The Transgender Faith Tour is making a stop at the UUFM in Mankato on March 19th. Coming all the way from Topeka, Kansas, Stephanie Mott believes that all persons are worthy of dignity and respect. As much as all of these things means to her, the great gift of authenticity is that she has discovered a relationship with God that is more amazing and wonderful than she could have possibly imagined. Stephanie remembers, “I had two sisters and two brothers. The first thing she remembers knowing about herself was that she was like her sisters on the inside, and her brothers on the outside.” Stephanie felt as though there was something drastically wrong with her and that she could not talk to anyone about her feelings. She has had the great honor to share her faith journey in many places, and she feels called to continue down this path, wherever it leads her. Stephanie has shared her message with numerous Unitarian Universalist churches around the country and is excited to make a stop in Mankato.
BIOGRAPHY:
Stephanie Mott lives in Topeka, Kansas. She is employed as a Mental Health Clinician at Valeo Behavioral Healthcare. She is the Founder/Director of the Transgender Faith Tour 
and President/Executive Director of Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project.
Stephanie is a columnist for Liberty Press and lgbtSr, and a volunteer blogger for Huffington Post. She has published more than 100 articles about being transgender. She has provided nearly 400 workshops and presentations related to gender identity in venues from college classes to mental health centers to jails, prisons and hospitals. She is currently serving as the community liaison for transgender inmates with the Shawnee County (Kansas) Jail.
She is the state vice-chair of Equality Kansas, having served previously as the state vice-chair (2011) and the state chair (2012-2013). In addition, she is a board member of the Topeka Chief of Police Advisory Board, Topeka Pride, and Capital City Equality Center, as well as serving on the advisory board for the Beacon Youth Group.
Her awards include the Pioneer Woman from the University of Kansas Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity, the Kansas Stonewall Marsha P. Johnson Award for Exceptional Activism, and the Donna Love Award for Outstanding Social Work Student from Washburn University. 
Topics: Justice