KEYNOTES, PRESENTATIONS, Panels

Connection Seeking and Mental Health: A Webinar for Service Providers who Support GBT2SQ Guys. Community-Based Research Centre. February 2024.

2SLGBTQIA+ Muslims and Mental Health. Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. December 2023.📽️

Good Self-Care for the Good Fight! PFLAG National Convention. DC, October 2023.

Thawer, R. & Khan, M. (2023, July 19). Crescent Moon - Supporting Family Members of LGBTQ Muslims: A Facilitator’s Guide [Presentation]. International Sexuality & Social Work Conference, Glasgow. 

Cultural Safety and Countertransference: Working in Communities You Belong To. [Pre-Conference Institute] Contemporary Relationships Conference. Lexington, May 2023.

Determinants of LGBTQ+ Mental Health. PA LGBTQ Health Summit. Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Centre. May 2023. 📽️

Francoeur, V., Hart, T., Julien, R., Thawer, R. (Nov 2020). Panel - Challenges and Rewards of Training Providers to do Counselling with GBQ Men.  Summit 2020: Resistance and Resilience. Community-Based Research Centre. 📽️

Kempner, E., Rao, A., Thawer, R., Wenke, B., Woodland, E.  (Oct 2020). Panel: Mental Health and the LGBTQ Community. Sound Mind Live Mental Health Music Festival. 

Supporting Family Members When Someone Comes Out. The Practice Dialogue - A Workshop Series. South African College of Applied Psychology. May 2022. 📽️

Shame and Sexuality: A Queer Therapist’s Perspective. The Practice Dialogue - A Workshop Series. South African College of Applied Psychology. March 2022. 📽️

Creativity and Harm Reduction Counselling. The Practice Dialogue - A Workshop Series. South African College of Applied Psychology. March 2022. 📽️

Cultural Safety & Countertransference: Working in Communities You Belong To. The Practice Dialogue - A Workshop Series. South African College of Applied Psychology. Dec 2021. 📽️

Mental Health: Same Labels, Different Determinants. GMSH Virtual Conference: Queer Sex After HIV. Nov 2021. 📽️

The Matrix of Envy in our Social & Sexual Lives. Sex Down South: A New World. Sept 2021. 📽️

Perfume Genius, Max Ernst (SHAED), Anjimile. (July 2021). Panel: Stronger Than Stigma - Moderated by R. Thawer. Sound Mind Live Mental Health Music Festival. 📽️

Doctor, F., McDonald, H., Thawer, R. (Mar 2021). Panel - Inspiring Change: Learning and Sharing from the Past Year. Ontario Association of Social Workers. 📽️

Gowani, F., Rao, A., Thawer, R. (Mar 2021). Panel - Diverse sexualities and gender identities in migrant South Asian communities: an intergenerational dialogue. 5th ​Annual South Asian Mental Health Conference. 📽️

Ambiguous Pandemic Feels. Summit: Resistance and Resilience. Community-Based Research Centre. Nov 2020. 📽️

When Curiosity Sends the Wrong Message: Exploring Bias in Sexuality Research, Education & Therapy. Closing Plenary - Canadian Sex Research Forum. Oct 2020. 📽️

Feelin' My Feelings. Free To Be Me 2020 Virtual Forum, Newfoundland and Labrador English School District (NLESD) and the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD). June 2020. 📽️

Fear & Fluid(ity). Sex Down South Conference. Sep 2019, Atlanta, GA. 📽️

Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame. Community-Based Resource Centre. Nov 2018, Vancouver, BC. 📽️

Casual sex vs Long Term Relationships. Gay Men’s Mental Health Summit, March 2018, Toronto, ON. 📽️

Communicating Sexual Risk to People Living with HIV and People at Risk. CATIE Forum 2013: New Science, New Directions in HIV & HCV. Toronto, ON. 📽️

Barebacking: Risk, Connection, & Vulnerability. Gay Men’s Sexual Health (GMSH) Summit, AIDS Bureau, Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, May 2013. Toronto, ON. 📽️

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS

The Wellness Connection Partnership. (2015). Local Immigration Partnership. 📽️

This Is Our Community - Bisexual Anti-Stigma Video Campaign. (2015). Rainbow Health Ontario. 📽️

How To Get Tested - An Instructional Video. (2014). Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention. 📽️

Habib, S.(2014). Just me and Allah: Interviews with queer Muslims. Vimeo. 📽️

McCullagh, J. (2013). Barebacking and Gay Men.  PositiveLite.com. 📽️

Protect Your Love . (2012). Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention.📽️

Counselling Guidelines for High HIV Anxiety and No/Low Risk (HHANLR). HIV Testing Conference, AIDS Bureau, Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, May 2012. Toronto, ON. 🖋️

Pashai, Y. (2012). Illuminations  📽️

Queer South Asian Youth (QSAY) Project. (2009). Brown Like Me  Alliance for South AIDS Prevention.📽️