LGBTQIA+: Pertaining collectively to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or those questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation), intersex, and asexual (or their allies).
Online Resources
- GLSEN
Founded in 1990 by a small, but dedicated group of teachers in Massachusetts who came together to improve an education system that too frequently allows its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) students to be bullied, discriminated against, or fall through the cracks. - The Trevor Project
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. - Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. - It Gets Better Project
The "it gets better" project's mission is to communicate to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth of the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
Recommended Reading
- The ABC's of LGBTQIA+Times and attitudes have changed, and the language used to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity has also changed. As a result, the established L.G.B.T. abbreviation has acquired a few extra letters -- and a cluster of ancillary terminology around both sexuality and gender. Not everyone has adapted them yet.
- Standards of practice: Core competencies for LGBTQIA+ directors and professionals in higher education.These Standards of Practice inform the work of LGBTQIA+ directors and professionals and establish direction for the profession. Developed in conjunction with and approved by the Consortium of Higher Education Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Professionals, these 12 competencies provide: (a) a resource for current and future LGBTQIA+ directors and professionals to enhance their work and professional development; (b) guidance for institutions about what is foundational and essential when creating new positions, expanding resources, hiring, developing, and supervising LGBTQIA+ directors and professionals; and (c) guidance for emerging professionals considering this path in higher education. Keeping in mind the constituencies served, the identities of the LGBTQIA+ community, and the wide and complex variations in higher education, these competencies were scaffolded by two frameworks: social justice through an intersectional lens and the gamut of institutional life. These competencies are built upon the work of those who have come before us and are both concrete and aspirational. They are intended to advance institutions of higher education in support of LGBTQIA+ people and enhance and strengthen the roles of LGBTQIA+ directors and professionals as institutional leaders in the academy.
Lesley University Counseling Center :
The Lesley University Counseling Center provides individual short-term counseling and services for on-campus undergraduate and graduate students in degree-granting programs. Our counselors are sensitive to issues of ethnicity, spirituality, culture, sexual orientation, gender, disability, learning differences, and body image. We offer traditional verbal therapy and non-traditional methods, such as expressive arts therapies.
Counseling sessions are held in confidence and are not part of your academic record. If you need or want long-term counseling, we can refer you to outside specialists. Students are responsible for the cost of outside services How to make an appointment: We are offering remote counseling services. To make an appointment: Email counselingcenter@lesley.edu to let us know you want to meet with a counselor. You can also use this email for other questions you may have. Call 617-349-8545 and leave a voicemail and we'll get back to you.
Call to Safety approaches domestic and sexual violence intervention and prevention work through a social justice and anti-oppressive lens. We communicate this value through community outreach, continuous training and education for our staff, and by applying anti-oppression theory into our Basic Advocacy Training for incoming volunteers. In the interest of joining the movement for racial justice, Call to Safety recently took on the effort to become an anti-racist organization. We recognize that as we live in a culture that is supported by white supremacy, our work towards racial justice will be on-going and in a constant state of becoming. We welcome feedback from the community at large about how we might better work towards this goal.