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What? Raising awareness & challenging the patterns of silence that marginalize (LGBTTIQ) individuals. www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity. Why? Because the cost is: Alienation Harassment Discrimination Violence Increased risk for suicide.

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  1. What? Raising awareness & challenging the patterns of silence that marginalize (LGBTTIQ) individuals www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  2. Why? Because the cost is: • Alienation • Harassment • Discrimination • Violence • Increased risk for suicide www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  3. Mount Royal is committed to providing an environment free of discrimination & harassment www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  4. Our goal is a campus free of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation andgender identity www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  5. www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  6. www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

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  8. A survey of 826 LGBTTIQ individuals revealed that 57% of bisexual & 73% of transgender persons had disclosed their sexual identity to their regular health care provider(Pink Triangle Services, 2001; CHR, 2008) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  9. Canadian research has found 28% of LGBTTIQ individuals in Vancouver and 11% in Ottawa have experienced negative treatment by hospital services (Pink Triangle Services, 2001) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  10. The rate of victimisation for gays & lesbians is almost 2.5x higher than the rate for heterosexuals The rate of victimisation for bisexuals is 4x higher than the rate for heterosexuals (Statistics Canada, 2004) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  11. 44% of gays and lesbians and 41% of bisexuals in Canada feel that they had experienced some form of discrimination in the workplace compared to 14% of heterosexuals (Statistics Canada, 2004) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  12. 2/3 of LGBTTIQ students feel unsafe at high school (Egale Canada, 2008) • 25% reported physical threats • over 50% reported verbal harassment • 41%reported sexual harassment www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  13. Gay men in Vancouver are 2x as likely to be victims of violent crime than heterosexual men (American Journal of Public Health, 2008) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  14. The highest incidents of assaults were among men under 24 & aboriginal men in Vancouver (American Journal of Public Health, 2008) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  15. 44% of gays and lesbians and 41% of bisexuals in Canada feel that they had experienced some form of discrimination in the workplace compared to 14% of heterosexuals (Statistics Canada, 2004) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

  16. The rate of victimisation for gays & lesbians is 2.5x higher and the rate of victimisation for bisexuals is 4x higher than the rate for heterosexuals (Statistics Canada, 2004) www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace respect for sexual orientation and gender diversity

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