Scott Turner Schofield is an acclaimed diversity educator on transgender issues. He is an Emmy-nominated actor and the first openly transgender actor to play a major role on daytime television (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL). Currently, Scott consults for HBO's EUPHORIA. He is a man who was a woman, a lesbian turned (mostly) straight guy who most people think is a gay man. He takes your labels and shreds them with a wink and a smile.
With extraordinary skill and compassion, in his workshops and presentations Schofield meets every individual exactly where they are on their knowledge of gender, biological sex, and sexuality, and facilitates their own expansion on these topics. He co-creates the conversation with each audience group, blending his expertise as a Trans advocate with the pace of the conversation taking place in the room.
Schofield's brilliance lies in his ability to talk about intersectionality - the way that the topics of biological sex, gender, and sexuality are influenced by factors like race, socioeconomic status, geographical location, disability, etc. As every person experiences gender in their own way, he strives to offer a framework for looking at these topics - not a one-size-fits-all “answer” to a “problem.”
And all along the participants lead the way, always leaving enlightened in their individual ways.
His style is light and entertaining, blending in moments of storytelling and allowing personal questions in order to engage his audience’s emotional intelligence, to seal the “hearts and minds” aspect of advocacy that is so important.
In addition to his lectures and workshops, Schofield is also an award-winning writer and performer. He has toured internationally with his original solo performances "Debutante Balls" and "Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps". He has been honored with many distinctions and awards, among them a "Fruitie" audience choice award for Best Off-Broadway Performance, and a Princess Grace Foundation Acting Fellowship.
His book, Two Truths and a Lie, was a finalist in two categories for the Lambda Literary Award, and made the American Library Association Rainbow List. He also acts for TV, theater, and film, starring in a documentary with VH1 "I'm Married to A…".
Film Program: Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Directed by Andrea James and Puppett. Written by and starring Scott Turner Schofield.
Part comedy special, part oral history, and part love letter to becoming your true self, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps follows two decades of Scott’s life as an out transgender man, with a knowing nod to the often-overlooked comedy of transitioning. Twice censored (so far) and arriving amid a cultural and legislative reckoning, the film refuses to simplify. Scott brings vulnerability, wit, and presence to the details of his own life, connecting the personal to the universal. Funny, profound, and fiercely honest, it invites audiences to consider what becoming, and being, a man can mean.
The film runs 65 minutes and fits courses in gender studies, theatre and performance, film and media, and sociology. Scott is available for post-screening conversations, in person or virtually.
Keynote Speech: “Can I Be Real?”
Drawing from firsthand experience inside Hollywood’s so-called “trans tipping point,” this talk traces the shift from celebration to censorship, examining how visibility offered validation, but how veneers of inclusion obscured an industry unprepared for the realities of the very people it proclaimed to uplift. A personal recounting of what happens when progress becomes a performance, and the spotlight becomes a target.
Workshop: Gender Expansive Storytelling
Too often, trans stories are told about trans people rather than by us. In this virtual or in-person workshop, Scott works with trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive participants to find the moment that changed everything, shape it into a polished three-to-eight-minute story, and rehearse it for an audience. It’s the same craft he’s used on stage, in boardrooms, and in writers’ rooms: building stories that change hearts and minds and speak truth to power. Pair it with a screening of Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps, and one evening becomes both a film event and a showcase of your community’s voices. Participants leave with a finished story they can keep telling.
Everybody Changes: Transgender Training for Shared Facilities
Locker rooms and restrooms are where trans inclusion gets tested, usually at the front desk. Originally developed for aquatics and recreation staff at the City of Santa Monica, Everybody Changes uses role-played scenarios performed by actors from LA’s gender-diverse community. It covers vocabulary, unintentional disrespect, harassment, and the bathroom question. Staff practice enforcing policies that protect everyone, calming alarmed or angry patrons, and meeting the needs of trans and gender-diverse members. It’s built for athletics, campus rec, residence life, gyms, pools, hotels, camps, and community centers. Group pricing and custom packages are available, and the course can be paired with in-person training from Scott.
Special Topics in Transgender Inclusion
Some questions don’t fit a keynote. Futureproofing a nondiscrimination policy amid today’s political backlash, preparing leaders for a difficult conversation, bringing a trans character to the screen: each one needs someone who’s done that exact work before. Since the early 2000s, Scott has helped universities, Fortune 500 companies, production companies, and government agencies meet their moment. Engagements are built around your situation and can include:
- Policy: drafting or reviewing nondiscrimination policies, and the procedures that put them into practice
- Leadership coaching: one-on-one or small-group sessions for executives, deans, and managers
- Training design: inclusion programs built for your staff, faculty, or crew, not pulled off the shelf
- Storytelling and media: script consultation, campaign review, and media training for spokespeople telling trans stories
- Productions and events: on-set and on-site sensitivity training for crews and teams
