Workshops | Trainings
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With more than fifteen years' experience training faculty and school staff regarding
GLBT issues, Bear comes to the task with two clear goals: create understanding
and give practical advice. Trainings may be general LGBTQ cultural competency,
specifically trans-related, or some combination of the two, but are always
accomplished with humor and tender respect for where participants are as they
come to new questions and ideas. All training includes clear explanations of terms
which may be unfamiliar, plenty of time for questions, and useful ways to manage
common situations.
Bear has also trained active municipal police officer and officers in training, Fortune
500 companies, licensed professionals and licensure candidates in social work,
health professionals (and students of the health professions) from dental hygienists
to physicians, school board members, fraternities and sororities, members of
formerly Gay-And-Lesbian organizations working to integrate their trans services,
members of the clergy, and parent groups. References are available.
Trainings
In addition to general awareness of GLBT issues, specific subjects addressed
include:
Human Resources
Special issues in insurance, medical leave, transition in place (on the job), HIPAA and confidentiality rules, grievances, patterns of microagression, organizational forms and systems, creating an inclusive workplace, hiring and retention.
Residence Life
Housing by sex; restroom use; resources for students coming out; pronouns and
names; confidentiality and resources.
Athletics
Hazing; gendered language and expectations; creating v. inhibiting a homophobic
culture; managing the Top 5 complaints about GLBT athletes by straight athletes(for
three and a half years, Bear worked as an academic advisor to the University of
Massachusetts football and then men's basketball teams; ze brings a great deal of
understanding of athletic culture and vernacular to this training).
Health Services
Physical transition; medical exams; sexual health; psychological counseling
resources; gender identity disorder and the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care.
Police/Public Safety
Names and pronouns; identification; hormones; garments and prosthetics used
for 'passing'; 'gay/trans panic'; searches and detention.
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