Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:30:45 -0800 From: richter@eecs.berkeley.edu (Jean Richter) Subject: Presentations & Workshops on Homophobia SLIDE PRESENTATIONS and INTERACTIVE >>WORKSHOPS on HOMOPHOBIA and GAY, LESBIAN, >> BISEXUAL, and TRANSGENDER ISSUES >> (for schools, organizations, conferences, and the workplace) >> >> by WARREN J. BLUMENFELD >> >>A. Slide Presentations >> >> "HOMOPHOBIA: HOW WE ALL PAY THE PRICE" >> >>Homophobia is the fear and sometimes the hatred of people >>who are perceived as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. On many >>levels, however, heterosexuals are also hurt, and therefore, >>it is in everyone's self interest to work to eliminate homophobia. >> >>"Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price" is a unique slide >>presentation that offers a non-threatening and non-judgmental >>approach to issues surrounding sexual identity and homophobia/ >>heterosexism. Based on his book by the same name, Mr. >> Blumenfeld discusses how the fight to end homophobia is >>everyone's fight if we are to bring about a less oppressive and >>more productive society for all. He invites lesbians, gay males, >>bisexuals, transgenderists, and heterosexual males and females >>to become allies as they explore the cost of homophobia in >>family relationships, religious institutions, social policy, >>and many other aspects of our lives. >> >> ******************************************* >> >> "RECOVERING THE PAST: >> A GAY, LESBIAN, AND BISEXUAL HISTORY" >> >>The history of homosexuality and bisexuality is one of incredible >>pain and enormous pride, of overwhelming repression and victorious >>rejoicing, of stifling invisibility and dazzling illumination. >>Throughout the ages, homosexuality and bisexuality have been called >>many things: from "sin," "sickness," and "crime," to "orientation," >>"identity," and even "a gift from God." >> >>"Recovering the Past: A Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual History" is a unique >>and informative slide presentation resurrecting a history that has been >>hidden for so long. Mr. Blumenfeld chronicles this epic story beginning >>in ancient times before the construction of sexual identity as we now >>know it, to the beginning of an emancipation movement in the 19th >>century, and into the 20th century with the "Homophile" and "Gay >>Liberation" movements, and the impact of AIDS. >> >> *********************************************** >> >> "MAKING SCHOOLS SAFE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, >> BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDENTS & STAFF" >> >> This slide presentation is designed for school faculty, staff, and >> students, and discusses the risk factors for gay, lesbian, >> bisexual, and transgender youth who grow up in a homophobic >> society, plus a discussion of the "coming out" process, and strategies >> for making schools safe for students and staff of all sexual and gender >> identities. >> >> ************************************************ >> >>B) Interactive Workshops >> >> "GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER >> ISSUES IN SCHOOLS AND THE WORKPLACE" >> >>Diversity in schools and in the workplace can be both an asset and a >>challenge. This interactive workshop enables participants to see how >>we are all hurt by homophobia/heterosexism/biphobia/transphobia >>(regardless of our sexual and gender identities), and develop strategies, >>which individuals and institutions can use to ensure a safe and supportive >>educational and working environment for people of all sexual and gender >>identities. Also included are ways to respond to resistance when raising >>issue of homophobia in the schools and in the workplace. >> >> *************************************************** >> >> "UNLEARNING INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA" >> >>Lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, transgenderists, and heterosexual allies >>have been brought up in a homophobic society, and therefore are not >>immune to the effects of homophobia, heterosexism, biphobia, and >>transphobia. This interactive workshop investigates the ways in which >>we have internalized those subtle and not-so-subtle messages, how this >>limits our ability to function to our full potential, and how we can >>dismantle this internalization and move forward. This workshop also >>provides an opportunity for our heterosexual allies to learn more about >>the pressures on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people. >> >> ************************************************** >> >> "DIVERSITY WITHIN IDENTITIES" >> >>Most of us hold concurrent membership in a number of groups based >>on "socially constructed" categories: for example, on our personal and >>physical characteristics, on our ages, abilities, and class backgrounds, >>and on our cultural, racial, gender, and religious identifications. We >>may find ourselves simultaneously in groups targeted for oppression >>and in those dominant groups granted relatively higher degrees of >>privilege and power. This interactive workshop helps participants >>examine their numerous social identities, and provides the opportunity >>for them to share their diversity within identities. >> >> *********************************************** >> >> "GLBT/STRAIGHT DIALOGUE" >> >>Rarely are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and >>heterosexuals given the space and safety to openly discuss issues >>of sexual and gender identity. This interactive workshop draws >>on the experiences, beliefs, and opinions of participants to create >>a dialogue for these issues to be addressed. >> >> *********************************************** >> >>Warren J. Blumenfeld is founder and first director of the National >>Gay Student Center. (This organization exists today as the Gay, >>Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Caucus of the United States Student >>Association.) He is co-author of the book _Looking at Gay and Lesbian >>Life_, editor of the book _Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price_, >>author of _AIDS and Your Religious Community_, and editor of the >> _Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity_. He is also >>co-producer of the documentary film "Pink Triangles," on the topic >>of homophobia. >> >>To arrange for him to come to your school or workplace, contact him >>at: >> >> Address: P.O. Box 929, Northampton, MA 01061 >> Phone: (413) 585-9121 >> Fax: (413) 584-1332 >> >> E-Mail: blumenfeld@educ.umass.edu ============================================================ Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK OUT OUR INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/