Elliott, Em E

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Georgia Southern UniversityDigital Commons@Georgia SouthernGeorgia Association for Positive Behavior SupportConferenceDec 3rd, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM"That's So Gay!" - Tools and Attitudes forSupporting LGBTQ StudentsEm E. ElliottGeorgia Safe Schools Coalition, info@georgiasafeschoolscoalition.orgFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gapbsThis presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences & Events at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@GeorgiaSouthern. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu.Recommended CitationElliott, Em E., ""That's So Gay!" - Tools and Attitudes for Supporting LGBTQ Students" (2014). Georgia Association for PositiveBehavior Support Conference. 6.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gapbs/2014/2014/6LGBTQ Language and Identity 101 Presented by Em Elliott, Field Organizer  Supporting LGBTQ Youth  Exercise:  What are the five  most important  things/people in  your life?   What Are We Here For?    What about Georgia? FACT: The vast majority of LGBT students in Georgia regularly heard homophobic remarks, sexist remarks, and negative remarks about gender expression  33% regularly heard staff make negative remarks about someone’s gender expression and 26% regularly heard school staff make homophobic remarks.  What about Georgia? FACT: Most LGBT students in Georgia had been victimized at school.   The majority of these incidents were not reported to adult authorities.   Bullying & Safe Schools Movement For all students, bullying can lead to: • Academic difficulties • Truancy • Acting Out • Self-Defense • Mental Health Consequences • Dropping Out or Being Pushed Out of School School to Prison Pipeline What is the School to Prison Pipeline? This is a term that describes the trend where students are “funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.” (ACLU) This more often than not targets students of color, LGBT students, and students with disabilities.  LGBTQ Youth need to SUCCEED; and our communities need us to too...  We need, not just bully  free but violence free  schools and communities   No Zero Tolerance!  It does not fix the  problem, and makes  things worse for all youth     LGBTQ Youth need to SUCCEED; and our communities need us to too...  We need schools, that are QUALITY safe schools in order to graduate.   We need safe schools that want to keep ALL students in school and not push them out   And that don't punish youth because of homophobia, transphobia, classism, and/or racism  LGBTQ Youth need to SUCCEED; and our communities need us to too...   LGBTQ Youth need and deserve to learn:   Our History! It's about seeing where we came from and being proud of our identity, and not feeling alone; it's about our people that DID LIVE!   Our Health and Sex Ed.!   It's about learning how to stay healthy and safe; it's about making sure our people get to keep on LIVING.  What can we do about it? The Big Three:  Visibly supportive adults in the school – safe zone and training LGBTQ clubs and organizations – GSAs! Inclusive enumerated policies – both for students and staff  Having these three systems in place has been shown to reduce violence in the school, not just for LGBTQ students, but for the entire school population!  We can change our schools! Georgia Safe Schools Coalition provides Safe Zone trainings to teachers and counselors in Georgia.  www.GeorgiaSafeSchoolsCoalition.org info@georgiasafeschoolscoalition.org  We can change our schools! A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is a student-run club, which provides a safe place for students to meet, support each other, talk about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, and work to end homophobia and transphobia. • Support • Social  • Activist      We can change our schools! Campaign for Safe Schools  District-level implementation of non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies covering actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.   42% comprehensive coverage 7% sexual orientation only 16% cyber bullying only  65% of all Georgia students! Why Enumeration? • Reduced violence in schools • Increased implementation • Support for teachers • Reduced truancy and fear • Already a precedent in GA • Reduced lawsuits • Local support already in place • Great need for LGBTQ and LGBTQ-perceived students   Identities and Language Sex Male   Female Anatomy, chromosomes, hormones Intersex  Biological Sex: A term used historically and within the medical field to refer to the chromosomal, hormonal and anatomical characteristics that are used to classify an individual as female or male.  Intersex: A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a chromosomal, hormonal, and/or anatomical attributes that do not fit the “typical” definitions of female or male.                                                                                                         Intersex Society of North America  Bending The Mold                                                                                     www.isna.org  www.lambdalegal.org 13 Gender Identity: A person’s internal sense of being male, female, or another gender. Gender identity may be affected by a variety of social structures, including the person’s ethnic group, employment status, religion, and family, however research indicates that most individuals are conscious of their gender identity between the ages 18 months and 3 years.   Transgender: A person whose gender identity does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.    Cisgender: A person whose gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth. The majority of the population is cisgender.        Gender Identity   Man Woman Psychological sense of self Two-Spirit/Third Gender/Genderqueer 14 Gender Expression: This term is used to describe the things we do that communicates our gender identity to others.    This may include: clothing, hair styles, mannerisms, way of speaking, roles we take in interactions, etc.    Masculine Gender Expression/Presentation   Feminine Communication of gender Androgynous 15 Gay: Men who are emotionally and/or sexually attracted to other men.  Lesbian: Women who are emotionally and/or sexually attracted to other women.  Bisexual: A person emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to individuals of the opposite gender and the same gender.   Straight: A person emotionally and/or sexually attracted to individuals of the opposite gender.  Pansexual: A person who is attracted to all or many gender expressions. Pansexual attraction is more focused on individuals not conforming to a certain gender identity.  Asexual: A person who does not desire intimate emotional and/or sexual relationships with other people.            Sexual Orientation   Opposite Gender Attraction Same Gender Attraction Physical/emotional attraction to others Bisexual/Pansexual  16 Intersecting Identities Male    Female  Sex (Anatomy, chromosomes, hormones) Male Female Gender Identity (Psychological sense of self) Masculine Feminine Gender Expression (Communication of gender) Attracted to Women Attracted to Men Sexual Orientation/Identity (Physical/emotional attraction to others) Intersex  Two-Spirit/Third Gender/Genderqueer Androgynous Bisexual/Pansexual/Queer  Queer An umbrella term which embraces a matrix of sexual orientations and behaviors of the not-exclusively-heterosexual majority. • Lesbian women • Gay men and women • Bisexual people • Trans people • Intersex people  Queer is a reclaimed word that was formerly used solely as a slur but that has been semantically overturned by members of the maligned group, who use it as a term of defiant pride. It is important to note that today, even those for whom the term might apply , some still see the word as a hateful insult.  Language Asexual  Bisexual Butch Cisgender Down Low Drag Queen Drag King Dyke Fag Family Femme Gay Gender Gender Non-conforming GenderQueer Hermaphrodite HeShe Heteroflexible Homosexual Intersex   In The Closet Lesbian Lifestyle Lipstick Lesbian Metrosexual No Homo Omnisexual Pansexual Partner  Queer Same Gender Loving Sexual Orientation Sexual Identity Sexual Preference Straight Tranny Transgender Transsexual  Transvestite  Two-Spirit  LGBTQ Language Generally Speaking… Positive –Sexual Identity –Queer –Transgender or Trans –GenderQueer –Lesbian & Gay –Bisexual or Bi –Intersex –Same gender loving –Omnisexual & Pansexual –Ze/Hir –Cisgender –Asexual –Drag Queen/King –Gender –Sexual Orientation –Transsexual –Two-spirit –Proper name and pronoun usage -Gender non-conforming   Gray Areas (depends on intent) –Family –Transvestite –“In the closet” –Queer –Metrosexual or “metro” –Lipstick lesbian –Pre, Post, Non-Op –MTF or FTM      Negative –Lifestyle (Homosexual Lifestyle) –Preference (Sexual Preference) –Homosexual or Homo –Hermaphrodite –Fag/Faggot –Tranny  –SheMale –Dyke –A Gay or the Gays –HeShe   –Transgendered –“No homo”  Are You Ready to Make a Change? Resources Georgia Safe Schools Coalition - http://georgiasafeschoolscoaltion.org Counselor Hand Manual http://www.georgiasafeschoolscoalition.org/images/gssc_manual/lgbtqq_youth101_manual_gssc.pdf PFLAG -  http://community.pflag.org/page.aspx?pid=803 GLSEN - http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/antibullying/index.html Health Initiative - http://thehealthinitiative.org/ Lambda Legal - http://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/youth GSA Network - http://gsanetwork.org/ Questions? Contacts!   Em Elliott, Field Organizer Georgia Equality em@georgiaequality.org 404-523-3070x3  Georgia Safe Schools Coalition info@georgiasafeschoolscoalition.org  

That\u27s So Gay!  - Tools and Attitudes for Supporting LGBTQ Students

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