‘Dancing The Dialect from Trans Youth to Trans Elder’

All Are Invited to TransWeek’s Daily Keynote Presentation

‘Dancing The Dialect from Trans Youth to Trans Elder’

& Transgender Pioneer Award Presentation
Presented by Rupert Raj

Too often trans people dance the dialect of polar opposites: despair and hope,  gender dysphoria and gender euphoria, bitter cynicism, and loving kindness. Trans people who simply want to exist in a transphobic society understand that riding the dialect is like riding a roller coaster, which takes a heavy toll. In battling his own dialect for over 41 years, trans activist Rupert Raj learned to dance the dialect between burnout and self care to become a social change agent. Rupert will explore what the trans dialect is and how it may exist in our own journeys, and the  importance of self care to prevent acute or chronic burnout. Rupert will also discuss what it means to transgenerate or connect younger and older trans activists and  dream of a world that is safe enough for all of us to take our rightful place and  experience universal peace.  

Rupert is a recipient of this year’s Transgender Pioneer Award.