Write down the three most important things to you in the world

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Write down the three most important things to you
in the world
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• Introduce yourself to someone in the room that
  you do not know. Spend five minutes getting to
  know them. You may ask questions about the items
  on your list but you may not answer questions on
  these topics. You must be vague in response and
  try to change the subject.
• (Taken from UMSL Safe Zone Program)

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Safe Zone Mission

• Our mission, in accordance with Southwestern
  Illinois Colleges mission statement, is to
  promote education, acceptance, and confidential
  support of gender and sexual diversity.

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Safe Zone Goals

• Our goals are to
• 1) Promote acceptance and respect for people who
  are gay, lesbian, transgender, intersex and/or
  cross-dressers.
• 2) Provide a safe, confidential, and supportive
  environment for all members of the college
  family.
• Safe Zone is a program which identifies faculty
  and staff who will provide empathy, acceptance,
  support and resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual,
  transgender, cross-dressing, and intersex
  students. The Safe Zone symbol which you will
  display in your work space will convey to
  students and colleagues that you are a person who
  will be understanding, supportive and
  trustworthy. Students will know that they can
  come to you for help, advice, or just to talk to
  someone in confidence who is supportive and
  accepting. This symbol also means that biased
  and offensive actions and comments will be
  addressed in an educational and informative
  manner. Colleagues and students have a right to
  an opinion. However, if someone is perpetuating
  myths or misinformation about gender and sexual
  diversity, you will inform them of more accurate
  information in a respectful manner.

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Safe Zone Syllabus Statement

• I am a member of the Safe Zone Program  Allies
  for Gender and Sexual Diversity.  This means that
  I promise to provide confidential support for
  members of the college community who are gay,
  lesbian, transgender, intersex, or
  cross-dressing.  I am available to listen if you
  wish to talk or to refer you to appropriate
  resources in the community. 

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Illinois State Law

• On January 21, 2005, Illinois Governor Rod
  Blagojevich signed an amendment to the Illinois
  Human Rights Act that will prohibit
  discrimination on the basis of an individual's
  sexual orientation. Effective January 1, 2006,
  the amended Act specifically prohibits sexual
  orientation discrimination in employment,
  housing, public accommodation and certain
  financial transactions. Sexual orientation is
  defined as an individual's "actual or perceived
  heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or
  gender-related identity, whether or not
  traditionally associated with the person's
  designated sex at birth." The Illinois Department
  of Human Rights is vested with enforcement
  authority under the amended Act.

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Components of Safe Zone

• Four hours of training
• Exposure to terminology and symbols
• Panel
• Exercises
• Contract
• Door sticker
• Website
• Manual

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Defining Sex and Sexuality

• Sex
• Gender
• Sexual Orientation

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Sex

• Sex
• Chromosomes (XX, XY, XXX, XXY, XYY, X0)
• Hormones
• Femalethe default sex
• Testosterone at six weeks
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• Dominican Republican Syndrome
• Androgen Insensitivity
• Hypospadia
• How many sexes are there? Intersex

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Gender

• Masculine
• Feminine
• Androgynous (Intergender)
• Transgender
• Transsexual
• Cross Dresser

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Sexual Orientation

• Heterosexual
• Homosexual
• Bisexual
• Asexual
• Pansexual

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Heterosexist Questionnaire

• What are our assumptions?
• Why do we care what someones sexual identity is?

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Heterosexual Privilege
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Scenarios
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Questions?