LGBTQA+ 101

Gender and Sexuality Center Author

07/31/2023 Added

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A great introduction for anyone wanting to know more about the LGBTQA+ community and to show an active commitment to diversity and inclusion! Explores terminology, inclusive language, pronouns, campus climate, the Center, and the distinctions between sexual orientation, gender identity/expression.

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[00:00:00.600]Welcome to the LGBTQA+ 101 presentation.
[00:00:04.770]My name is Caitlyn Johnson and I'm an intern
[00:00:07.080]for the Gender and Sexuality Center
[00:00:08.970]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:11.640]First and foremost, I want to thank you
[00:00:13.410]for the time you've taken out of your day
[00:00:15.330]to be here and to watch this presentation.
[00:00:19.680]Before we get started,
[00:00:20.910]I would like to acknowledge the land
[00:00:22.470]that we are on right now.
[00:00:24.270]Land acknowledgement is a traditional custom
[00:00:26.340]dating back centuries
[00:00:27.450]for many native communities and nations.
[00:00:29.730]And for non-indigenous communities,
[00:00:31.980]land acknowledgement is a powerful way of showing respect
[00:00:34.770]and honoring the indigenous peoples of the land
[00:00:36.960]on which we work and live.
[00:00:39.120]Acknowledgement is a simple way
[00:00:40.440]of resisting the erasure of indigenous histories
[00:00:43.620]and working towards honoring and inviting the truth.
[00:00:46.920]The University of Nebraska is a land grant institution
[00:00:49.860]with campuses and programs on the past, present,
[00:00:52.350]and future homelands of the following tribes.
[00:00:55.890]With this acknowledgement, we affirm indigenous sovereignty
[00:00:59.910]and will work to hold our community and institution
[00:01:02.220]more accountable to the needs of indigenous people.
[00:01:05.730]If you're interested in learning
[00:01:06.780]and supporting the indigenous community,
[00:01:08.730]please refer to the website listed below.
[00:01:13.626]So what do we do?
[00:01:15.060]The center in general does a lot of different things.
[00:01:17.070]First, we do presentations just like this one,
[00:01:19.230]as well as workshops.
[00:01:20.850]There are a number of presentations
[00:01:22.230]and workshops you can request from us,
[00:01:23.820]and that can be done via the presentations form
[00:01:26.970]on our website.
[00:01:28.110]And we'll get back to you within a few days
[00:01:29.910]to set up a time and date for our presentation.
[00:01:33.180]Next, we have the library with resources.
[00:01:35.670]We have over 1500 books, CDs, DVDs, movies,
[00:01:40.110]really anything you can imagine
[00:01:41.790]that is related to gender and sexuality topics,
[00:01:44.970]which will be helpful.
[00:01:46.830]Our library also includes a children's library,
[00:01:49.230]with a collection of inclusive
[00:01:50.520]and gender-diverse book choices.
[00:01:54.120]We also have volunteer opportunities.
[00:01:56.190]Students can work with us to complete projects for classes
[00:01:59.130]or they can volunteer in programming
[00:02:01.110]or help us around the office to fulfill volunteer hours.
[00:02:04.770]The Gender and Sexuality Center
[00:02:06.300]also runs a learning community called Prism.
[00:02:09.330]This learning community will provide a community
[00:02:11.250]for students who identify as LGBTQA+
[00:02:14.760]or are allies of the community.
[00:02:17.010]The learning community will be in gender-inclusive housing.
[00:02:20.070]Prism will emphasize the intersectionality
[00:02:22.020]within everyone's identities
[00:02:23.520]and allow students to explore their personal identities
[00:02:26.270]in a supportive and caring space.
[00:02:30.450]The Lavender Closet clothing exchange,
[00:02:32.700]which is open during the center's hours,
[00:02:35.160]seeks to provide all UNL students, staff, and faculty
[00:02:38.310]with free and discreet access
[00:02:40.680]to identity-affirming clothing and accessories.
[00:02:44.070]When students feel comfortable
[00:02:45.240]and validated in their expression,
[00:02:47.130]they are free to focus on forwarding their education
[00:02:49.620]and pursuing their dreams.
[00:02:51.270]Folks can stop by the center to request access to the space,
[00:02:54.810]to donate and pick up clothes.
[00:02:57.180]There are general-neutral restrooms on the third floor
[00:02:59.820]for you to try on items if desired.
[00:03:02.790]An additional resource,
[00:03:04.320]provided by the Gender and Sexuality Center,
[00:03:06.750]is the distribution of safer sex kits.
[00:03:10.110]These kits contain both condoms and lubricant.
[00:03:12.840]Other supplies such as dental dams and internal condoms
[00:03:15.780]are also available.
[00:03:20.040]We also include a number of events
[00:03:21.690]as part of our programming.
[00:03:23.430]These include the history month dinner,
[00:03:25.650]drag shows, lavender graduation,
[00:03:28.170]and smaller community-building and educational events.
[00:03:34.050]Other events we've run include the Gender Equity Conference,
[00:03:37.410]the Women's History Month celebration,
[00:03:39.630]and Growing Your Identity event.
[00:03:44.460]To start, let's unpack some terminology.
[00:03:49.770]First, we'll review terminology
[00:03:51.720]that refers to an individual's gender and sexuality.
[00:03:55.020]First is the term gender identity.
[00:03:57.660]Gender identity refers
[00:03:58.680]to someone's innate sense of their gender,
[00:04:00.750]such as they identify as more masculine, such as a man,
[00:04:05.850]or more feminine, such as a woman,
[00:04:07.860]or someone on the spectrum in between, such as non-binary.
[00:04:12.060]Next is gender expression.
[00:04:14.070]Gender expression refers to the external appearance
[00:04:16.950]of one's gender identity.
[00:04:19.020]This can be expressed through ways
[00:04:20.460]such as an individual's clothing, voice, or behavior.
[00:04:24.060]Their expression may or may not conform
[00:04:25.950]with traits traditionally associated
[00:04:27.750]with masculinity or femininity.
[00:04:30.510]The third term is sexual orientation.
[00:04:33.900]Sexual orientation refers
[00:04:35.130]to an individual's inherent sense of emotional,
[00:04:37.500]romantic, or physical attraction to other people.
[00:04:41.250]Some terms more specific to sexual orientation
[00:04:44.310]will be described further on the next slide.
[00:04:50.381]The LGBTQA+ acronym is what we typically see
[00:04:53.760]and use to identify the community, especially in UNL.
[00:04:57.270]So lesbian is the L in the LGBTQA+ acronym.
[00:05:01.350]And lesbian means a woman who is attracted to other women.
[00:05:04.920]G stands for gay and that typically means a man
[00:05:07.470]who is attracted to other men.
[00:05:09.150]But you'll see gay a lot of other times
[00:05:10.680]being used as sort of an umbrella term,
[00:05:12.660]just to encompass the entire community.
[00:05:15.360]Some people would rather just say gay
[00:05:17.040]than say their specific identity.
[00:05:19.320]Next, we have bisexual and pansexual.
[00:05:21.210]There's variation between the two,
[00:05:23.460]but for our purposes today
[00:05:25.080]they can typically mean around the same thing.
[00:05:28.200]It's just kind of up to the person
[00:05:29.070]how they want to identify.
[00:05:30.390]But typically means attraction to two or more genders.
[00:05:33.720]The T LGBTQA+ is transgender
[00:05:37.050]and that is a person whose gender differs
[00:05:38.790]from the sex they're assigned at birth.
[00:05:40.980]Transgender is an umbrella term,
[00:05:43.050]as some people who identify as gender-diverse identities,
[00:05:46.110]such as genderqueer or non-binary
[00:05:48.420]may also identify as transgender,
[00:05:50.940]but that varies person to person.
[00:05:53.280]The Q stands for queer,
[00:05:54.690]which is another umbrella term similar to gay,
[00:05:57.390]and questioning for those
[00:05:59.220]who don't feel like they have an identity yet
[00:06:01.020]or don't know if they want to identify
[00:06:02.240]in the community at all.
[00:06:05.100]The A stands for asexual and aromantic.
[00:06:09.870]The asexual and aromantic means a lack of sexual
[00:06:13.080]or romantic attraction.
[00:06:15.750]And the plus stands for, or as we use it for,
[00:06:18.240]to signify other diverse sexual orientations
[00:06:21.330]and gender identities not included in the acronym.
[00:06:26.100]So a few examples of the plus would be demisexual,
[00:06:29.040]which is little or no capacity
[00:06:30.720]to experience sexual attraction
[00:06:32.880]until a strong emotional connection is formed to someone.
[00:06:36.780]Other terms included under the plus
[00:06:38.580]include genderqueer, non-binary, and agender.
[00:06:42.300]Those will be further explained in the next slide.
[00:06:47.490]Our next overview of terms
[00:06:48.750]are those more related to gender identity.
[00:06:51.450]The first two phrases are a AFAB and AMAB.
[00:06:54.990]These stand for assigned female at birth
[00:06:57.240]and assigned male at birth, respectively.
[00:07:00.120]These terms refer to a gender
[00:07:01.860]an individual is assigned at birth,
[00:07:04.050]most often assigned by a doctor
[00:07:05.730]after observing the individual's genitalia.
[00:07:09.780]The next set of terms are demi girl and demi boy.
[00:07:12.810]Anyone, regardless of sex assigned at birth,
[00:07:15.390]can identify as a demi girl or a demi boy.
[00:07:18.180]This label just means someone is somewhat, but not fully,
[00:07:21.480]identifies as being a girl or woman, or a boy or man.
[00:07:25.470]Gender fluid is someone who identifies
[00:07:27.120]with different genders, depending on how they feel.
[00:07:29.940]And this can also be known as genderqueer.
[00:07:33.090]Non-binary is someone who identifies with a gender
[00:07:35.520]completely different from their binary genders.
[00:07:38.730]And then agender are individuals
[00:07:40.020]who have a neutral or lack of gender identity.
[00:07:45.870]Some other important terms to know.
[00:07:47.730]So we've talked about all these terms, LGBTQA+,
[00:07:51.390]and then there are the ones
[00:07:52.380]that are honestly less frequently used
[00:07:54.990]because we never really have to think
[00:07:56.490]about these identities.
[00:07:58.410]So cisgender means a person whose gender identity
[00:08:01.110]corresponds with the sex they're assigned at birth.
[00:08:04.110]So if I was born and the doctor said,
[00:08:05.857]"Oh, it's a female, it's a girl,"
[00:08:08.400]and I so identify as a girl, then that means I'm cisgender.
[00:08:12.600]Heterosexual is a person primarily attracted
[00:08:15.540]to members of a different gender.
[00:08:17.640]You also hear this referred to as straight.
[00:08:20.130]But just keeping in line with other terms,
[00:08:22.470]heterosexual is the most widely used one.
[00:08:25.440]So these are just more examples of identities.
[00:08:31.680]Here we have the gender unicorn.
[00:08:33.600]Some of y'all have probably already seen this.
[00:08:36.120]This is a great visual to identify the differences
[00:08:38.640]between gender identity, gender expression,
[00:08:41.160]and sex assigned at birth.
[00:08:43.140]It also refers to sexual orientation
[00:08:45.180]and romantic attraction.
[00:08:47.040]So starting at the top,
[00:08:48.300]gender identity is one's internal sense
[00:08:50.310]of being a man, woman, neither, or both.
[00:08:54.030]There was a little rainbow in the thought bubble,
[00:08:56.970]the bubble above the unicorn's head.
[00:08:59.280]The reason being is because gender identities,
[00:09:01.230]how we think about and view our own gender,
[00:09:03.660]everyone else's views of that gender
[00:09:05.220]do not affect our gender identity.
[00:09:08.040]That is how they view our gender,
[00:09:09.480]not how we view our own gender.
[00:09:11.310]And you can see under gender identity,
[00:09:13.680]how there are three continuums.
[00:09:15.690]So there is a starting point, but there is no ending point.
[00:09:19.860]And so here are the three under,
[00:09:22.590]that's female, woman, girl,
[00:09:25.800]male, man, boy,
[00:09:27.750]and the other genders or non-binary.
[00:09:30.150]And people can place themselves anywhere
[00:09:31.830]on this continuum spectrum.
[00:09:34.020]And so someone might put themselves high on being a woman,
[00:09:37.110]maybe low on being a man,
[00:09:39.090]and maybe put themselves halfway on other genders.
[00:09:42.720]It is a great way to be able to think about gender
[00:09:44.790]in a way that is not binary.
[00:09:47.280]This is a way to think beyond the binary.
[00:09:49.650]For transgender people, their sex assigned at birth
[00:09:52.590]and their own internal sense of gender identity
[00:09:54.720]are not the same.
[00:09:58.020]The second thing on here is gender expression on here.
[00:10:00.780]And you can see there's a green dot,
[00:10:02.490]and then around the unicorn there are also green dots.
[00:10:05.550]So gender expression is how we show our gender
[00:10:07.590]and how we express it to the world.
[00:10:09.690]And so maybe the most common ways
[00:10:11.070]to think about gender expression
[00:10:12.870]are our clothing and the way we style our hair.
[00:10:15.780]But there's also a number of other things
[00:10:17.163]that also express gender.
[00:10:19.350]So someone's tone of voice
[00:10:20.760]or the way they move through the world.
[00:10:22.800]Those are all things that show gender expression.
[00:10:25.320]And so you can see under there is feminine,
[00:10:27.300]masculine, and then other or androgynous.
[00:10:31.320]And again, someone can place themselves anywhere on here.
[00:10:34.470]And so if someone identifies as a woman,
[00:10:36.540]they don't necessarily have to be super high in feminine.
[00:10:40.530]Or someone identifies as a man,
[00:10:41.880]they don't have to be super high in masculine.
[00:10:44.460]Or if someone's not binary,
[00:10:45.900]they don't have to put themselves super high in androgynous.
[00:10:49.560]That's why these are two separate things,
[00:10:51.210]is because gender identity
[00:10:52.500]and gender expression are different,
[00:10:54.720]but they can also change from person to person.
[00:10:57.900]And then on here there is sex assigned at birth.
[00:11:00.750]You can see that it is a DNA helix
[00:11:03.240]and that DNA helix corresponds to the helix
[00:11:05.670]on the lower half of the unicorn.
[00:11:07.860]And this is because the only section
[00:11:09.450]that is not on a continuum.
[00:11:11.070]And so here's the female, there's male,
[00:11:14.010]and then on here there's sex that was signed at birth.
[00:11:17.760]You can see that there's a DNA helix
[00:11:20.310]and that the DNA helix corresponds to the helix
[00:11:23.010]on the lower half of the unicorn.
[00:11:24.930]And this is the only section that is not on a continuum.
[00:11:27.960]And so there's female, there's male,
[00:11:30.240]and then there's intersex.
[00:11:31.800]And essentially,
[00:11:32.633]this is what someone is told they are at birth.
[00:11:34.830]So the doctor will say, "It's a boy,"
[00:11:36.960]or, "It's a girl,"
[00:11:38.070]or, "This baby's intersex."
[00:11:39.810]And that's essentially
[00:11:40.643]what will go on someone's birth certificate.
[00:11:42.660]And that is something
[00:11:43.493]that they will just put a check mark on here.
[00:11:45.450]But that does not determine someone's gender identity
[00:11:47.790]and that does not determine someone's gender expression.
[00:11:50.910]And then physical attraction and emotional attraction
[00:11:52.980]are two that they have the same little heart next to them.
[00:11:55.800]And you can see that they are even similar colors.
[00:11:58.410]And on the unicorn they have a slight overlap.
[00:12:00.960]And so I tend to talk about them together
[00:12:03.450]because the combination of them makes up sexual orientation,
[00:12:07.380]or that most people think about sexual orientation.
[00:12:10.200]But physical attraction is a sexual attraction to someone.
[00:12:13.140]It's more of the instantaneous,
[00:12:15.810]aesthetical piece to attraction.
[00:12:17.850]Whereas emotional attraction
[00:12:19.170]is more of that romantic bond to someone.
[00:12:22.740]And so we talk about them together,
[00:12:24.750]as because for a lot of people,
[00:12:26.070]they're going to overlap at least somewhat.
[00:12:28.260]But that doesn't mean that everyone will have the overlap.
[00:12:31.170]So if someone identifies as asexual,
[00:12:33.150]they might put themselves down near the bottom
[00:12:35.430]because they experience low
[00:12:36.540]or no physical attraction to others.
[00:12:38.700]But that doesn't mean on the emotional attraction
[00:12:41.010]that they'll put themselves up higher.
[00:12:43.860]And then if someone identifies as aromantic,
[00:12:46.080]they might put themselves near the bottom
[00:12:47.550]of the emotional attraction
[00:12:49.110]because they experience low or no romantic attraction,
[00:12:52.530]but that doesn't necessarily mean
[00:12:53.820]that they don't experience high amounts
[00:12:55.410]of physical attraction.
[00:13:00.990]Next, as we talk about pronouns, we'll start by going over
[00:13:04.260]the most common gender-neutral pronouns.
[00:13:07.260]They/them pronouns are grammatically correct
[00:13:09.720]and can be written and spoken.
[00:13:11.850]We also have neopronouns, which are new pronouns
[00:13:14.790]being introduced into our language.
[00:13:16.980]An example of these are ze/zim and zeir.
[00:13:21.330]Pronouns are not preferred, they're expected.
[00:13:25.710]Because binary pronouns have been ingrained into society,
[00:13:29.190]so the best way to get comfortable is to practice.
[00:13:32.730]Over time, practicing and rehearsing will help
[00:13:35.130]in overcoming the automatic response.
[00:13:38.400]If someone corrects you on their pronouns,
[00:13:40.380]take a moment and reflect and accept your mistake.
[00:13:43.440]Then correct yourself.
[00:13:45.060]All you have to say is, "Oh, thank you for correcting me.
[00:13:48.180]Now I know."
[00:13:49.650]When meeting someone new,
[00:13:50.880]introduce yourself with your pronouns
[00:13:52.650]and ask others for theirs as well.
[00:13:54.630]For example, I would say, "Hi, my name is Caitlyn.
[00:13:58.080]I use she/her pronouns.
[00:14:00.060]I want to make sure I'm addressing you correctly.
[00:14:02.250]How would you like to be addressed?"
[00:14:04.770]When in a group, ask everyone to identify their pronouns
[00:14:07.380]when giving introductions.
[00:14:09.030]This will make it easier
[00:14:10.080]to refer to everyone correctly the first time
[00:14:12.570]and ease the burden on someone
[00:14:13.800]whose pronouns are often mistaken for another.
[00:14:16.650]It also makes it easier to join in on the discussion
[00:14:19.290]because nobody will have to worry
[00:14:20.820]about how to refer to someone
[00:14:22.410]or worry about being misgendered.
[00:14:26.130]Make it a norm.
[00:14:27.270]Practice introducing yourself with your pronouns.
[00:14:29.730]This makes it easier to include your pronouns
[00:14:31.800]and make the environment more inclusive
[00:14:33.360]by not misgendering anybody.
[00:14:35.670]Next, we will view LGBTQA+ issues and marginalization.
[00:14:41.310]Housing issues faced by the LGBTQA+ community
[00:14:44.400]include homelessness in LGBTQA youth
[00:14:47.490]compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers,
[00:14:50.910]housing for older LGBTQA folks,
[00:14:54.660]and a lack of housing discrimination and protections.
[00:14:58.830]A second issue faced by the LGBTQA+ community
[00:15:02.520]is having access to gender-inclusive restrooms
[00:15:04.680]and changing facilities.
[00:15:07.170]Having access to these facilities makes more space
[00:15:10.890]for people to feel comfortable and included in spaces.
[00:15:15.390]Often in personal paperwork or forms of identification,
[00:15:18.930]forms will only provide male and female or man and woman
[00:15:22.140]when asking about sex or gender identity.
[00:15:24.660]By not having a non-binary or fill-in-the blank option,
[00:15:27.840]people who identify outside the binary
[00:15:30.420]are left without an option to complete the paperwork.
[00:15:34.530]Next is a non-discrimination policy.
[00:15:37.110]Currently, Nebraska holds no state-level protections
[00:15:40.140]for LGBTQA+ individuals
[00:15:42.570]on the case of employment discrimination.
[00:15:45.780]Similar to gender identification on paperwork,
[00:15:48.480]the next issue faced by the LGBTQA+ population
[00:15:52.050]is having their chosen name acknowledged
[00:15:53.730]on official paperwork.
[00:15:55.530]As people figure out and discover their gender identity,
[00:15:58.410]they may choose to change their name
[00:15:59.700]to something that better reflects themselves.
[00:16:01.950]However, changing their name on official documents,
[00:16:04.200]such as driver's license or passports,
[00:16:06.720]can be full of hurdles and other difficulties.
[00:16:10.860]The last LGBTQA+ issue on this page
[00:16:13.800]is the usage of pronouns and gendered language.
[00:16:16.830]Oftentimes, when people are addressing crowds
[00:16:19.950]or someone they don't know,
[00:16:21.690]there is the assumption of everybody identifies
[00:16:23.820]within the binary of man or woman.
[00:16:25.950]This is reflected in assuming people's pronouns
[00:16:28.860]and using gendered language
[00:16:30.480]such as saying, "Hello boys and girls."
[00:16:34.080]By changing our language to be gender-neutral
[00:16:37.950]and asking people for their pronouns,
[00:16:39.780]we can make spaces more inclusive and accepting.
[00:16:42.660]In the next set of issues the LGBTQA+ population faces,
[00:16:46.320]is minority stress.
[00:16:48.030]The minority stress model suggests that LGBTQA+ individuals
[00:16:51.900]undergo a unique set of stressors related
[00:16:53.790]to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
[00:16:57.750]The LGBTQA+ community is also facing stressors
[00:17:00.630]regarding the anti-LGBTQA+ legislation.
[00:17:04.890]During the 2023 legislative session alone,
[00:17:07.890]the ACLU is tracking over 490 anti-LGBTQ bills
[00:17:12.510]in the United States.
[00:17:14.880]These legislative bills include ones
[00:17:16.710]that impact gender-affirming care
[00:17:18.810]and sport participation by transgender athletes,
[00:17:21.540]among other issues.
[00:17:23.580]Members of the LGBTQA+ community can also face stressors
[00:17:26.910]involving the coming out process.
[00:17:29.370]Coming out doesn't happen just once.
[00:17:31.230]Coming out to friends and family at work, at school,
[00:17:34.350]and at other organizations,
[00:17:36.030]can all face the possibility of negative backlash,
[00:17:38.460]which can be hurtful.
[00:17:40.350]When someone is coming out to you,
[00:17:41.850]say things like, "Thank you for telling me this."
[00:17:43.860]Do not say something like, "Oh, I always knew."
[00:17:47.940]Now that we've talked about the community as a whole
[00:17:49.740]and the issues it faces,
[00:17:51.210]let's discuss ways to be an ally.
[00:17:54.150]The first way is to use inclusive language.
[00:17:56.670]Instead of using the terms boyfriend, girlfriend, or friend,
[00:17:59.940]use the words partner or spouse.
[00:18:02.340]Instead of homosexual male or homosexual female,
[00:18:06.120]use the terms gay or lesbian.
[00:18:09.240]Instead of sexual preference, use sexual orientation.
[00:18:12.840]Instead of preferred pronouns, use chosen pronouns.
[00:18:16.740]Instead of transgendered, use transgender or trans.
[00:18:19.680]Instead of addressing a group of people
[00:18:21.030]as ladies and gentlemen or boys and girls,
[00:18:24.090]say, "People of all genders."
[00:18:26.520]Instead of saying, "Man the booth,"
[00:18:28.500]say, "Staff the booth."
[00:18:30.420]Instead of saying, "Hey guys,"
[00:18:31.980]say, "Hey everyone."
[00:18:33.660]Small changes to make your language more inclusive
[00:18:35.850]can go a long ways in showing someone
[00:18:37.500]how much you support them and care.
[00:18:39.600]Way number two in being a supportive ally,
[00:18:42.210]is to stop the usage of outdated terms.
[00:18:44.790]These include transsexual, homosexual, gays, or the gays,
[00:18:49.980]and passing as a requirement.
[00:18:52.890]The term queer has historically been used as a slur
[00:18:55.710]but in recent years, members of the LGBTQA+ community
[00:18:59.070]have reclaimed it
[00:19:00.810]and use it as a more general umbrella term.
[00:19:03.240]However, some people in the community
[00:19:04.440]still view it as a slur.
[00:19:06.300]For best practices, don't call someone queer,
[00:19:08.820]unless that's how they tell you they identify.
[00:19:11.400]Talk to the LGBTQA+ people in your life
[00:19:14.430]and learn how they view the term queer.
[00:19:17.160]The third way to be an ally is to challenge harmful ideas.
[00:19:20.670]Here we list out some of those ideas to you.
[00:19:23.610]LGBQA people do not choose their sexual orientation.
[00:19:27.810]Transgender people are not confused.
[00:19:30.780]AIDS is not a gay man's disease.
[00:19:34.200]A lesbian's identity is valid,
[00:19:36.030]no matter who she has been with in the past.
[00:19:39.240]Nobody needs to be the man or the woman in the relationship.
[00:19:44.100]Being bisexual or pansexual
[00:19:45.600]does not make someone promiscuous.
[00:19:48.600]Asexual people
[00:19:49.433]are not people who just haven't found the right person yet.
[00:19:52.200]Their identity is valid.
[00:19:54.750]Trans women are not men in dresses.
[00:19:57.000]Trans women are women
[00:19:58.260]and they should be allowed bathroom access.
[00:20:01.710]GBTQ men should be able to join
[00:20:04.230]and/or lead a Boy Scout troop if they choose.
[00:20:08.670]Religion is not a valid reason
[00:20:10.110]to discriminate against someone.
[00:20:12.360]You can be LGBTQA+ and religious.
[00:20:16.110]Trans people don't have to take hormones
[00:20:17.850]or have surgery to be accepted,
[00:20:19.740]and it's not their fault
[00:20:20.790]if they're not able to do either of those things.
[00:20:24.360]You don't have to be either male or female.
[00:20:26.250]Chromosomes do not define your gender.
[00:20:28.950]GBQ men should be allowed to give blood,
[00:20:31.110]no matter when the last time they had sex was.
[00:20:34.950]You cannot tell if someone is LGBTQA+
[00:20:37.800]and there's no right way to look.
[00:20:40.770]In addition to the three ways
[00:20:42.450]to act as an ally to the community,
[00:20:44.700]we also discuss active and passive ways
[00:20:46.770]to be supportive of the LGBTQA+ community.
[00:20:50.490]The first is to speak up whenever you're hearing, seeing,
[00:20:53.460]or experiencing something that's anti-LGBTQ.
[00:20:57.390]The second is to advocate for the community
[00:20:59.280]by writing letters and making phone calls to legislators,
[00:21:02.520]testifying and advocating for LGBTQA+ inclusion.
[00:21:07.050]The third way is to actively support the community
[00:21:09.750]is by getting educated and attending workshops
[00:21:12.120]and presentations like these.
[00:21:15.030]There are also passive ways
[00:21:16.080]to be supportive of the community.
[00:21:18.030]These include self-educating, listening, making donations,
[00:21:22.050]attending LGBTQA+ programming,
[00:21:24.690]displaying visible signs of inclusion,
[00:21:26.970]and reporting signs of bias.
[00:21:29.400]Pulling everything together
[00:21:30.510]is our list of being actively allied.
[00:21:33.360]These items consist of educating yourself, listening,
[00:21:36.840]examining your own areas of privilege and marginalization,
[00:21:40.170]using an inclusive language,
[00:21:41.730]examining and being respectful in usage of language,
[00:21:44.940]continuing to learn,
[00:21:46.320]addressing speech that stereotypes or makes fun of others,
[00:21:49.800]being welcoming and inclusive,
[00:21:51.660]making programs that are accessible,
[00:21:53.580]and collaborating with others.
[00:21:55.470]In summary, the messages we want you to take away from today
[00:21:58.020]is first, there's no right way to be LGBTQA+.
[00:22:02.460]The community's full of diverse identities and individuals.
[00:22:05.790]Second, continue to educate yourself,
[00:22:07.650]whether it's through presentations like this
[00:22:09.450]or your own readings.
[00:22:11.340]And third, integrate being an ally into your daily life.
[00:22:15.870]So we're handing out badges and informational packets
[00:22:18.750]for folks who have watched this presentation.
[00:22:21.660]In order to get the Safe Space badge,
[00:22:23.520]please send in a question related to this presentation
[00:22:26.370]to UNLGSC@UNL.edu
[00:22:29.760]and schedule an appointment
[00:22:30.810]to pick up your badge and packet.
[00:22:33.960]Thank you for tuning in
[00:22:34.950]and we hope to see you at one of our future presentations.
[00:22:37.830]Thank you.

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