Trainings and Presentations

The LGBTQ+ community faces several unique challenges, needs, obstacles and oppressions. As a UC community, we are devoted to making sure all students, staff, and faculty have a campus environment that meets their needs, provides appropriate resources, and creates an environment that supports their educational, professional and social goals.

The UC LGBTQ Center offers Safe Zone Ally, Advocate & Activist workshops, Pronouns 101 and Transgender Inclusivity. These optional workshops allow for members of our campus community to gain access to resources, information, and strategies to increase their adovcacy and allyship for the LGBTQ+ community. To request a workshop please fill out this FORM.

We encourage departements, offices, organizations, and groups to please reach out and register for any of our workshops to learn more about the unique experiences of the LGBTQ+ community and how to better support members of the community.

To assist with this, the LGBTQ Center offers  trainings to assist in better understanding and advocating for LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff at UC. Additionally, on a limited basis, we offer trainings and classroom presentations designed for classes, departments, and organizations to assist them in creating LGBTQ affirming environments and course materials. If you would like to request a specific training, please reach out to the LGBTQ Center staff via the form above or via email at lgbtq@ucmail.uc.edu.

If you are interested in requesting a program/presentation for your department or organization, please email the LGBTQ Center staff to request a specific training. Pending the availability of the staff, you will receive an email from the UC LGBTQ Center Staff confirming your request.

The LGBTQ Center enjoys the opportunity to work with faculty, staff, and students to design presentations to fit the unique needs classes, departments, and organizations. Because of the high volume of requests, but limited number of staff, we can only accommodate a select number of presentations. So, if you're requesting a presentation, please provide a two weeks notice. Program start times must be no later than 8pm, and preferably between 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday, but we understand outside of business hour requests.

Ally Training seeks to increase the visible presence of students, staff, and faculty who can help shape a campus culture that is accepting of all people regardless of sexuality, gender identity, or gender expression. Training topics and exercises include: learning identity terminology associated with the LGBTQ community, issues faced by the LGBTQ students while navigating institutions of higher education, appropriate pronoun etiquitte, ways that allies can work to create inclusive spaces, and resources available both on- and off-campus. 

Advocate training builds upon the knowledge participants gained in Ally Training. While Advocate training seeks to deepen participant’s knowledge around the issues and needs of the LGBTQ community, it is designed to be even more interactive.  LGBTQ Advocate training builds its curriculum around community dialogue and collaboration and is designed to give participants both the knowledge and skills to act as an advocate for LGBTQ students, staff and faculty. 

LGBTQ Activist training is a fully intersectional LGBTQ training designed to assist participants in understanding the roots of oppression, and provide training in social activism to enable participants to stand up for justice, equity, and equality in the LGBTQ Community. The training is designed to provide participants the skills they need to effectively create change.  Using an experiential approach, the training provides the practical tools and insights that participants can use for growth, transformation, and empowerment, and to create a ripple effect across the UC community.

Transgender Inclusive Workshop is designed to explore the spectrum of transgender, gender nonconforming, and gender question identities and expressions. This workshop will prepare participants to understand and address the needs of transgender students. Training topics include: identity terminology related to sex and gender, issues faced by transgender students as they navigate institutions of higher education, and ways to practices transgender inclusion. 

This workshop is deisgned to help individiuals who would like to now more about the utilization of pronouns in general when working with gender diverse populations. This workshop offers a quick way to practice some better practices around pronoun etiquitte and answers questions people may have around usage, inquiry and affirmation. This workshop is about 30 minutes long.