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Beyond the Binary

Exploring Identity Through Art

July 27, 2022
7:00-8:00p (EST)

Virtual event
Live on facebook & YouTube

Beyond the Binary is a series of conversations with various members of the non-binary/gnc community who are providing awareness and representation of our identities through their work. There are countless ways to exist beyond the binary, and these are our stories. 

Art is more than just a pretty painting- it is a powerful form of story-telling, self-expression, and therapy. Join Eliran Ifrach and M Reim Ifrach, two local queer art therapists, as we discuss the importance of art for the trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming community; not just in terms of preserving our own well-being, but our history as well. 

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Meet Our Speakers

Eliran Ifrach (he/him)
Eliran is a local artist and art therapist in the Greater New Haven area. He participates in Crit Haven, a non-profit collaboration between artists to critique each other’s work and hold space for growth in the art community. He currently works in private practice specializing in gender affirming care, ADHD, and substance abuse.
M. Reim Ifrach (they/them)

REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, NCC, CLAT, LCMHC, TPMH, LPCC

M is a trans/non-binary art therapist, fat activist and artist whose work focuses on body justice, intersectional social justice and eating disorder treatment equity access.

They are the Director for Walden Behavioral Care’s Rainbow Road, the country’s first virtual Eating Disorder 2slgbtqia+ IOP & PHP, which is proud to announce having over 90% Queer Staffing (as of February 2022). They also co-own and operate Rainbow Recovery where they support people through the gender affirmation process, complex trauma recovery, eating disorder recovery and body image issues.

M is committed to the mission that all bodies deserve recovery and that marginalized bodies need to be amplified in the eating disorder landscape to eradicate the stereotypes surrounding eating disorders and gender. To that end M had the honor to participate in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Artful Practices for Well-being, presented at national and international conferences on the use of HAES, Intuitive Eating and Intersectional Social Justice in mental health care and teaches multicultural and diversity practice in Master’s Level Art Therapy programs.

When M isn’t working, they enjoy raising many animals including Pinball Wizard, their blind dog, watching all things Horror on repeat, obsessing over all things Elton John, and enjoying time with their partner.