The UT Gender & Sexuality Center: Serving Women & LGBTQA Communities offers open workshops each fall and spring to learn more about and practice creating safer and more welcoming campus and communities with and among women and LGBTQA+ people. I am sharing the workshop information here for you to consider attending and for you to share with staff, faculty, administrators, and students who may be interested.

Gender & Sexuality Center: Serving Women & LGBTQA Communities

GSC Open Workshops, Spring 2017

These workshops are open to and designed for all UT students, staff, faculty, and administrators.

Taught by the GSC Education Team: http://ddce.utexas.edu/genderandsexuality/education/meet-the-team/ 

Please RSVP for Open Workshops: http://tinyurl.com/GSCWorkshopsSpring17 

*Or request a workshop for your unit/department/center/class/organization: http://tinyurl.com/GSCWorkshopRequest 

LGBTQA+ Identities, Ally Toolkit Part 1:

Offered Two Times This Spring: W 2/8, 11a-1p, SAC 2.120 OR Tu 3/28, 2-4p, MEZ 2.124

In this intersectional workshop for LGBTQA+ and non-LGBTQA+ identified people, you will learn and practice a series of vocabulary tools for your support of LGBTQA+ justice in your classrooms, offices, and conversations. You will learn and practice describing the differences between assigned sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and romantic orientation; you will reflect on your own identities. You will practice identifying – and enacting bystander intervention in – microaggressions around gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and romantic orientation. And you will set your intention for inclusive language (including pronouns) for your communities. You will also learn about existing and necessary campus resources for LGBTQA+ people. Attend this workshop on its own or continue on to Practicing Allyship (Ally Toolkit Part 2) with the option to join Allies in Action. LGBTQA+ Identities (Ally Toolkit Part 1) is a prerequisite for Practicing Allyship (Ally Toolkit Part 2).

Practicing Allyship, Ally Toolkit Part 2:

Offered Two Times This Spring: Tu 4/25, 2-4p, MEZ 2.124 OR W 5/10, 11a-1p, SAC 2.120

*Prerequisite: LGBTQA+ Identities (Ally Toolkit Part 1)

In this workshop for LGBTQA+, straight, and cisgender people (and people whose identities overlap), you will learn and practice interrupting systemic oppression of LGBTQA+ people in your classrooms, offices, and conversations. You will learn about and practice identifying how multiple systems of oppression (including racism, ableism, classism, and sexism) overlap with heterosexism and cisgenderism on our campus. You will reflect on your own social identities, your relationship with systems of oppression, and your roles in interrupting oppression to make campus safer and more welcoming for all LGBTQA+ communities. At the end of this workshop, you will have the opportunity to sign the Ally Program Pledge and receive the Ally Card. Note: This workshop is available only for people who self-select or volunteer to attend. If you supervise someone whom you would like to see build their familiarity with LGBTQA+ terms and concepts, please advise them to attend the LGBTQA+ Identities (Ally Toolkit Part 1) workshop.

Please RSVP for Open Workshops: http://tinyurl.com/GSCWorkshopsSpring17