LGBTIQ+ Inclusion
The LGBTIQ+ course is designed to improve your understanding of the LGBTIQ+ community. It also provides tools to apply your knowledge to promote a fairer, more LGBTIQ+ inclusive society.
We respect that all individuals will come to this course with varying degrees of understanding and knowledge already, including members of the LGBTIQ+ community who may have a more personal and intimate understanding of some topics covered in the course.
The course should take approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete in total, and it is split into three modules.
Please note:
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A variety of initialisms are used to describe individuals with diverse or fluid sexual orientations or gender identities. In this course LGBTIQ+ is used in written copy, whilst LGBT is used in the video animations. When third-party research is quoted, we use the original source language. Check out the glossary if you want to learn more about the LGBTIQ+ alphabet.
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Participants in the videos chose how they wanted to be labelled.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the meaning of the letters/characters in the initialism LGBTIQ+
- Give examples of the benefits LGBTIQ+ inclusion brings to organisations, societies and individuals
- Use inclusive language that embraces the LGBTIQ+ community
- Explain what is meant by ‘coming out’
- Define ‘gender identity’
- Describe the term ‘intersex’
- Explain the process of ‘transitioning’
- Identify unhelpful and harmful language that may be offensive to people from the LGBTIQ+ community
- Outline the importance and possibilities of allies
- Describe some of the positive effects of LGBTIQ+ symbols within a workplace
- Appreciate the significance of LGBTIQ+ role models, and the impacts they can have on the community
- Give at least three examples of workplace initiatives that actively support LGBTIQ+ inclusion
Testimonial
Since doing the training myself, I can’t not see things anymore – I have this new radar permanently switched on – but I also know best-practice guidelines about how I can respond. And I feel confident to respond well.”
LGBTIQ+ inclusion is about building a safe and productive environment for all individuals regardless of their sexuality, gender identity or bodily diversity.
