Dragonsani Renteria
Dragonsani "Drago" Renteria
P.O. Box 14431
San Francisco, CA 94114
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LGBT-Related Workshops / Presentations / Speeches


2007 - "What Color is Your Rainbow?" (Keynote Speaker)
          2007 Western Regional LGBTQIA Conference
          University of California
          Riverside, CA

2007 - "The Deaf Queer Community: A Historical Look into an Invisible Minority" (Keynote Speaker)
          Sacramento State University
          Sacramento, CA

2007 - "Transgender 101"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Toolworks
          San Francisco, CA

2007 - "Working With Transgender Individuals"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          NYC Metro RID
          The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
          New York City, NY

2006 - "A Deaf Man's Journey from Female to Male"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Sponsored by the Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency
          San Leandro, CA

2006 - Honorary Grand Marshall and Keynote Speaker
          Seattle LGBT Pride
          Seattle, WA

2006 - "A Deaf Man's Journey from Female to Male"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          National Association of the Deaf Conference
          Palm Desert, CA

2006 - "The Symbols & Colors that Unite Us" (Keynote Speech)
          Deaf Gays and Lesbians of the West Conference
          Phoenix, AZ

2006 - "The T in LGBT: A Personal Odyssey from Female to Male"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Deaf Gays and Lesbians of the West Conference
          Phoenix, AZ

2006 - "Trans Relationships" (Panelist)
          San Francisco State University
          San Francisco, CA

2005 - "Working With Transgender Individuals"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference
          San Antonio, TX

2005 - "What Color is Your Rainbow?" (Keynote Speech)
          Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Conference
          Washington, DC

2004 - "Visionary Leadership" (Keynote Speech)
          Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Leadership & Lifestyle Camp
          Tumwater, WA

2004 - "The T in LGBT: A Personal Odyssey from Female to Male"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Leadership & Lifestyle Camp
          Tumwater, WA

2004 - "Transgender 101"
          City College
          San Francisco, CA

2004 - "Fighting Oppression Within the Queer Community" (Keynote Speech)
          Portland LGBT Pride Main Stage
          Portland, OR

2004 - "From Female to Male: A Personal Odyssey"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          University of Nebraska
          Lincoln, NB

2003 - "Breaking Stereotypes" (Speech)
          New York City Pride Rally Main Stage
          New York, NY

2003 - "The T in LGBT"
          Co-Presented with Jennifer Mantle
          Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Conference
          Orlando, FL

2003 - "Deaf Queer History: 1950 to Present"
          Co-Presented with Bob Rourke
          Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Conference
          Orlando, FL

2003 - "Transgender 101"
          California School for the Deaf (CSDF) Students
          San Francisco, CA

2002 - "The T in LGBT"
          University of Colorado
          Boulder, CO

2002 - "The T in LGBT"
          RIT/NTID
          Rochester, NY

2002 - "The Transgender Community" (Panelist)
          The LGBT Center
          San Francisco, CA

2000 - "Tomboys and Sissies: An Exploration of Gender Identity"
          Deaf Gays and Lesbians of the West Conference
          San Francisco, CA

2000 - "Female Masculinity"
          2nd Deaf Lesbian Festival
          Provincetown, MA

1999 - "Vision" (Keynote Speech)
          Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Conference
          New Orleans, LA

1999 - "An Accessible Movement" (Keynote Speech)
          National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
          Oakland, CA

1999 - "Queer Disability" (Panelist)
          National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
          Oakland, CA

1999 - "Proud to be Deaf and Queer" (Speech)
          San Francisco Freedom Day Parade Main Stage
          San Francisco, CA

1999 - "Growing up Deaf, Queer and Latina"
          RIT/NTID
          Rochester, NY

1999 - "Deaf Diversity" (Panelist)
          DCARA
          San Leandro, CA

1998 - "Deaf Queer History"
          Deaf Rainbow Eastern Region Conference
          Baltimore, MD

1998 - "The Deaf Queer Movement" (Keynote Speech)
          Deaf Rainbow Eastern Region Conference
          Baltimore, MD

1998 - "Deaf Queer Inclusion"
          National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
          Pittsburgh, PA

1998 - "Women Wear Drag: Exploring Masculine Identities"
          1st Deaf Lesbian Festival
          Seattle, WA

1997 - "Deaf Queer History"
          Gallaudet University
          Washington, DC

1997 - "The Deaf Queer Community - An Invisible Minority within a Minority"
          Co-Presented with Linda Pratt
          National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
          San Diego, CA

1995 - Grand Marshall (Keynote Speech)
          San Francisco Freedom Day Parade Main Stage
          San Francisco, CA

1995 - "Breaking Stereotypes: Lesbians and Gays"
          International Studies Academy
          San Francisco, CA

1994 - "Breaking Stereotypes: Lesbians and Gays"
          Ohlone College
          Fremont, CA

1994 - "Q & A: The Deaf LGBT Community"
          Laney College
          Oakland, CA

1994 - "Deaf Diversity" (Panelist, representing Deaf LGBTs)
          Deaf Culture Class
          Vista College
          Berkeley, CA

1993 - "Q & A: The Deaf LGBT Community"
          California Association of the Deaf Conference
          San Jose, CA

1992 - "The Native American Berdache"
          University of California
          Berkeley, CA


More than 45 additional LGBT-related workshops were also presented and/or organized by Drago when he served as Director of the Deaf Gay and Lesbian Center from 1992 to 1995.