Join child psychiatrist Dr. Nathalie Szilagyi and Canon for Advocacy, Racial Justice and Reconciliation D Littlepage to learn about the unique challenges facing LGBTQ+ youth and how you can support them. When you leave this workshop, you will be equipped with tools to affirm young LGBTQ+ young people; create safe(r) spaces; and have conversations with those in your congregation that are not affirming of LGBTQ+ people. This will be a space of respectful learning, so questions are welcome.
FACILITATORS: Dr Nathalie Szilagyi is an adult and child and adolescent psychiatrist working in private practice and on faculty at the Yale Child Study Center. For more than nine years, she has worked extensively with gender diverse youth and their families. She has published articles on gender identity issues in academic journals and given presentations at national and international conferences, as well as regularly teaching Yale trainees about gender and sexuality. She participated in the national Episcopal Church’s “Gender Jam” in November 2024 and is an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wallingford, CT.
The Reverend Canon D Littlepage serves on the staff of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut as the Canon for Mission Advocacy, Racial Justice & Reconciliation. Prior to becoming a Canon for ECCT, Reverend D served as Rector of Trinity Church, Hartford. While at Trinity, D was an active member of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) Clergy Caucus, the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association, and the ECCT Title IV Taskforce, among other endeavors. Before serving at Trinity, they served as the Director of Roxbury-Dorchester Power in Community, a collective founded by four Episcopal parishes and the Diocese of Massachusetts. Throughout their ministry, D has served with a clear sense of God’s call to celebrate the holiness of God in the margins and to equip and support communities in living the Gospel of God’s love in the world around them.
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Session Three (1:45-3 PM)–2025
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Thursday, 4/3
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