This document discusses cultural competence training and defines key LGBTQIA terms. It summarizes a 2019 survey of over 16,000 LGBTQ students across the US and in Texas specifically. The survey found that Texas schools were not safe for most LGBTQ students and they lacked inclusive resources and policies. Definitions are provided for important gender, sex, sexual orientation and identity terms to clarify concepts and replace offensive words.

1. What is Cultural
Competence Diversity
Training
Together Again Putting the Social Back in
School Social Work
February 22-24, 2023
32nd Annual Social Work Conference
The University of Texas at Austin
Office of Professional Development
Steve Hicks School of Social Work

2. WHAT IS CULTURE

3. What is Cultural
Competence

4. Why Is Cultural
Competency
Necessary?

5. LGBTQIA Cultural
Competence
LGBTQIA lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (one's
sexual or gender identity), intersex, and asexual/aromantic/agender LGBTQIA
adolescents the LGBTQIA community
Livingstone, R. (2016, July 13). What does it mean to be culturally competent? We Hear You. https://wehearyou.acecqa.gov.au/2014/07/10/what-does-it-mean-to-be-culturally-
competent/.

6. Define LGBT
Livingstone , R. (2017, June 14). Emergent Curriculum doesn’t mean no need to plan. We Hear You. https://wehearyou.acecqa.gov.au/tag/curriculum/.

7. Population
Comparison

8. 2019 National School Climate Survey
GLSEN is known as an organization working to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual
orientation, gender identity and gender expression and to prompt LGBT cultural inclusion and awareness in
K-12 schools.
In 2019, GLSEN conducted the eleventh National School Climate Survey, a biennial survey (every other year)
on the experiences of LGBTQ youth in U.S. secondary schools.
1. The national sample consisted of 16,713 LGBTQ students from all 50 states.
2. A total of 1025 respondents were attending schools in Texas.
3. The Texas sample was 52% White, 31% Latinx, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 3%
Black, 1% Arab American/Middle Eastern/North African, and 1% Native and Indigenous.
4. The gender composition was 52% cisgender, 27% transgender, 16% nonbinary or genderqueer, and 5%
questioning. Most (91%) attended public schools. The school community makeup was 50% suburban, 29%
urban, and 21% rural/small town. The results reported for Texas had a margin of error of +/- 3%.
5. Findings from the GLSEN 2019 National School Climate Survey demonstrate that Texas schools were not
safe for most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) secondary school students. In
addition, many LGBTQ students in Texas did not have access to important school resources, such as an
LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, and were not protected by supportive and inclusive school policies.
GLSEN. (2021). School Climate for LGBTQ Students in Texas (State Snapshot). New York: GLSEN. GLSEN is
the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students.

9. 2019 State Snapshot
GLSEN. (2021). School Climate for LGBTQ Students in Texas (State Snapshot). New York:
GLSEN. GLSEN is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe
schools for all students.

11. Queer Alphabet

12. GENDER, SEX, &
SEXUAL
ORIENTATION

13. GENDER IDENTITY
& GENDER
EXPRESSION

14. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

16. GRAMMER USAGE
REPLACE OFFENSIVE &
INACCURATE WORDS
WITH THEIR RESPECTFUL
ALTERNATIVES

17. GRAMMER
USAGE