Wendy Stuart and guest co-host Simone Kraus will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Christina Gonzalez.
TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.
TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community Foundation.
Simone Kraus
SIMONE KRAUS is the former Vice President of TriVersity, in Milford PA, and is a retired Pipefitter of 40 years and has been married for 40 years to her wife Mary, where they live in Glenwood, NJ. Simone is a regular panelist for Gender Equality New York and has written articles for several newspapers. She is involved with ‘Operation Hope’, an outreach program which is being developed to assist Veterans and their families, based out of Morris County, NJ.
Simone is on the planning committee for Morris County’s Pride Event in June 2022.
Simone was interviewed for and appeared in the movie ‘Rainbow Ending,’ directed by Alan Kaplan which was an official selection at the 2019 Chelsea Film Festival in NYC, and has been featured on TriVersity Talk discussing Transgender issues, and most recently participated in a podcast called ‘ Necessary Conversations with a Black Woman ‘ hosted by Jessica Mason which will air at the end of January 2022.
Simone was just elected to the Sussex County Democratic Committee in NJ, as well as the Vernon Township Democratic Committee.
Simone is a 4th degree Black Belt in the Aikido system, as well as a 1st degree in Iaido, and currently teaching Tai Chi. Simone is writing her Memoir about late stage transitioning, to be published in 2023.
Christina Gonzalez (she/her) is a transgender and queer woman hailing from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She is a social worker who has attained her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from East Stroudsburg University. She has recently completed her internship at the Gender and Sexuality Center located at the University where she has worked with LGBTQ+ clients. Her passions include LGBTQ+ advocacy among youth, civil rights policy, and LGBTQ+ mental health. In her free time, Christina enjoys meditation and mindfulness practices, reading, and hiking.
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