B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is hosting a series of live conversations on key issues facing B.C. with leading experts and community advocates. Learn more about the Beyond the Headlines discussion series.

Celebrating gender expression and youth with Jessica Love and Georgia Franklin

In the third installment of the Beyond the Headlines conversation series, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will sit down with Jessica Love, author and illustrator of the acclaimed children’s book Julián is a Mermaid, and Georgia Franklin, provincial coordinator of the BC Summer Reading Club, for a conversation about how we discuss gender identity and expression with young people in age-appropriate ways—and how we can help them take pride in their identities and celebrate those of others. Read more or register on Zoom.

Event details

Date: Monday, July 14, 2025

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. PDT

Method: Via Zoom webinar or livestreaming on our website.

How to register

Registration is not required to watch the conversation. However, those who register and join via the Zoom webinar option will be able to submit questions during the event and may hear them answered live.

• Register for the Zoom webinar
• Or register by contacting 

If you don’t want to register, you can still watch the livestream at: bchumanrights.ca/beyond-the-headlines

A note on accessibility and translation

Closed captioning will be available at this event. If you have other accessibility requirements, please contact us at .

If you have a translation request, please contact us at  at least two weeks prior to the event and we will do our best to accommodate.