Training

The basic Safe Zone training is offered once per semester. This training familiarizes participants with the aims and goals of the university's Safe Zone program. Topics covered include:

• Common experiences of the LGBTQIAGNC population
• Commonly used LGBTQIAGNC terms
• Stereotypes commonly associated with the LGBTQIAGNC population
• Heterocentrism, heterosexism, cissexism, transphobia, and homophobia
• The sharing of multiple identities
• On-campus resources for LGBTQIAGNC students
• External and Web-based resources for LGBTQIAGNC students
• The role of a person trained in Safe Zone
• Intersectionality and how our multiple identities interact with power and privilege
• Ways for non-LGBTQIAGNC-identified people to further their development as allies