ROCKLAND and BOOTHBAY — Midcoast Maine’s Regional Domestic Violence Resource Center will host Xavier L. Guadalupe-Díaz, Ph.D, professor and Criminology Program coordinator in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Framingham State University.

Dr. Guadalupe-Diaz will present Transgressed: The State of Transgender Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Midcoast School of Technology, and Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Boothbay Botanical Gardens. Both talks will be from 4-5:30 p.m.

The presentation is free, open to the public, and is appropriate for healthcare providers, school staff, parents, staff at youth-serving organizations, law enforcement, legal professionals, and transgender or questioning individuals.

Early registration is requested and appreciated for planning purposes.

Author of Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives (2019) and co-author of Transgender Intimate Partner Violence: A Comprehensive Introduction (2020), Dr. Guadalupe-Díaz will review current research on transgender intimate partner violence (IPV) including definitions and prevalence of IPV, key takeaways from recent publications on polyvictimization, help-seeking, conclusions, and implications for the direction of future research, policy, and practice. His own publications and findings from the US Transgender Survey will inform Dr. Guadalupe-Díaz’s talk.

Click here to register for either Rockland or Boothbay, or call Joan at (207) 691.5969. Registration is open through September 24.

The presentation is offered in partnership with MaineTransNet and OUT Maine.