Keilani Garcia
BA
The National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner V
Keilani Garcia
Keilani Garcia (she/they) is the Youth Program Training Supervisor for the National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence, a program of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Keilani is a biracial lesbian from Southern California. With Bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Feminist Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara, Keilani has spent a majority of their career specifically working with and for LGBTQ+ youth in both direct service and behind-the-scenes training and technical assistance. Keilani’s work is grounded in her history of harm reduction work with experience running a syringe exchange program and providing HIV/ Hepatitis C test counseling. Outside of work, Keilani loves to play roller derby and pamper her dog, Ludo.
SESSION OVERVIEW
Holding the Line: Understanding and Challenging Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric in Services for LGBTQ+ Youth Survivors of Dating Violence
Amid major changes for agencies working with youth survivors of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking- service providers are doing the difficult work of working through fear and uncertainty to continue to provide comprehensive services to LGBTQ+ youth survivors.
In this presentation, we will 1) contextualize current anti-LGBTQ+ policy within LGBTQ+ history, 2) delve into the effects that pulling services and visible support for the LGBTQ+ community has on queer and trans youth survivors of dating violence, and 3) identify and practice concrete ways to push back against anti-LGBTQ+ attacks whether in policy or in person.
This presentation, provided by the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s National LGBTQ+ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence, is suitable for all service providers working with LGBTQ+ youth, including school-based workers.