With transgender and non-binary people dying by anti-trans violence and suicide at alarming and increasing rates, with up to almost half of our nation’s homeless youth identifying as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning), and with HIV/AIDS continuing to have devastating impacts on queer and trans people, Transpire Trainings was born out of a clear and pressing need for increased, widespread, engaging and up-to-date education on the topics of gender identity/expression and sexual orientation.

Having spent more than a decade navigating the world as a trans-identified person, and over half a decade as a social worker, Transpire’s founder, LJ, noticed massive gaps in people’s understanding of these topics, particularly with regard to gender diversity. Even when people demonstrate some working knowledge of gender, or have been to an introductory training, much of the information they know or have received is antiquated at best, and inaccurate or harmful at worst.