Transhood – Friday, May 20 at 6pm PT

Meaningful Movies Offered by The Episcopal Church in Western Washington and St. Timothy Episcopal Church, Chehalis are proud to offer an online screening of Transhood. Filmed over five years in Kansas City, Transhood chronicles the lives of four young people (aged 4, 7, 12, and 15 at the start of filming) and their families as they navigate growing up transgender in America’s heartland. By sharing personal realities of how gender expression is reshaping their lives, the film explores how these families struggle and stumble through parenting, and how the kids are challenged and transformed as they experience the complexity of their identities.

We’re honored, also, to welcome to our panel/community discussion The Rev. Carla Robinson, Canon for Multicultural Ministry and Community Transformation for the Diocese of Olympia, Director/Producer Sharon Liese, featured parent from the film, Debi Jackson, and Rural Youth Alliance Co-founder, Katrina Wulff.

Release Year: 2020
Running Time: 96 min
Director/Producer: Sharon Liese

Screening – Friday, May 20, 2022 at 6pm PT via Zoom
Panel/Community Discussion immediately after, 7:45pm PT

Free – Register Here

Donations will be directed to Rural Youth Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to serving SGD (sexually gender diverse ) youth in Lewis County, WA and beyond.

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Our Panel:


The Rev. Canon Carla Robinson, Sharon Liese (Director/Producer,) Debi Jackson (featured parent,) and Katrina Wulff (RYA Co-founder.)
The Rev. Canon Carla Robinson, a graduate of Concordia Seminary (St Louis, MO) served as a Lutheran pastor for 13 years before coming to the Episcopal Church. She was received into the communion in 2001 and was an active member of St Mark’s cathedral for several years. She has served as the Administrative Assistant for Multi-Cultural Ministry and the Secretary for Vocations in the Diocese of Olympia. Since her ordination in 2009 she has served as the curate at the Church of the Resurrection in Bellevue and as the vicar of All Saints in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood. She has served as associate priest at St Mark’s Cathedral, The Church of the Ascension in Magnolia, St James in Kent and Christ Church in the University District. She is currently serving as Interim Priest at St Matthew San Mateo in Auburn and was recently named Canon for Multicultural Ministry and Community Transformation for the Diocese of Olympia.
Sharon Liese (Director, Producer,) is a critically acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker who directs and produces documentary projects that air on major television networks and screen at many prestigious film festivals. Liese’s award-winning feature documentary Transhood premiered on HBO in 2020 and was featured on THE ELLEN SHOW and GMA. The film won several awards including Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at AFI Docs. Liese also created and executive produced Pink Collar Crimes, a true crime series for CBS. She is currently directing and executive producing a limited series for Starz and directing a film for National Geographic that has already been optioned for a Broadway musical produced by Mark Gordon.
Debi Jackson (featured, with child, Avery,) became an accidental advocate for transgender rights in 2014 when her speech about her child’s social transition at the age of 4 went viral. The self-described former “conservative Southern Baptist Republican from Alabama” now speaks on behalf of transgender children and their families around the world. She has been interviewed by media across the US, the UK, France, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Colombia and Brazil. Debi is a founding member of the Human Rights Campaign’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council, has been a consultant on an Emmy Award winning ACLU documentary about transgender children. Debi trains schools across the US on creating trans-inclusive policies and how to best support students through their transitions and has assisted the NEA in updating their training programs for their 3 million members.
Katrina Wulff co-founder of Rural Youth Alliance of Lewis County. Mother dedicated to serving rural youth especially Sexual Gender Diverse.

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