#creatingchange

At the end of the Bi+ Institute at Creating Change 2026. What amazing humans!  

Awesome Humans Roll Call!!! I’m going to be in San Francisco next weekend for Creating Change!!!!! I’ll be there representing the Smith College School for Social Work and I’m so excited to return in person and see all your lovely faces!! Soooooooo….. Who else is going to be there??!???!? Say hi in the comments and maybe we’ll be able to get together! (The photo is of me in Dallas, TX for Creating Change wayyyyyy back in 2020!!!!) #creatingchange #cc23 #lgbtq #queer #trans #transwoman #queerfemme #activist #collegeadmissions #socialwork #socialworkers #clinicalsocialwork #msw #phd #smithssw #smithsswadmissions #sanfrancisco https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXZkCku1cy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Check out our index of ace and aro content at Creating Change this year, and check back for session notes and updates on ways to keep in touch as the conference plays out. 

You can choose to drop it🥳 ✨ It would be great if we could choose what we think about but unfortunately life doesn’t work that way and we only get to choose what we focus on✅ ✨ If you’re analysing thought to try and understand why something happened or didn’t happen recognise that you’re living through who you think you are which demands answers because it needs to reconcile what the event means about you🤔 ✨ The real you doesn’t give a fuck what anything means or doesn’t mean because it is never damaged by anything that’s ever happened because it is whole and complete😌 ✨ The only thing that takes us away from our natural state of peace is believing a lie and the lie originates with whatever random thought is running through our heads in the moment😅 ✨ How freeing it is to see that thought doesn’t have to mean anything🥳 ✨ How would your life be different if you could choose to drop whatever you’re thinking about in the moment?🤔 ✨ #selfimprovement #mentaltoughness #tedtalks #selfrevolution #dailyreminders #mentalhealththerapist #positivevibe #itsokaytotalk #grounded #messageoftheday #spiritualfood #spiritualworld #mindcoach #acourseinmiracles #creatingchange #selfhelpbook #selfmastery #alanwatts #healingtools #livejoyfully (at Beachscape Kin Ha Villas & Suites) https://www.instagram.com/p/COGQwE-nj4J/?igshid=zugvyplrf1gy

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Harm Reduction Coalition’s CBS Coordinator, Charles Hawthorne, presenting at Creating Change conference on intersectionality of LGBTQ street-based economies and harm reduction.

Soooooooo, this happened last night!! I was sidling up to the hotel bar to get drinks, when I saw the Delightful and Hilarious Sandra Valls, the MC for Creating Change 2023 and a fantastic standup comic, who immediately asked if she knew me! And, while this question is one I get asked a lot in queer spaces like this, I knew she knew me from an entirely different part of my life!! Sandra was a regular performer when I was the showroom manager at The Hollywood Improv, before I transitioned!!! So of course I said a very empathetic YES to the moment! We ended up hanging out at the bar for quite a while and it was so wonderful to see her!!! #transwoman #coolqueers #lesbians #butch #femme #queerfemme #butchlesbian #comedians #comedy #awesomehumans #sixtiesstyle #coolwomen #creatingchange #cc23 #creatingchangeconference #queer #lgbtq #comics (at Hilton San Francisco Union Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2p1d9PNDC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I had a fabulous time last night at The Taskforce party!! So many cool humans!!! It’s just so nice to be in person with community again! (Especially folks that I can feel reasonably certain are triple-vaxxed and being generally careful and considerate in their outside lives!) #transwoman #queerfemme #activist #adventurer #sanfrancisco #nightlife #queer #community #lgbtq #party #trans #cc23 #creatingchange #creatingchangeconference (at Rye) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5kS2_PMOy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=