Core Webinar: Anti-Trans Bias and the New Federal Paradigm

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    Core Webinar: Anti-Trans Bias and the New Federal Paradigm 

     

    Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026

     

    All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

     

    Description:

    Anti-transgender rhetoric has been spreading for many years, but the inauguration on January 20, 2025 marked a sea-change in the sociopolitical situation and information ecosystem around trans Americans. This session will offer a comprehensive rundown of our new federal paradigm and discuss its impacts on trans people as well as on libraries, library workers, patrons, services, and librarianship as a profession.

     

    Learning outcomes: 

    As the end of this session, participants will be able to:

    • Understand the current sociopolitical context around trans people nationally, and how it relates to the sociopolitical condition of library work.

    • Explore the ethical considerations and professional values that library workers, and librarianship as a profession, can use for guidance moving forward.

    • Identify potential action steps to implement on the individual, institutional, and professional levels.

     

    Who should attend?

    This webinar is geared toward a general audience of library workers, and especially library workers in leadership, supervisory, and/or administrative positions.

     

    Presenters:

     

    Heath Umbreit is Adult Services Librarian at Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, MA. 

     

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    Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10; Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00 

     

    For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website: 

    https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1743 

     

    Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

     

    For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.

    For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.

    *Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*



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    Jen Montavon-Green
    Head of Electronic Resources
    University of Kentucky
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