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Speaking List

Speaking List

Keynote Addresses and Endowed Lecture Series Talks

  • Featured speaker, Charlemont Forum, Charlemont, MA, 2022
  • Featured speaker, Cal Poly Distinguished Speaker Series, 2020
  • Featured speaker, 25th Annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture in LGBT Studies, University of Georgia, 2019 
  • Keynote speaker, SPECTRUM Conference: “Preventing and Responding to Violence Against the LGBTQI+ Community,” Albany, NY, 2018
  • Featured speaker, 2nd Annual Dr. John Paul De Cecco Endowed Lecture, San Francisco State University, 2017
  • Keynote speaker, 5th Annual Title IX Summit, Rowan University, 2017
  • Keynote speaker, Dennis H. May Conference on Diversity Issues and Role of Counseling Centers, University of Illinois, 2015
  • Keynote speaker, “Trans Politics: Scholarship and Strategies for Social Change,” Rutgers University, 2013
  • Keynote speaker, Expanding the Circle: Creating an Inclusive Environment in Higher Education for LGBTQ Students and Studies, San Francisco, 2011
  • Keynote speaker, Translating Identity Conference, University of Vermont, 2007
  • Keynote speaker, “Transitions in Academia: Increasing Transgender Inclusiveness on Campus,” Stony Brook University, 2006

Speaking Engagements

Presentations on trans and LGBTQ+ topics at more than 30 colleges, including:

  • American International College (three times)
  • Antioch College
  • Bates College
  • Bay Path University
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Birmingham-Southern College 
  • California Polytechnic State University
  • Camden County College
  • Clark University
  • Coast Guard Academy
  • Colby College
  • College for Creative Studies
  • College of Holy Cross (twice)
  • Culinary Institute of America
  • Fitchburg State College
  • Kent State University
  • McKendree University
  • MGH Institute (twice)
  • Penn State, Schuylkill
  • SUNY Oswego
  • University of California,, Berkeley
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Western New England University (twice)
  • Worcester State University (twice)

Email Genny Beemyn (genny@gennyb.com) with inquiries about availability and fees for speaking and consulting.