LGBTQ+ 101 (University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, 5 November 2015)

UW-Fond du Lac and Marian University faculty, staff, and students, thank you all a productive workshop on LGBTQ+ inclusion on your campuses.

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

Download the pdf

Workshop Slides

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)
  • Video about the policy, including a song

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:
  • Printable
  • Official signage (currently free for some organizations!)

LGBTQ+ Speakers

• awQward
• Out Media
• Campus Pride

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

• Biyuti Publishing
• Topside Press
• TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly

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