The Unintentional Ally, with Dr. Amanda Veldorale-Griffin
Wed, Aug 13
|Virtual Event
People often come to LGBTQIA+ allyship through their personal life experiences and may not know how to fully embrace that identity or use their desire to support their own friends and family to engage in broader allyship with the LGBTQIA+ community.
Time & Location
Aug 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
Virtual Event
About the event
People often come to LGBTQIA+ allyship through their personal life experiences and may not know how to fully embrace that identity or use their desire to support their own friends and family to engage in broader allyship with the LGBTQIA+ community. The presenter will share their lived experiences as a person who grew up in a family with trans and queer relatives and how those early life experiences shaped their connections to the LGBTQIA+ community, informed their views on sexual and gender fluidity, and set them up for allyship and advocacy. Amanda will also discuss how therapists can help facilitate the ally mentality in family systems and help people embrace greater intentionality in their allyship.
About The Speaker:
Dr. Amanda Veldorale-Griffin (she/they) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida and Oregon, as well as an AAMFT-approved supervisor. She is also a Professor of Marriage and Family Sciences at National…