The Center Adds Manager of Inclusive Programming Position

Wynn Tashman (he, him, his) has joined the staff of The LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada in the newly created position of Manager of Inclusive Programming. 

Tashman, a long-time Las Vegas local, has served the Vegas community for nearly a decade as an LGBTQ+ educational consultant, researcher, and legal advocate. 

“Wynn will be responsible for the daily management and oversight of The Center’s programs and services that serve our diverse communities,” says Holly Reese, Director of Community Engagement & Advocacy at The Center. “This position advances The Center’s mission by strategically expanding existing programs and services and creating new initiatives based on research and evidence to address the community’s needs more effectively,” says Reese. 

Tashman has completed several years of doctoral coursework toward a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and will obtain his J.D. from the William S. Boyd School of Law in spring 2022. 

Tashman’s multi-disciplinary expertise has led organizations in each of these fields to seek out his evidence-based professional development training and organizational interventions to enhance LGBTQ+ cultural competency, supporting students, clients, and employees. 

He created LGBTQ+ youth leadership movements in schools and served as a faculty-supervised student attorney to legally advocate for transgender individuals seeking specialized services to live their lives authentically. He trained more than one thousand professionals using an evidence-based curriculum on LGBTQ+ cultural competency and implicit bias reduction.

Tashman has presented LGBTQ+ inclusive research at nearly 20 international, regional, local scholarly conferences and guest lectured at more than 20 undergraduate and graduate courses on LGBTQ+ topics. 

He is fiercely committed to dismantling institutional heteronormativity and cisnormativity by creating inclusive and affirming socially just spaces for the entire LGBTQ+ community. “Our state has a significantly large LGBTQ+ population, and by fostering more inclusive services and spaces, we can strengthen the sense of local community,” says Tashman.