Lgbtqia training
The Safe Zone Project is a free online resource for powerful, operative LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops
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Our mission is to make and provide free online resources to make your Sound Zone trainings (and all of your LGBTQ+ educational opportunities) effective, fun, dynamic, and impactful.
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We'll take as much off your plate as achievable, providing you curricula, activities, train-the-trainer planning, and tips to help you and your team change into all-stars.
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Sound Zone trainings are unique educational opportunities, and we are all about making the most of those opportunities. Sometimes you only receive one chance. Enable us help you raise the bar.
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The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual , queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people.
How carry out I find a general introductory webinar on LGBTQIA+ health?
Learners that are unused to the topic are encouraged to begin their training with a general introductory webinar on LGBTQIA+ patient-centered care from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Teaching Center (Education Center). We suggest starting with:
Achieving Health Equity for LGBTQIA+ People (2020): In this webinar, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian discusses LGTBQIA+ concepts and terminology, highlights the relationship between stigma and LGBTQIA+ health disparities, and describes finest practices in effective information, data collection, and creating an inclusive environment. This webinar is also obtainable in Spanish/Español.
To watch other general introductory webinars on LGBTQIA+ health care, travel here.
How do I locate webinars on other topics in LGBTQIA+ he
We Are The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
We provide educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people.
Ready to Learn?
Access our extensive library of webinars, publications, and more, and make CME credit on eligible materials.
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Want to Connect?
Interested in a speaker or training at your organization? Looking for additional resources? Get in touch with us today!
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Ready to Learn?
Our library is unclosed. We’re proud to provide no-cost educational materials on the latest developments, issues, and best practices in providing affirming LGBTQIA+ healthcare, by leading researchers and clinicians from across the country.
Check out our Knowledge Resources
View and download over 100 publications, toolkits, education videos, and more.
Check it out
Earn CME Credit
Get access to 50+ webinars and talks, and start earning CME credit today by registering an account to track your learning.
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Leaving Site
Below are some resources to serve your healthcare facility join the HEI training requirements.
Internal Trainings
Facilities wishing to create their have training are highly encouraged to reference the instruction LGBTQ Cultural Competency Trainings created by a national panel of experts in a process co-led by the National LGBT Cancer Network and Whitman-Walker Institute. This best practices instruction provides a clear roadmap for designing a roomy range of trainings, includes guidelines for selecting the best training methods, and provides a clear evidence-based foundation for developing evaluation tools. Most importantly, it offers a simple setup of adaptable building blocks to design a top-notch LGBTQ+ cultural competency development, all based on measurable goals of changing facts, attitudes, and behavior in health and human service providers.
Many healthcare facilities operate with either their local LGBTQ+ Center or their statewide LGBTQ+ organization on their LGBTQ+ health equity and cultural competency trainings. We encourage you to reach out to these organizations to see if they provide training or can consult with you on the development of your own inter
Public Training Series
What’s in a label? In this session, examine how labels are used, the blurry boundaries between them, and the ways they can both empower and hinder us.
Facilitator: Katelyn King
Watch recording
The US gay lexicon has developed in extraordinary ways, as it is both designed for visibility and must sometimes hide in plain sight; both broad (“queer”) and specific (“aroace homoflexible demigirl”); both changes rapidly and has a long history. This session will explore topics such as microlabels and label abolitionism, gender non-conforming label policing, nonverbal communication and “signalling”, and online vs in-real-life queer tradition. We will also use a critical lens to realize the ways in which queer culture and labels are impacted by colonialism and white supremacy.
Facilitator: Katelyn King
Watch the recording
How can we become advocates within our own organizations – or even with partner organizations – to name and resolve barriers to equity and inclusion? This session will discuss ways to approach tough conversations about institutional barriers with a positive, open attitude that fosters col
We Are The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
We provide educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people.
Ready to Learn?
Access our extensive library of webinars, publications, and more, and make CME credit on eligible materials.
Get Started
Want to Connect?
Interested in a speaker or training at your organization? Looking for additional resources? Get in touch with us today!
Contact Us
Ready to Learn?
Our library is unclosed. We’re proud to provide no-cost educational materials on the latest developments, issues, and best practices in providing affirming LGBTQIA+ healthcare, by leading researchers and clinicians from across the country.
Check out our Knowledge Resources
View and download over 100 publications, toolkits, education videos, and more.
Check it out
Earn CME Credit
Get access to 50+ webinars and talks, and start earning CME credit today by registering an account to track your learning.
S
Leaving Site
Below are some resources to serve your healthcare facility join the HEI training requirements.
Internal Trainings
Facilities wishing to create their have training are highly encouraged to reference the instruction LGBTQ Cultural Competency Trainings created by a national panel of experts in a process co-led by the National LGBT Cancer Network and Whitman-Walker Institute. This best practices instruction provides a clear roadmap for designing a roomy range of trainings, includes guidelines for selecting the best training methods, and provides a clear evidence-based foundation for developing evaluation tools. Most importantly, it offers a simple setup of adaptable building blocks to design a top-notch LGBTQ+ cultural competency development, all based on measurable goals of changing facts, attitudes, and behavior in health and human service providers.
Many healthcare facilities operate with either their local LGBTQ+ Center or their statewide LGBTQ+ organization on their LGBTQ+ health equity and cultural competency trainings. We encourage you to reach out to these organizations to see if they provide training or can consult with you on the development of your own inter
Public Training Series
What’s in a label? In this session, examine how labels are used, the blurry boundaries between them, and the ways they can both empower and hinder us.
Facilitator: Katelyn King
Watch recording
The US gay lexicon has developed in extraordinary ways, as it is both designed for visibility and must sometimes hide in plain sight; both broad (“queer”) and specific (“aroace homoflexible demigirl”); both changes rapidly and has a long history. This session will explore topics such as microlabels and label abolitionism, gender non-conforming label policing, nonverbal communication and “signalling”, and online vs in-real-life queer tradition. We will also use a critical lens to realize the ways in which queer culture and labels are impacted by colonialism and white supremacy.
Facilitator: Katelyn King
Watch the recording
How can we become advocates within our own organizations – or even with partner organizations – to name and resolve barriers to equity and inclusion? This session will discuss ways to approach tough conversations about institutional barriers with a positive, open attitude that fosters col