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LGBTQIA2S+ Resources
This is intended to be a draft/work-in-progress list of resources to support SFU FHS faculty in creating a safer and more inclusive university environment for trans, gender non-binary, and other gender diverse students, research participants, staff, faculty, and other community stakeholders. Please send updates, additions, and feedback to travis_salway@sfu.ca and pardiles@sfu.ca. Resources compiled at/after discussion at FC, January 16, 2020.
Terminology, learning the language & key issues:
“Glossary of LGBT Terms”, Fenway Institute, National LGBT Health Education Center:
Trans Student Educational Resources (reports, graphics, instructional aids) (a great place to start for “trans 101”):
What does “Two-Spirit” Mean?, InQueery:
Classroom resources:
“Teaching Beyond the Gender Binary in the University Classroom”, Vanderbilt Center for Teaching:
“Gender Pronouns and Teaching”, University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence:
“Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity and Expression”, Teaching Sexual Health:
UBC Transformative Inclusive Pedagogical Practices Project:
“Gender inclusion in the classroom”, University of Victoria:
“The Gender Spectrum Collection: Stock Photos Beyond the Binary” (useful for PowerPoint slides):
Trans-informed pedagogy & teaching (Vern Harner):
Environmental resources (institutional guides, inclusive signage, etc.):
“Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Toolkit”, The 519 (Toronto LGBTQ2S Community Centre):
TransFocus Consulting Insight Series (gender diversity in workplace):
SFU initiatives:
LGBTQ Special Initiatives, SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies:
Out on Campus, SFU Student Society:
“You are welcome here: Celebrating and lifting voices of the transgender community”, SFU Library:
SFU Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Resources: /vpacademic/equitydiversity-and-inclusion/edi-resources.html
Greater Vancouver services:
Trans Care BC:
Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre:
Trans Specialty Care, Three Bridges Health Centre:
QMUNITY, BC’s Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre: