Trans-Led Health Education
Care that never assumes a single body, a single gender, or a single story.
This page is our diversity, equity, and inclusion pledge and our accountability to it as a trans-led health education organization built to advance health equity in how menopause care is taught and practiced.
Genderqueer Futures LLC was founded on a simple premise: menopause care should never assume a single body, a single gender, or a single story. That premise isn’t a marketing line. It’s the standard we hold ourselves to, in how we teach, how we build our organization, and how we show up in the healthcare systems we train.
Who we are: a trans-led health education company
Genderqueer Futures is a trans-owned, trans-led organization, founded and led by Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW, a trans, genderqueer person. Our lived experience is not separate from our clinical expertise. It’s part of what makes our gender-affirming menopause care training work.
How we practice inclusion
As a trans-led health education organization, we hold ourselves to the same standard we teach. Here’s how that shows up in practice:
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Accessible pricing.
Our Gender-Affirming Menopause Care Certification Course offers sliding-scale options and payment plans, so cost is not the barrier to provider education that it too often is.
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Inclusive language, always.
Every course, workbook, and public resource we produce uses gender-inclusive language as the default, not the exception, in line with the WPATH Standards of Care.
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Trauma-informed by design.
Trauma-informed care shapes every part of our menopause education: how we teach, how we facilitate, and how we structure feedback and disagreement in our learning spaces. Our training frameworks are built to reduce harm, not just avoid it.
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Who we hire and contract with.
When we bring on collaborators, contractors, or support, we prioritize LGBTQIA+, QTBIMPOC, neurodivergent, femme-of-center, disabled, and other historically excluded professionals.
What we ask of the systems we train
We don’t just teach inclusive language. We ask healthcare providers and organizations to examine the assumptions built into their intake forms, their waiting rooms, and their clinical protocols, and to make changes that outlast a single training session. This is what health equity looks like in practice: LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare that holds up long after our training ends.
Accountability in our health education work
This pledge is a living document. As Genderqueer Futures grows, we’ll continue to update this page to reflect what we’re actually doing, not just what we intend to do.
If you have questions about our practices, you’re welcome to reach out at info@genderqueermenopause.com.
Last updated: August 23, 2026