Register for Qmunity’s Queer Competency Training

Join BCCPA, EngAge BC and Qmunity for a four-hour workshop, intended to help you build the queer competency you need to support LGBTQ2+ seniors.

Through facilitated conversations you will focus on creating inclusive spaces and building out allyship. You will learn about:

• LGBTQ2S+ terminology and definitions.
• The gender binary and spectrum models.
• Gendered language, including pronouns and how to respectfully ask people which pronouns they prefer.

You can expect to come away with a better understanding of your LGBTQ2S clients, particularly who they are and what their experiences.

Come prepared to participate in self-reflection, for example:

• Self-reflection exercise completed to illustrate how, even as allies, we oppress and/or act as bystanders during moments of oppression, before discussing ways in which we can disrupt our own biases and prejudices of those around us.
• We will examine ways in which complicit or explicit homophobia and transphobia manifest, while discussing the similarities and differences between discrimination, prejudice and oppression, as it applies to the LGBTQ2S community.

About Qmunity:

QMUNITY is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver, BC that works to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives. We provide a safer space for LGBTQ/2S people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included. Our building serves as a catalyst for community initiatives and collective strength.

Date: November 29th, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: SafeCare BC Training Centre, Burnaby

Registration is required for all participants. Lunch will be provided.

Register here.