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Gender and Sexuality Workshop Handout
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- 2. 1 University of Utah 200S. Central Campus Dr. Rm. 409 (A. Ray Olpin Student Union) Office: 801-587-7973 Fax: 801-581-3507 Website: www.lgbt.utah.edu Mission Statement The Gender and Sexuality Workshop aims to foster an environment of inclusion for LGBTQIA* individuals on campus and in the surrounding community. The program raises awareness through: Educating individuals on LGBTQIA* issues relating to gender and sexuality and how one can intervene when they witness discrimination. Creating brave spaces that challenge institutional and interpersonal forms of oppression. Notes _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
- 3. 2 Ally Space Privilege Ego How Can Identifyingas an Ally become Problematic? Conversations are most often centered on the ego and privilege of the Ally With the ego and privilege of a person being centered, more space is taken discussing what the Ally should do with their privilege The result of taking up this space is promoting a good ally, rather than the identities that allies should be promoting In order to promote themselves, Allies may often exploit, or act as if to “save” oppressed identities. With this ego, space and privilege, Allies are in a position to navigate through a community without actually doing anything for it. These behaviors feed into the Ally Industrial Complex. The accomplice: In order to move away from the Ally Industrial Complex, the Accomplice seeks to strategically exploit their own privilege, following the lead of members within a marginalized community to map out systematic forms of oppression and marginalization. Accomplices are aware that they may not know what makes most strategic sense; not reacting out of guilt, they are transparent in their process and understand solutions will often not come from them. The accomplice may jeapordize their own privileges and postional power. Assigned Sex at Birth Gender Identity Gender Expression Sexual Orientation ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ The Ally vs the accomplice
- 4. 3 Resource List LGBT ResourceCenter http://www.lgbt.utah.edu Services Computers (10 pages printing free a day) Study space and conference room LGBTQIA* Library Presentations on a range of topics for any and all populations Panels Mentoring Program Consultations as Needed Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) http://www.pflag.org Q Pages: Utah’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Ally Directory http://qpages.gaysaltlake.com/ Queers in Herstory http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530/queerhis.htm Safe 2 Pee http://www.safe2pee.org The Family Acceptance Project http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/= List is not comprehensive. Please contact the LGBT Resource Center for more, and more specific resources Suggested Local and National Groups/Organizations Asexual Aces: Facebook Community www.facebook.com/a.aces.page?fref=ts Black Lives Matter blacklivesmatter.com Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement familiatqlm.org facebook.com/Familiaqlm Trans Utah Community facebook.com/groups/utahtga/ collective/ Trans Women of Color Collective twoc.us facebook.com/pages/trans-women-of-color- Suggested Further Reading and Sources Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex (where we got it from) indigenousaction.org/accomplices-not-allies- abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex/ Angry Homosexual facebook.com/srssux Dark Matter: Artists darkmatterpoetry.com facebook.com/darkmatterpoetry Everyday Feminism: Daily and Weekly Articles everydayfeminism.com Son of Baldwin: Society Culture/Website facebook.com/sonofbaldwinfb?fref=ts