Tompkins County Public Library will host award-winning author and educator Luca Maurer for “Families in Transition,” a discussion about supporting children and teens exploring their gender identity, Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room-East.
Being held in conjunction with the Library’s “4 Seasons Book Club”
reading of “This Is How it Always Is” by Laurie Frankel, this program is
designed for parents, caregivers, educators and those interested in exploring
transgender characters and themes in literature.
Maurer is the director of Ithaca College’s LGBT Education,
Outreach and Services Program, the co-author of the award-winning book “The
Transgender Toolkit” and a member of the Tompkins County Public Library Board
of Trustees.
This program is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is
encouraged but not required. To register, visit http://www.libraryinsight.com/eventdetails.asp?jx=nnv&lmx=%C7de%24%AA%AA&v=3
or contact Teresa Vadakin at tvadakin@tcpl.org.
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