Approaching Challenging Paperwork in a Trans-Affirming Way
Workshop Description
Members of the care team from CHLA's Center for Transyouth present best practices for supporting clients who need letters of referral for gender-affirming surgeries, as well as assistance navigating legal name and gender-marker change paperwork. Systems connected to medical and legal entities are not always trans-affirming by design, and our approach involves partnering with clients to support them in a flexible, knowledgeable, empathic, and holistic way throughout their journeys.
Conference Track
Professional
Primary Contact
Jennifer L. Collins, LCSW, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Workshop Presenters
Raine Lynn Jo-Fung, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Presenter Bio
Raine Jo-Fung is an interventionist and a pharmacy technician, as well as a phlebotomist, and has dealt with all manner of work and occurrences in the community. Raine has worked overseas in Thailand and has come to develop experiences as well as various skills, growing with different adaptations on how to better serve the community in the United States. Raine has training in nursing as well as several years’ prior experience in both childcare and medical planning.
Jennifer L. Collins, LCSW, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Presenter Bio
Jennifer L. Collins, LCSW, has worked at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles since 2013, first on the HIV care team, and currently with the Center for Transyouth Health and Development, providing individual therapy to transfeminine and gender-nonconforming young people. She obtained her MSW at the University of Southern California, and completed a certificate in psychodynamic therapy at Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. At her private practice in Pasadena, she works primarily with adults and provides supervision to therapists seeking licensure.