SHCP Alumni Weekend 2025: Saturday: Embracing Change: Latine, Latin American, and Caribbean Queer/Cuir/LGBTQIA+ Genders and Sexualities and Sunday: The Embodied Cost of Survival: Reclaiming the Body After Trauma

Saturday, September 6, 2025, 9:00 AM - Sunday, September 7, 2025, 5:00 PM EST, Palmer Commons, Ann Arbor, MI


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (12.00 hours)

September 6–7, 2025 Presentations Overview On Saturday, September 6, this presentation will explore gender and sexual identities among Latine, Latin American, and Caribbean queer and trans communities of color in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, with additional focus on the Dominican Republic, Martinique, and Trinidad and Tobago. Through the work of scholars, artists, and activists—including Juana María Rodríguez, Ana Macho, Vanessa del Río, Macha Colón, and Sylvia Rivera—we will examine neologisms and key terms in English, Spanish, and French Créole (e.g., maricón, cuerpa, makoumé) that resist hetero-, homo-, and trans-normative frameworks. This session challenges assimilationist narratives and the dominance of Standard American English, advocating instead for decolonial, anti-racist, and sex-positive approaches. On Sunday, September 7, the training focuses on the intersections of trauma, performance culture, somatic therapy, and sexual health—particularly for athletes and those with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Grounded in trauma-informed care, including Herman’s recovery model, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic practices, participants will gain tools to foster embodied sexual empowerment. The session is designed for clinicians, educators, and counselors seeking to understand how neurological trauma and performance expectations affect consent, body autonomy, sexual identity, and relational healing. Practical techniques for emotional regulation and trauma recovery will be emphasized.

1. Identify at least two psychological or somatic effects of performance culture on athletes' sexual health.
2. Describe Herman’s three-phase trauma recovery model as it applies to sexual health practice with athletes.
3. Identify three somatic trauma-informed interventions that support body autonomy, co-regulation, or consent in sexual health work with athletes.
4. Identify and apply at least two Internal Family Systems (IFS) or somatic interventions (e.g., TCTSY, polyvagal-informed techniques) to help clients unblend from shame and explore sexual identity.
5. Identify at least three ways traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts bio-sexual-relational dynamics.
6. Identify two somatic-based interventions for TBI-affected individuals in healthcare or educational settings.
7. Understand one commonality related to Autohistoria/autoteoría, patería, and feminist formations.
8. Discuss one concept of Latine vocabularies and cultural competencies: maricón, loca, transloca.
9. Explain three cultural modalities: jayaera, kiki, ballroom.
10. Describe two key concepts from the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean: makoumé (Martinique) and friend and family (Trinidad and Tobago).
11. Examine one element common to rethinking sex work and trans activism through a critical puta lens: Sylvia Rivera and Vanessa Del Rio.
12. Describe one element related to drag performance and the strategic radical feminization of language by analyzing Ana Macho’s “Cuerpa.”

Please click website to register: https://umich.instructure.com/courses/182750/pages/2025-alumni-weekend-registration

Cost: $0

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