Heather Chamberlain

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t in conversation with myself and others about gender. I am lucky enough to have had many trans* and gender-variant people in my life over the years, and I became fascinated with the ways in which the limits and liberations of gender affect the human experience.

As I moved through my academic and professional journey, I focused on these people about whom I am passionate, and as a mental health professional my clinical practice is dedicated to healing, supporting, and advocating for LGBQ+, trans* and gender-variant people.

I met Jacqui Beck at the 2013 Gender Odyssey conference, where she was presenting her art and poems for the Gender Personal project. I was immediately captivated by the power of her work, and the depth of emotion she was able to access and share with the conference attendees. The combination of the beauty of her art and the visceral response it inspires in those who experience it begins a vital conversation about gender.

I immediately offered to support Jacqui’s work on the Gender Personal project, because I believe it to be a way to explore some of the most profound questions about gender, and to inspire necessary conversations in this vein.

Heather is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with individual adult transgender, genderqueer/variant, gay, bisexual, lesbian, and queer people.