Join Kara Sigler and Emiliano (Lee) Lemus for a workshop on how medicinal herbs can support transgender patients, presented at the 2019 UCSF LGBTQIA+ Health Forum.

Powerpoint slides here.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore the scope of use of medicinal herbs in gender transition, from an evidence base and from a traditional wisdoms approach.

2. Learn how to use several common medicinal herbs for transgender patients, including to assist in gender transition and to mitigate negative health risks from hormones.

3. Describe how the inclusion of herbalism in western healthcare settings promotes accessibility and culturally-relevant care, particularly for transgender communities experiencing multiple intersections of vulnerabilities.

4. Identify contraindications of medicinal herbs with HRT, and cases to refer to clinical herbalists.

Join guest host Emiliano Lemus interviewing herbalist Jen Stovall on herbal responses to the opioid epidemic and substance addictions. We'll discuss using plants to work with people experiencing addiction and community harm reduction efforts.

Listen in at 1pm Pacific Time on the 17th!
📻 On the air at 94.1 in the Bay Area
💻&📲 Streaming/podcast/archived online at KPFA.org.

Show archive/podcast: https://kpfa.org/episode/the-herbal-highway-january-17-2019/

Join Emiliano Lemus and Lizanne Deliz for this workshop at the Portland Plant Medicine Gathering.

We will review the essentials for working with transgender and gender nonconforming clients. Using a practical, case-based approach, we will discuss transgender cultural competence. This will include sex and gender positive tools for discussing sensitive health topics, and the importance of approaching clients in a trauma-informed manner. We will also review structuring clinical spaces to reflect transgender inclusion. Participants will emerge with a grounded understanding of the health and social concerns faced by many trans clients, as well as best practices for fostering healing.

Join guest host Emiliano Lemus on The Herbal Highway, interviewing herbalist and healer Dori Midnight as they discuss rituals and remedies for political despair in the current times. Their conversation will explore how to meet grief, rage, overwhelm and fear with medicines to help us stay open and resilient, and inspire resistance and collective liberation. Tune in live at 94.1 KPFA in the Bay Area, or visit kpfa.org to livestream and access the show archive.

Show archive/podcast: https://kpfa.org/episode/the-herbal-highway-october-18-2018/

Join guest host Emiliano Lemus on the Herbal Highway as they interview herbalist and nurse Kara Sigler. We'll discuss herbal approaches for supporting hormonal gender transition, natural surgery support, emotional support, and much more. Tune in live at 94.1 KPFA in the Bay Area, or visit kpfa.org to livestream and access the show archive. Learn more about Kara at www.sfherbalist.com.

Show archive/podcast: https://kpfa.org/episode/the-herbal-highway-july-19-2018