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Creating Affirming Settings for Organizations and Individuals
About
ABOUT WILLY WILKINSON
Willy Wilkinson, MPH is an award-winning author, speaker, public health consultant, and cultural competency trainer who has been advocating for marginalized populations since the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, which illuminates trans experience from a Chinese American and mixed heritage perspective, and transforms the memoir genre into a cultural competency tool. Willy is the recipient of an Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Excellence in Journalism Award, and the Transgender Law Center Vanguard Award.
Speaking
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Willy has extensive experience providing customized, interactive trainings and keynotes on LGBTQ issues
Willy discusses his work addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on trans communities in San Francisco in the '80s and '90s
From "Surviving Voices: The Transgender Community and AIDS." Director: Jorg Fockele, 2019
Willy interviewed
on The Umbrella Hour,
a UK Health Radio podcast
Willy speaks about navigating "spicy" moments during LGBTQ training, changing his name to Willy at age nine, and using art as a healing tool. Listen here.
TESTIMONIALS
“The staff truly loved, and benefitted from, Willy’s insights, information, engaging personality, and openness to the process.”
Vaden Health Center, Stanford University
Logos represent some of Willy's past clients, and do not imply an association, affiliation, or endorsement of his work.
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