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Welcoming People with Gender and Sexual Diversities

The pandemic has highlighted inequities and multiplied challenges to the health, wellbeing and self-actualization of trans and gender diverse children, youth, and adults, and people with diverse sexual orientations.  This training will provide tools for offering services in safer, more gender affirming and health-promoting ways. Homelessness, discrimination and social stigma have serious mental health consequences and may contribute to substance use, anxiety, depression, and suicide, especially for young queer people.  This online, discussion and group-work based training, will be an opportunity to plan practical steps to address trauma experienced by 2SLGBTQI people and to share strategies for supporting people who are coming out, in transition, or trying to navigate erasure, rejection, or unsafe home environments.

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Description

This training consolidates evidence-informed best practice and research, and includes the lived experience of queer, trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse people, recognizing that stigma based on gender identity is often compounded by stigma based on race, age, sexual orientation, dis/ability and socioeconomic status. Relevant national and international studies, review of recommendations from the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) and integration of community based research done by Transpulse (www.transpulse.ca) form the basis on which this training uses group work to explore eight practical steps to making safer, more welcoming services that address specific issues faced by people who experience homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.  Internationally, clinics serving gender diverse children and adolescents are reporting significant increases in the number of youth seeking care annually, and the mental health of 2SLGBTQI people improves when they receive SOGI (sexual orientation / gender identity) affirming care.  It’s estimated there are now 25 million transgender people around the world, and growing 2SLGBTQI advocacy globally demands competency in creating SOGI inclusive spaces and services everywhere.

 

OUTCOMES

  • Offer with confidence SOGI affirming supports including using pronouns competently, providing guidance during social transitioning, being able to help with documentation, understanding the role of hormonal suppression for youth, and being able to connect and collaborate with local community resources.
  • Strengthen community access to the most current evidence and SOGI inclusive practices to foster affirming and health promoting environments in families, schools, and workplaces. 
  • Share and learn strategies and strengths to create momentum for cross-sector, informal collaboration and idea/project sharing related to SOGI inclusive services and spaces for children, youth and families.
  • Examine personal and organizational practice and increase knowledge and commitment to becoming a positive support for people of any age who have gender and sexual diversities.
  • Name relevant human rights provisions and other legal protections and/or processes relevant to gender and sexual diversity.

Price

Member Fee: $135.60 (includes HST)

Non-Member Fee: $169.50 (includes HST)

GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants. Contact: angela@safeguards-training.net

Course Dates & Location

April 23 & 30 2021

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

 

  •  First 3 hour session, delivered online over Zoom
  • 1 hour “homework” task to do in the one week between sessions
  • Second 3 hour session, delivered online over Zoom

Instructor

Rogue Witterick

Rogue Witterick (they/them pronouns) is a parent, youth advocate, writer and violence prevention consultant, working as a Facilitator of transformative conversations about gender and sexuality. Rogue’s two decades of anti-oppression facilitation and activism are multi-sector with provincial and national scope.  For five years, Rogue facilitated, designed workshops and did community organizing at The 519. Rogue has coordinated learning systems, curriculum design and implementation for organizations like SafeGuards, the YMCA and Red Cross.  In 2011, Rogue’s family was the subject of international media attention when they offered their newest baby freedom from sex assignment. Rogue’s published work is in GUTS and Chasing Rainbows: Exploring Gender Fluid Parenting Practices. 

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