Suzanne Adams

Suzanne Adams has been involved within the TG community since the early 1990's. She has been a member of The Emerald City Social Club (one of the three clubs sponsoring Esprit) for over 30 years, serving as a board member for most of that time, eight years as President and currently as Vice President. She was a Facilitator for the Ingersoll Gender Center for 17 years, and worked as the Chair of the Seattle Chief of Police Advisory Committee for Sexual Minorities up until CHOP occurred. Suzanne also spent 12 years as the Citizen Observer on the Seattle Police Firearms Review board, paying forward all of the support that the City of Seattle has given to the LGBTQIA+ Community. She has worked with the Esprit Committee, serving in many of the planning positions, most recently as Co-Chair of Esprit. Suzanne has been a presenter at Esprit every year since 1993.

Suzanne presents:

Thursday May 15 10:00AM: Cross Dressing 101

This is the ideal introduction to cross-dressing for the beginning crossdresser. The class will cover an array of topics in Suzanne's inimitable rapid-fire style. Learn about clothing, sizing, how to discreetly size clothes in the store, basic style advice, recent trends, and more in this popular class.

Thursday May 15 3:00PM: Basic Self Defense for Women and Those Who Present Themselves as Women

Suzanne has extensive past and current experience in law enforcement. She will teach you about awareness, avoiding risky situations, moving safely through different surroundings, a variety of self-defense moves, and how to handle interactions with the public and the police. Although this is a self defense course, movement is kept to a minimum and "dressing down" is not necessary.