Unpacking Sexuality: Bringing Unconscious Bias to the Forefront - Bethany Gehman

Registration

When: Saturday, Sept. 26 - 10am - 3pm (with 1 hour lunch break). Where: Webinar on Zoom. This workshop is intended to provide interpreters and interpreting students with opportunities to examine and analyze sexuality issues, explore values/attitudes/beliefs about sexuality, identify situations where skills with sexuality interpreting would be useful, and apply what was learned to interpreting practice. Participants will also learn appropriate and efficient tools aimed at making them more comfortable with interpreting sexuality content. Consent is not applicable only in sexual relationships—it is also applicable in professional relationships between an interpreter and client. (This workshop also include some LGBTQIA+ awareness training.) This workshop will be presented in American Sign Language. MRID is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This professional studies program is offered for .4 CEUs at Little/None Content Knowledge level.