4. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE
• We are here to have a guided conversation
• We are all here to learn
• Feel free to ask questions
• Most of all, respect others
• Additional?
5. ALLY STORYBOARD
A time when you acted as an ally for
someone else
A time when someone acted as an ally
for you
A time when they needed an ally but
no one helped them
A time when you could have
acted as an ally but didn’t
6. ALLY STORYBOARD
1. What was difficult?
2. What was easy?
3. How did it feel to share?
4. What were some patterns between different people’s
scenarios? What was different?
5. What does this tell you about being an ally?
6. What are the implications for being an ally on LGBTQI issues
does it have for you?
8. UM HISTORY
• First LGBTQI organization founded in mid-1990’s. Meet in secret
location guarded by UPD. Had to contact Counseling Center to
get location.
• ALLIES founded by Vicki Mahan in the University Counseling
Center around 2000 on a volunteer basis to give organized
opportunity for faculty and staff to be allies for LGBTQ students.
• 2007 - 2013: Several other volunteers help with the
ALLIES Program
• 2014-2015: ALLIES transitions to “permanent, professional” home
in Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement and the
Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
9. EARLY GAY RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS
• Society for Human Rights, December 10, 1924
• The Mattachine Society, November 11, 1950
• The Daughters of Bilitis, September 21, 1955
10. STONEWALL: JUNE 28, 1969
• LGBTQ patrons of the Stonewall Inn in
Greenwich Village riot when police officers
attempt to raid the bar
• Angry gay youth clash with aggressive police
officers in the streets, leading to a 3-day riot.
• It inspires the modern LGBTQ rights
movement.
12. THE BIRTH OF GAY PRIDE
PARADES:
JUNE 28, 1970
• Christopher Street Liberation Day commemorates the one-
year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Afterward, supporters
march through New York into Central Park, in what will be
considered America’s first gay pride parade.
• In the coming decades, the annual gay pride parade will spread
to dozens of countries around the world.
13. PIONEERS: HARVEY MILK
NOVEMBER 8, 1977
• Harvey Milk wins a seat on the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors and is
responsible for introducing a gay rights
ordinance. Milk also leads a successful
campaign against Proposition 6, an
initiative forbidding homosexual
teachers.
• A year later, on November 27, 1978
former city supervisor Dan White
assassinates Milk.
14. GAY IDENTITY AND
PSYCHIATRY
• April, 1952: The American Psychiatric Association
lists homosexuality as a sociopathic personality
disturbance.
• American psychologist, Evelyn Hooker argues against
this listing.
• The APA removes homosexuality as a mental illness
in 1973.
15. LGBTQ EQUALITY
• Landmark case — One, Inc. v. Oleson, the U.S.
Supreme Court rules in favor of 1st Amendment
rights of LGBT magazine One: The Homosexual
Magazine on January 13, 1958
• In Lawrence v. Texas the U.S. Supreme Court
rules that sodomy laws in the U.S. are
unconstitutional on June 26, 2003
16. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• On April 26, 2000, Vermont becomes the first state in the U.S. to
legalize civil unions and registered partnerships between same-sex
couples.
• In 2004, Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex
marriage.
• On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court strikes down the federal
definition of marriage in United States v. Windsor
• On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court declares marriage equality
the law of the land with its’ Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
17. AIDS AND AIDS ACTIVISM:
• The New York Times prints the first story of a rare
pneumonia and skin cancer found in 41 gay men in
New York and California.
• Bruce Voeller, biologist and founder of the National
Gay Task Force, successfully lobbies to change the
name of the disease to AIDS.
• Organizations like ACT-UP lobby for research into
the disease, while advocating for the dignity of AIDS
sufferers.
20. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY
: SEX OR GENDER
• Sex: Biologically-based designation - male vs female
• Gender: Culturally-based designation - masculine vs feminine
• Gender Expression: Cisgender vs Transgender…
• What is wrong with these definitions?
21. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY:
SEX AND GENDER AS SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTS
• Sex is a concept that was developed by society
• Gender is a concept developed by society
• Neither concepts are binaries and all are culturally based
22. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY
:
GENDER EXPRESSION• Cisgender: Outward expression of gender aligns with biological
sex within cultural mores
• Transgender: Outward expression of gender does not align with
biological sex within cultural mores
• Genderqueer: A person who does not subscribe to
conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither,
both, or a combination of male and female genders.
• Gender Non-Conforming: Individuals who perform gender in a
way that does not conform with “traditional gender norms”
25. GENDER PRONOUNS
• Traditional pronouns are usually gendered
• There are non-gendered alternatives
• Always allow individuals to tell you their
preferred pronouns and respect their wishes
36. SCENARIOS
Life and Work Scenarios
• 1)At work one day as you walk into your friend, Sam’s residence hall, you hear his roommate’s friend
telling him that he really needs to return to what gospels says about homosexuality. The roommate’s
friend stops mid-sentence when he sees you.
• 2)A good friend from church, that you consider a close mentor, calls you to talk about her daughter,
Tracey, who is a high school junior. She tells you that Tracey’s friend Ashley came out to her daughter
over the weekend and that she shared with Tracey that she had feelings for her. Tracey and Ashley have
known one another since middle school and are very close, she tells you, but her daughter, she assures
you is not a lesbian, and she does not want her to date Ashley.
• 3)You walk into your break room/work room at your workplace and two of your co-workers are talking
about another co-worker who is not in the room. You hear them make statements such as, “I wish he
would just come out. No one dresses like that and expects not to be called gay.”
37. SCENARIOS
Life and Work Scenarios continued…
• 4)After having dinner at a family member’s house, you watch television with some of your relatives.
The news is covering the annual pride parade. As the news anchor talks about the parade, your
uncle jumps out of his seat and says, “stupid queers are ruining this city” and walks out of the room.
• 5)One of your friends, Anita, who identifies as a lesbian, is talking about someone she would like to
date. During your conversation, she tells you that this woman identifies as bisexual. Anita seems
very frustrated and says, “I don’t know if Shawn dates her because she is bisexual. She hasn’t decided
to pick a side.”
• 6)One of your friends, who identifies as a lesbian, just told you that another friend, who also
identifies as a lesbian, just came out to her as a (FTM) trans man. You make the comment that the
lesbian community is losing all its women.
38. SCENARIOS
Campus Scenarios
• 1)Recent developments on campus have allowed for the inclusion of both sexual orientation and gender identity to be added to the
non-discrimination policy at the university. As such, both the LGBTQQIA student organization and a faculty/staff ally organization have
become very active on campus. While the campus climate is still conservative, the members of both organizations are optimistic that the
climate is becoming more supportive of LGBTQQIA individuals. In fact, this semester, the students are hosting a conference for
LGBTQQIA college students from across the state. Following some initial planning meetings, the conference committee, which is
comprised of students, faculty and staff, asked for gender-neutral bathrooms in student center, where the conference will be held. The
director of the student center does not support that request.
• 2)A tenured faculty member in the “College of Liberal Arts” has recently made anti-gay comments in his class. A student reported the
incident to the Department Head stating that the faculty member when discussing the war in Iraq and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy
said, “Now we’re going to have pansies fighting in Iraq. We don’t need queens on the frontline. Mark my word, we will have major
problems.” This is not the first incident reported. The faculty member has had a past record of anti-gay comments in the classroom,
referring to promiscuity and immorality in LGBTQQIA communities. In addition, the faculty member lists on his university website his
anti-LGBTQQIA research articles and his involvement with the Family Research Council and other anti-LGBTQQIA organizations.
39. SCENARIOS
• What issues are involved?
• How would you respond?
• What resources would help you respond?
• Where can you find those resources?
41. CAMPUS RESOURCES
• Student Organizations: UM Pride Network, OUTLaw
• Training, Development, and Dialogue: Center for
Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, William
Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
• Academic Support: Sarah Isom Center for Women &
Gender Studies, Department of Sociology, William
Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
42. CAMPUS RESOURCES
• Roommate/Friendship “Conflict” Issues: Office of
Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct,
University Counseling Center
• Cultural Programming: Center for Inclusion and
Cross Cultural Engagement, Student Housing,
Sarah Isom Center for Women & Gender
Studies
43. SEXUAL ASSAULT/DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ISSUES
• Violence Prevention Office ~
Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick - vpo@olemiss.edu
• Title IX Office ~
Honey Ussery - TitleIX@olemiss.edu
44. HOW TO REPORT A BIAS
INCIDENT
• Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT)
http://inclusion.olemiss.edu/birt/
• Report: birt@olemiss.edu, 662-915-1689, or
http://inclusion.olemiss.edu/birt/birtreporting/
