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Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Allies Committee

Boston Pride

Being an ally is powerful; LGBTA Journal Club Thursday! (ARTICLE TO BE DISCUSSED HERE)

Are you interested in developing more awareness and sensitivity toward LGBT matters? We will discuss a recent publication from the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry titled: Positive Aspects of Being a Heterosexual Ally to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People.

This is the first Journal club meeting for LGBT issues sponsored by the LGBTA committee of the CEOD. The discussion group is designed to give our campus more insight into LGBT issues through a literature lens. This is a 'Lunch and Learn', so be sure to get your lunch on the way to the meeting! Please see the attached article, we will summarize the article and discuss. Don’t have time to read? Attend anyway! Even though the article is only two pages long, we understand you may not have time to have read it before Thursday! 

Meaning of the letters

The meaning of the letters LGBTA. L is Lesbian, G is Gay, B is Bisexual, T is Transgender, A is an ally or supporter. Often Q and I are added. Q is added to the mix to signify Queer or Questioning and I is Intersex, a person born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesnt seem to fit the typical definitions of male or female.

A handy guide by Sam Killerman of http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com The Genderbread person, an explanation of many terms

Resources

AAMC Resource for Medical Educators (PDF): Implementing Curricular and Institutional Climate Changes to Improve Health Care for Individuals Who are LGBT, Gender Nonconforming, or Born with DSD 

UCSF Transgender Health Learning Center

A resource for building LGBT competencies at work Guide (PDF)

The UMass Amherst Stonewall Center http://www.umass.edu/stonewall/

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an LGBT advocacy organization.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National

Guide to Coming out as an Ally or Supporter.

Worcester Pride

Safe Homes

NATIONAL LGBTQIA ORGANIZATIONS/SITES

Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN):www.asexuality.org

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere: www.colage.org

Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals:www.lgbtcampus.org

GLBT National Help Center : www.glbtnationalhelpcenter.org

glbtq (an encyclopedia of glbtq culture): www.glbtq.com

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: www.glaad.org

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: www.glma.org

Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals:www.noglstp.org

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network: www.glsen.org

Human Rights Campaign: www.hrc.org

Immigration Equality : http://immigrationequality.org

Lambda Legal: www.lambdalegal.org

Mautner Project of Whitman-Walker Health (support for LBT women addressing serious illness) : www.whitman-walker.org/mautnerproject

National Center for Lesbian Rights: www.nclrights.org

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs : www.avp.org

National LGBTQ Task Force: www.thetaskforce.org

Out and Equal Workplace Advocates: www.outandequal.org

Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: www.pflag.org

Point Foundation: www.pointfoundation.org

Pride at Work: www.prideatwork.org

The Trevor Project: www.thetrevorproject.org

Mission

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies (LGBTA) Committee supports LGBTA faculty, staff and students in the University Community. The committee works to create a visible network of support and serves as a resource for the UMMS LGBT community.

The LGBTA committee provides in collaboration with the DIO education related to Safe Space and Allies.  The educations are an opportunity for participants to become members of the University network of support and to assure that UMMS is a safe place for everyone.  In addition, the LGBTA committee regularly presents educational, cultural and social programs to support a community of inclusion.

Get Involved!

It is important for Staff and Faculaty to be involved! Contact the co-chair, go to an event or meeting or contact CEOD via Holly Brown (email).

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