LGBTQIA+ inclusion

This program is designed to affirm, increase empathy towards, and understanding of, sex, sexuality and gender diverse students and families. Through stories, activities and group discussion, students will reflect on their own unique selves and families, and the role of diversity in our communities.

Description

For Primary Schools

This program is designed to affirm, increase empathy towards, and understanding of, sex, sexuality and gender diverse students and families.

Through stories, activities and group discussion, students will reflect on their own unique selves and families, and the role of diversity in our communities.

The workshops will encourage students to reflect outside their selves to the influences of their greater social space, and the influences felt by others. A space is created to ask the hard questions, foster deep reflection and end in a space of allyship.

For Secondary Schools

This program encourages a more empathetic and understanding classroom environment towards sexually and gender diverse students, while fostering the empowerment of those students who identify as LGBTQIA+. Students will not only learn more about LGBTQIA+ identities, but will also examine gender stereotypes, homophobia, and transphobia and being an ally to LGBTQIA+ classmates

Year levels, duration and topics covered

Primary School

Years 1-6
3 x 1-hour sessions

Personal identity
Gender stereotypes
LGBTQIA+ identities
Gender equity
Understanding different family structures
Being an upstander / allyship

Secondary School

Years 7-12
3 x 1-hour session

Defining gender, sex, and sexuality
Unpacking the LGBTQIA+ acronym
The difference between gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality
Using and respecting pronouns
The link between misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia
Cultural diversity, disability, and faith
Coming out
Being an LGBTQIA+ ally
Social and support services

Parent / Carer

For Primary Schools

1 hour Information Session

This information session will help parents and carers to understand the experience of LGBTQIA+ children and young people and empower themselves to create safer spaces for LGBTQIA+ people in their home and their community.

For Secondary Schools

2-hour workshop

This workshop will help parents and carers to create a safer learning space and provide better support to the LGBTQIA+ members of your community.

Defining gender, sex, and sexuality
Unpacking the LGBTQIA+ acronym
The difference between gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality
Using and respecting pronouns
The link between misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia
Cultural diversity, disability, and faith
Coming out
Being an LGBTQIA+ ally
Social and support services

Primary Parent/Carer Workshop

Secondary Parent/Carer Workshop

Professional Development

For Facilitators, Teachers and Professionals

More information is available in the Gender Glorious - Gender equity and inclusion program

Further Information

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Body Safety Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past and present Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

Body Safety Australia is a child-safe organisation. We are committed to keeping children and young people safe by empowering the whole community in prevention education. We value and empower children and young people's voices in our programs and create a safe space that supports all persons to disclose. To read our full commitment to children, click here. If you have a Child Safety concern, click here.

Location

Ground Floor
262-266 Victoria St
North Melbourne, 3051
VIC, Australia

Office Hours

Contact

Contact Form

Ph: (03) 9471 2247