Illinois Gender Advocates filmed a series of interviews with attendees and presenters in 2010 at Be-All held in suburban Chicago, the largest transgender conference in the Midwest.
In episode 15, Jubi Ducher interviews Carol Abrams and Christina Kahrl. Carol Abrams is a board member of PFLAG Northern Illinois Regional Council. Carol discusses resources for family, friends, and allies at PFLAG and building support for the LGBT community. You can learn more about PFLAG here: pflag.org , pflagillinois.org , and community.pflag.org/tnet . Carol also discusses the history of IGA as Its Time Illinois. Christina Kahrl, co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and on the board of Equality Illinois, discusses her transition in finding information, managing relationships with family, friends, and colleagues, and finding allies. You can learn more about Equality Illinois here: equalityillinois.org/ .