Recent Projects and Partners

Most recently, Lex facilitated programming for The Human Rights Campaign, American College of Physicians, The Philadelphia School District (educators) and athletics, and Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Lex also presented at the Philadelphia Family Pride Conference and the Creating Change Conference, and will be presenting at The Keystone Conference and The City College of New York (CUNY) LGBTQ+ Student Conference in March, and The Pennsylvania Permanency Conference in June.

Within higher education, Lex facilitated their program, “Creating Affirming Spaces: Understanding Gender and Sexuality & Best Practices,” for the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), and independently for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College and Trinity College. Lex has worked with Middlebury College, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Bowdoin College, Temple University, Columbia University, and Wooster College. Within primary and secondary education, Lex most recently worked with The Philadelphia School District, Lancaster Friends School and Davis Academy.

Regarding policy and producing resources, Lex partnered with the NESCAC to create a resource that helps folx understand and navigate the NCAA trans inclusion policy in inclusive and affirming ways and to create a Best Practices for Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Athletes Guide. Additionally, Lex is collaborating with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) to support inclusion of non-binary and transgender people in athletes.

Within medicine and health care, Lex created Temple University Health System’s Gender Affirming Care website, and is a research co-investigator on a project on gender affirming health through the Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s Center for Urban Bioethics. Additionally, Lex is a consultant for Michigan State University’s Global Health Studies Program through their Center for Gender in Global Context program.

All of Lex’s programming and resources are developed for each community to address their unique needs while addressing the core foundational information on LGBTQ+ identities. 

You can learn more about their current and past work and read testimonials from collaborators. 

Community Partners

Lex is a community partner with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The It Gets Better Project, ReFrame, and Out Sports.

More About Lex

Lex Horwitz (he/they) is a passionate queer, non-binary transgender Jewish LGBTQ+ Educator, Consultant, and Public Speaker. They support communities by creating inclusive, welcoming, and safe environments where everyone can thrive. Lex works with educational institutions, nonprofits, medical centers, and businesses through LGBTQ+ training and educational workshops, creating inclusive policy and resources, and providing feedback and action steps to address areas of growth. Through their keynote, they share their journey as a transgender athlete who switched teams, and what it was like for them to navigate the binary sports world as a non-binary person.

In providing powerful judgment-free safe spaces where all can engage in critical conversation on gender, sexuality, and community, Lex supports people in becoming effective allies in action to the LGBTQ+ community.

Lex received their B.A. in Psychology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies from Bowdoin College, where they competed on the Varsity Men’s Squash Team and became the first out transgender athlete in all of collegiate squash, and the first out transgender athlete to compete at Bowdoin. 

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