UW-Richland faculty, staff, and students, thank you all for a productive workshop on LGBTQ+ inclusion on our campus.
Below you will find the packet and slides from the workshop and a few links for further reading. Please feel free to contact me if you have any follow-up questions.
Workshop Packet
Workshop Slides
Basic Terminology and Concepts
- Queer 101: The Downlow on Gender, Sex and Sexuality (webcomic)
- TSER’s Gender Unicorn (explains gender, sex, and different kinds of attractions)
- Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Transgender People But Were Afraid To Ask
- UW-Waukesha LGBTQIA Resource Center Wiki
- “Shade” — Dorian Corey explains the difference between “shade” and insult in Paris is Burning
Glossaries and Vocabulary Lists
Pronoun and Usage Guides
- GLAAD Media Reference Guide – 9th Edition
- An Ally’s Guide to Terminology: Talking About LGBT People & Equality (includes usage suggestions)
- National Association of LGBT Journalists Style Guides & Tip Sheets for LGBT Coverage
- Gender Pronouns (UWM’s LGBT Resource Center)
- Gender Pronouns Guide (UW-Madison’s LGBT Campus Center)
- They as a gender-inclusive pronoun
Asexuality Resources
- The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
- (A)sexual, a documentary
- Huffington Post’s “Asexuality: The ‘X’ In A Sexual World” (six-part series)
Intersex Resources
- “Claudia is Intersex, Let’s Talk About It“
- What It’s Like To Be Intersex
- The Intersex Society of North America
- The Intersex Campaign for Equality
- Inter/Act Youth
- Alice Dreger TED Talk: “Is Anatomy Destiny?”
K-12 and Youth Resources
- GLSEN’s research page
Various studies and books connected with educating LGBTQ+ youth; they also have an educator network that might be of interest to those working with young people who are in grades K-12 - GSAFE (Wisconsin-specific org for students, educators, and parents)
- Wisconsin’s Pupil Non-Discrimination Law (which does not include gender identity)
Supporting Trans Students and Co-Workers
- The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals – Suggested Best Practices for Supporting Trans* Students
- Lisa Hager’s Welcoming Trans Academics in the Workplace and at Conferences (Inside Higher Ed)
Signage and Posters
- That’s so . . . posters
- All gender bathroom signage:
LGBTQ+ Speakers
Transgender Studies
For further reading, I include the lists below of popular and academic texts, and texts that blur the boundaries between these categories. These lists are meant as starting points for exploring this very diverse field and should not be considered exhaustive by any means.
Presses and Journals
Books
- Butch is a Noun by S. Bear Bergman
- Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman
- My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, 2nd Edition by Kate Bornstein
- Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron
- One in Every Crowd by Ivan E. Coyote
- Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti
- Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives by Nia King
- Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
- Transgender History by Susan Stryker