With over 20 years of experience in social justice facilitation and services for LGBTQ+ individuals, Lyndon Cudlitz delivers customized training and technical assistance in the education, healthcare, nonprofit, business, government, and recreation sectors. Lyndon also provides education and consultation for LGBTQ+ individuals and their loved ones.

Lyndon’s work encourages clients and communities to make institutional shifts, to improve interpersonal relationships, and to examine the beliefs individuals have internalized about others and ourselves. Lyndon strives for approaches that are trauma-informed, anti-racist, grounded in harm-reduction, and are drawn from both research and the diverse lived experiences of LGBTQIA communities & individuals.

Lyndon's background also includes sexual health education, services for survivors of violence, Deaf services, 10 years as a firefighter/EMT, and founding & directing youth leadership programs in Maine, New York, and Missouri. When not in front of an audience, Lyndon can often be found climbing rock faces across the country.

Volunteer Experience

• Co-Founding Member, Trans Climbers Belong (2023-Present)

• Board Member, Rise Outside (2022-Present)

• Program Volunteer, Camp Unirondack (2021-Present)

• Capital Region Coordinator, CRUX: LGBTQ Rock Climbing (2018-Present)

• Mentor, Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Accelerator, Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development (2020, 2022)

• Co-Chair, Consulting Alliance, Capital Region Chamber (2020-2021)

• Advisory Member and DEI Committee, Tech Valley Young Professionals Network, (2020-2021)

• Trans & Gender-Nonconforming Advisory Group, NY State Dept of Health (2016-2020)

• Vice President, Board of Directors, CRUX: LGBTQ Rock Climbing (2016-2018)

• Coordinating Committee, Showing Up for Racial Justice - NY Capital District Chapter (2016-2018)

• Founder & Director, CampOUT Maine (2009-2013)

• Firefighter/EMT, Yarmouth Fire-Rescue (1999-2009)

Awards

• Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions & Advocacy, NYS OMH Creedmore Psychiatric Center (2023)

• Champion for Justice, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (2017)

• Outstanding Unit Citation, Yarmouth Fire-Rescue (2007)

• Letter of Commendation, Yarmouth Fire-Rescue (2006)

• Pride Guide All Star, IN Newsweekly Magazine (2005)

• Young Leadership Award, Equality Maine (2004)

• Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Award, HOBY Maine (2000)

Workshops & Trainings

• Trauma-Informed Care, Center for Innovation in Behavioral Policy and Practice (2019)

• Furthering Your Work Through Legislative Advocacy, NYS LGBTQ IPV Network, New York City Anti-Violence Project (2019)

• Navigating Employee Handbooks: A Review of Key Policies & Considerations, Capital Region Chamber (2018)

• Leadership Strategies: How to Delegate, Capital Region Chamber (2018)

• Racism & The Food System, Soul Fire Farm (2018)

Multi-Session Series

• Lighthouse Learning Series, National Harm Reduction Coalition (2023)

• History of Black Abolitionist Politics and Actio, DeMointé Wesley, Amplify Restorative Justice (2022)

• Decolonize and Indigenize Your Classroo, Helen Woape Thomas, Amplify Restorative Justice (2021)

• Designing Equity Lab, Rebellious Root Collective (2021)

• Dismantling Racism, DiDi Delgado, NY (2019)

Panels & Talks

• Gentrification is Colonialism series, Forge Project (2022)

• Trans-Amory Panel, NY Trans Advocacy Group (2021)

• Representation in Climbing, NYC Climbing Collective (2021)

• Book Discussion - Trans Care: A Critical Conversation, Hil Malatino (2020)

• Farming While Black, Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farm (2019)

• Solving Diversity Issues in the Creative Economy, Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy (2018)

• Abby Stein on being a Hasidic Jewish trans woman, SUNY Albany (2018)

Day-Long Institutes

• Facilitating Anti-Oppression Education for Youth, NCCJ STL, MO (2004-2008, 2018, 2019, 2023)

• Gender Affirming Perioperative Practices Summit, Callen Lorde (2022)

• Queering Reproductive Justice Institute, Creating Change Conference (2020)

• Non-Binary & Gender-Nonconforming Leadership Collective, NYS Dept of Health (2019)

• TEDx Albany (2019)

• Talent and Inclusion Summit, Capital Region Chamber (2019)

• Gynecology Institute, National Transgender Health Summit (2019)

• Transgender & Gender-Nonconforming Institute, Creating Change Conference (2019)

• PrEP for Transgender Women: Success, Challenges & Opportunities, NYS Dept of Health AIDS Institute (2018)

Multi-Day Conferences & Summits

• Creating Change, National LGBTQ Task Force (2004, 2014-2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024)

• Unity Through Diversity: LGBTQIA+ BIPOC Health Conference, In Our Own Voices (2014, 2023)

• NYS LGBT Health & Human Services Network Retreat and Technical Assistance Conference (2017-2023)

• Collective Power for Reproductive Justice (2023)

• Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, Mazzoni Center (2010-2013, 2015, 2017-2019, 2021, 2022)

• Sex Down South Conference (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021)

• Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference, Hampshire College, MA (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)

• Ending the Epidemic Summit, NYS Dept of Health - AIDS Institute (2016-2020)

• Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference (2020)

• Gender Conference NYC (2020)

• Out & Equal Workplace Summit (2020)

• Belonging at Work Summit, Rhodes Perry Consulting (2020)

• National Transgender Health Summit, Center for Excellence of Transgender Health, UCSF (2019)

• Beyond the Bars, Center for Justice at Columbia University, NY (2019)

• Transgender, Gender-Nonconforming & Non-Binary Leadership Collective, NYS Dept of Health (2018, 2019, 2020)

• From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom, Civil Liberties & Public Policy, Hampshire College, MA (2008-2018)

Webinars

• Workplace Identity Dialogues: Asian Pacific Islander, Capital Region Chamber of Commerce (2023)

• Two Spirit & LGBTQ+ Considerations, Pete Hill (2022)

• What Does Reproductive Healthcare Actually Look Like for Trans and Nonbinary People?, Forge Forward (2022)

• Moving towards Thriving: Assessing and Nurturing Work-Life Balance, Rested Root, Nonprofit University (2022)

• Effective Facilitation Skills for Professional Development Programming, Dr. Carrie Graham, Nonprofit University (2022)

• LGBTQ+ Provider and Foster Care Learning Exchange, NYS OCFS (2021)

• Great Mentoring: Positive Conversations with Young People about Sexual Decisions, The Center for Sex Education (2020)

• Understanding Non-Binary through a Racial Lens, Sage Williams (2020)

• Talent & Inclusion Summit, Capital Region Chamber (2020)

• No Tea, No Shade: The Erasure of Black Queer & Trans Resistance, Capital Pride (2020)

• Community Activism & Healing, Black & Queer Series, Princeton University LGBT Center (2020)

• Climbing Culture 2.0: Creating Anti-Racist Climbing Spaces, KAYA (2020)

• Creating Psychologically Healthy & Safe Work Environments for LGBTQ+ Workers, Dr. Joti Samra and Emery Oakley (2020)

• Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Rights Under NYS Law, NYS Division of Human Rights (2020)

• View on Women in the Workplace, Women@Work (2020)

• A Call to Philanthropy from Trans-Led Organizations, TransLatinx Coalition (2020)

• Convening: Largest COVID-19 Risk Factor for LGBTQ+ People & Trans Health in NYC Now, National LGBT Cancer Network (2020) 

• Beyond the Pill: Sharing the Science, Lisa Stern, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, UCSF (2019)

• Intimate Partner Violence and Sex Work, NYS LGBTQ IPV Network (2019)

• RiseOut Synergy Session: Why Surrogacy Matters to LGBTQ New Yorkers, The LGBT Community Center (2019)

• Won't Be Erased: Black Trans/Nonbinary Migrant Realities, Black LGBTQ Migrant Project (2018)

Audited Courses

• Mountains 101, University of Alberta (2021)

• Anatomy: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems, University of Michigan (2020)

• US Social Services Compared, Columbia University School of Social Work (2020)

By prioritizing my personal and professional development, my clients benefit not only from the latest research and best practices, but also by receiving a more comprehensive perspective on the stories, struggles, and strengths of LGBTQIA communities.

Based on the ancestral homelands stewarded by the Mohican & Haudenosaunee peoples since prior to being called the New York Capital Region.

© 2024 Lyndon Cudlitz