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- 2. TRAINING OUTLINE • Introductions •Guidelines for Dialogue • Ally Storyboard • History/Background • Basic Definitions/Terminology • Symbols
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- 4. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE •We are here to have a guided conversation • We are all here to learn • Feel free to ask questions • Most of all, respect others • Additional?
- 5. ALLY STORYBOARD A timewhen you acted as an ally for someone else A time when someone acted as an ally for you A time when they needed an ally but no one helped them A time when you could have acted as an ally but didn’t
- 6. ALLY STORYBOARD 1. Whatwas difficult? 2. What was easy? 3. How did it feel to share? 4. What were some patterns between different people’s scenarios? What was different? 5. What does this tell you about being an ally? 6. What are the implications for being an ally on LGBTQI issues does it have for you?
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- 8. UM HISTORY • FirstLGBTQI organization founded in mid-1990’s. Meet in secret location guarded by UPD. Had to contact Counseling Center to get location. • ALLIES founded by Vicki Mahan in the University Counseling Center around 2000 on a volunteer basis to give organized opportunity for faculty and staff to be allies for LGBTQ students. • 2007 - 2013: Several other volunteers help with the ALLIES Program • 2014-2015: ALLIES transitions to “permanent, professional” home in Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
- 9. EARLY GAY RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS •Society for Human Rights, December 10, 1924 • The Mattachine Society, November 11, 1950 • The Daughters of Bilitis, September 21, 1955
- 10. STONEWALL: JUNE 28,1969 • LGBTQ patrons of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village riot when police officers attempt to raid the bar • Angry gay youth clash with aggressive police officers in the streets, leading to a 3-day riot. • It inspires the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
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- 12. THE BIRTH OFGAY PRIDE PARADES: JUNE 28, 1970 • Christopher Street Liberation Day commemorates the one- year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Afterward, supporters march through New York into Central Park, in what will be considered America’s first gay pride parade. • In the coming decades, the annual gay pride parade will spread to dozens of countries around the world.
- 13. PIONEERS: HARVEY MILK NOVEMBER8, 1977 • Harvey Milk wins a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and is responsible for introducing a gay rights ordinance. Milk also leads a successful campaign against Proposition 6, an initiative forbidding homosexual teachers. • A year later, on November 27, 1978 former city supervisor Dan White assassinates Milk.
- 14. GAY IDENTITY AND PSYCHIATRY •April, 1952: The American Psychiatric Association lists homosexuality as a sociopathic personality disturbance. • American psychologist, Evelyn Hooker argues against this listing. • The APA removes homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973.
- 15. LGBTQ EQUALITY • Landmarkcase — One, Inc. v. Oleson, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of 1st Amendment rights of LGBT magazine One: The Homosexual Magazine on January 13, 1958 • In Lawrence v. Texas the U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws in the U.S. are unconstitutional on June 26, 2003
- 16. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE • OnApril 26, 2000, Vermont becomes the first state in the U.S. to legalize civil unions and registered partnerships between same-sex couples. • In 2004, Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. • On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court strikes down the federal definition of marriage in United States v. Windsor • On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court declares marriage equality the law of the land with its’ Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
- 17. AIDS AND AIDSACTIVISM: • The New York Times prints the first story of a rare pneumonia and skin cancer found in 41 gay men in New York and California. • Bruce Voeller, biologist and founder of the National Gay Task Force, successfully lobbies to change the name of the disease to AIDS. • Organizations like ACT-UP lobby for research into the disease, while advocating for the dignity of AIDS sufferers.
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- 19. • LGBTQI -Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex • Queer? • Ally - ? • Heteronormativity? • Time to rewind… DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY
- 20. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY : SEX ORGENDER • Sex: Biologically-based designation - male vs female • Gender: Culturally-based designation - masculine vs feminine • Gender Expression: Cisgender vs Transgender… • What is wrong with these definitions?
- 21. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY: SEX AND GENDERAS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS • Sex is a concept that was developed by society • Gender is a concept developed by society • Neither concepts are binaries and all are culturally based
- 22. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY : GENDER EXPRESSION• Cisgender:Outward expression of gender aligns with biological sex within cultural mores • Transgender: Outward expression of gender does not align with biological sex within cultural mores • Genderqueer: A person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders. • Gender Non-Conforming: Individuals who perform gender in a way that does not conform with “traditional gender norms”
- 23. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY: SEX AND GENDERAS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS MaleIntersexFemale “Feminine” “Masculine”
- 24. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY: SEX AND GENDERAS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS Gender Queer Cisgender Transgender
- 25. GENDER PRONOUNS • Traditionalpronouns are usually gendered • There are non-gendered alternatives • Always allow individuals to tell you their preferred pronouns and respect their wishes
- 26. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY : SEXUALITIES • Sexualities- Binary or trinary terms no longer work Homo sexual Hetero sexual Bisexual Pansexual Queer Asexual What if no label applies?
- 27. IT IS IMPORTANTTO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SELF-IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER AND/OR SEXUALITY. NEVER ASSUME OR IMPOSE YOUR OWN LABEL.
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- 30. SYMBOLS The LGBTQ communityis many communities with many different symbols.
- 31. WHAT DOES ITMEAN TO BE AN ALLY?
- 32. WHAT DOES ITMEAN TO BE AN ALLY? • Be an active bystander: • Direct: • Delay: • Deflect: • Delegate:
- 33. HOW TO BEAN ALLY • Listen • Create safe spaces: in classes and in offices • How? • Stop macro- and micro-aggressions • Others?
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- 36. SCENARIOS Life and WorkScenarios • 1)At work one day as you walk into your friend, Sam’s residence hall, you hear his roommate’s friend telling him that he really needs to return to what gospels says about homosexuality. The roommate’s friend stops mid-sentence when he sees you. • 2)A good friend from church, that you consider a close mentor, calls you to talk about her daughter, Tracey, who is a high school junior. She tells you that Tracey’s friend Ashley came out to her daughter over the weekend and that she shared with Tracey that she had feelings for her. Tracey and Ashley have known one another since middle school and are very close, she tells you, but her daughter, she assures you is not a lesbian, and she does not want her to date Ashley. • 3)You walk into your break room/work room at your workplace and two of your co-workers are talking about another co-worker who is not in the room. You hear them make statements such as, “I wish he would just come out. No one dresses like that and expects not to be called gay.”
- 37. SCENARIOS Life and WorkScenarios continued… • 4)After having dinner at a family member’s house, you watch television with some of your relatives. The news is covering the annual pride parade. As the news anchor talks about the parade, your uncle jumps out of his seat and says, “stupid queers are ruining this city” and walks out of the room. • 5)One of your friends, Anita, who identifies as a lesbian, is talking about someone she would like to date. During your conversation, she tells you that this woman identifies as bisexual. Anita seems very frustrated and says, “I don’t know if Shawn dates her because she is bisexual. She hasn’t decided to pick a side.” • 6)One of your friends, who identifies as a lesbian, just told you that another friend, who also identifies as a lesbian, just came out to her as a (FTM) trans man. You make the comment that the lesbian community is losing all its women.
- 38. SCENARIOS Campus Scenarios • 1)Recentdevelopments on campus have allowed for the inclusion of both sexual orientation and gender identity to be added to the non-discrimination policy at the university. As such, both the LGBTQQIA student organization and a faculty/staff ally organization have become very active on campus. While the campus climate is still conservative, the members of both organizations are optimistic that the climate is becoming more supportive of LGBTQQIA individuals. In fact, this semester, the students are hosting a conference for LGBTQQIA college students from across the state. Following some initial planning meetings, the conference committee, which is comprised of students, faculty and staff, asked for gender-neutral bathrooms in student center, where the conference will be held. The director of the student center does not support that request. • 2)A tenured faculty member in the “College of Liberal Arts” has recently made anti-gay comments in his class. A student reported the incident to the Department Head stating that the faculty member when discussing the war in Iraq and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy said, “Now we’re going to have pansies fighting in Iraq. We don’t need queens on the frontline. Mark my word, we will have major problems.” This is not the first incident reported. The faculty member has had a past record of anti-gay comments in the classroom, referring to promiscuity and immorality in LGBTQQIA communities. In addition, the faculty member lists on his university website his anti-LGBTQQIA research articles and his involvement with the Family Research Council and other anti-LGBTQQIA organizations.
- 39. SCENARIOS • What issuesare involved? • How would you respond? • What resources would help you respond? • Where can you find those resources?
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- 41. CAMPUS RESOURCES • StudentOrganizations: UM Pride Network, OUTLaw • Training, Development, and Dialogue: Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation • Academic Support: Sarah Isom Center for Women & Gender Studies, Department of Sociology, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
- 42. CAMPUS RESOURCES • Roommate/Friendship“Conflict” Issues: Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct, University Counseling Center • Cultural Programming: Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, Student Housing, Sarah Isom Center for Women & Gender Studies
- 43. SEXUAL ASSAULT/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES •Violence Prevention Office ~ Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick - [email protected] • Title IX Office ~ Honey Ussery - [email protected]
- 44. HOW TO REPORTA BIAS INCIDENT • Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) http://inclusion.olemiss.edu/birt/ • Report: [email protected], 662-915-1689, or http://inclusion.olemiss.edu/birt/birtreporting/
- 45. NEXT STEPS • Questionnaire •Participation Agreement • Certificates and Placards