Trans* Safe Zone Training

1. Trans* Safe Zone Training Lisa Hager Assistant Professor of English & Women’s Studies Co-Director, UW-Waukesha LGBTQIA Resource Center UW-Waukesha lisa.hager@uwc.edu @lmhager

2. What is a Safe Zone? It is a space in which people of diverse backgrounds, especially members of the LGBTQIA community, are welcome and included. Allies create these spaces by being open in their support and acting as advocates. Safe Zones help to establish a campus as an inclusive educational environment where all members can learn and share new ideas. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

3. Why are Safe Zones important? • Increase the retention and academic success of LGBTQIA students • Increase retention and academic success of all students with diverse backgrounds • Foster an inclusive environment, which exposes all members of the campus community to new ideas and different world views Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

4. LGBTQIA? • Lesbian • Gay • Bisexual • Transgender or Trans* • Queer & Questioning • Intersex • Asexual & Ally Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

5. Key Trans* Terms Transgender: Anyone who identifies as a different gender than that which was assigned at birth Cisgender:Anyone who identifies as the same gender as that which was assigned at birth Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

6. Lisa Hager lisa.hager@uwc.edu @lmhager From http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/

7. Terms & Examples • Sex: female, male, intersex • Gender: transwoman, transman, genderqueer, man, woman, butch woman • Sexuality: pansexual, homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual • Attraction: aesthetic, romantic, sensual, sexual Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

8. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

9. General Ally Tips • Don’t assume you know someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity (or any part of that person’s identity) just by looking at that person. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

10. General Ally Tips • Keep all personal information that a student or colleague may communicate in an assignment or meeting confidential. Avoid outing anyone. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

11. General Ally Tips • If a student comes out to you in an assignment or meeting, listen and be supportive. Be careful about giving advice. Freely admit if you don’t know something, and point the student in the direction of appropriate resources. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

12. Trans* Ally Tips • Listen to trans* people. They are the experts. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

13. Trans* Ally Tips • Resist the tendency to fit individual trans* persons into popular narratives. There is no singular way to transition or identify. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

14. Trans* Ally Tips • Do not ask about anyone’s genitals or sex practices unless you are that person’s doctor or sex partner. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

15. Trans* Ally Tips • In one-on-one situations, ask people what pronouns they use. In group settings, create opportunities for trans* folks to disclose this information privately and voluntarily. Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

16. Pronouns Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

17. Creating a Trans* Inclusive Campus • Bathrooms • Housing • Student Records • Culture Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

18. Being a Trans* Ally • Why do you want to be an Ally to trans* people? Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

19. Being a Trans* Ally • Why do you want to be an Ally to trans* people? • What are the responsibilities of an Ally to trans* people? What are ways you can be an Ally on this campus? Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

20. Scenarios Thoughts? Ideas? Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager

21. Final Thoughts Questions? Feedback? Lisa Hager || lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager