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About the Center
Founded in the spring of 2011, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or Questioning Resource Center is a branch of the Office of Student Life and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which is a part of the Division of Student Affairs.
Born of the growing diversity of the student body, faculty, and staff at Lawrence Tech. The mission of the LGBTQ Resource Center is to provide resources for LGBTQ students, faculty, staff and allies, to promote and document safe spaces and allies both on campus and in the local community.
Currently the center is located only on the Lawrence Tech servers in virtual form. Students are encouraged to stop by the Office of Student Life or Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to learn more.
The Lawrence Tech Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or Questioning Resource Center is a proud supporter of Lawrence Tech’s LGBT and ally student organization OUT! at LTU with Friends.
To achieve our mission, we provide various resources or links to resources for students, faculty, and staff regarding the LGBTQ+ community on campus, locally, and nationally. In addition, through our ally training program, Blue Devil Project Safe, we provide students, faculty, and staff with the information and resources to be visible and effective allies for the LGBTQ+ community on campus.
We hope that as the university grows and develops, we will as well. In the future, there will hopefully be a space on campus so we may provide better resources and help for the Lawrence Tech LGBTQ+ community.
An ally to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) community is any person who affirms the experiences and rights of LGBT People. Allies make a conscious effort to fight heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia.
Any person, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, can be an LGBT Ally. Allies are a key part of the work of the Resource Center and help us extend our reach beyond our grasp.
In relation to issues of oppression, an ally is defined as “a person who is a member of the ‘dominant’ or ‘majority’ group who works to end oppression in his or her personal and professional life through support of, and as an advocate with and for, the oppressed population.” The following are four basic levels of ally development and are related specifically to becoming and ally to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning persons.
Awareness is the first level. It is important to become more aware of who you are and how you are different from and similar to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Such awareness can be gained through conversations with LGBTQ individuals, attending awareness building workshops, reading about LGBT culture, and by self-examination.
Knowledge/education is the second level. You must begin to acquire knowledge about sexual orientation and what the experience is for LGBT people in this country. This step includes learning about laws, policies and practices and how they affect LGBT persons in addition to educating yourself about LGBT culture and the norms of this community.
Skills make up the third level. This area is the one in which people often fall short because of fear or lack of resources or support. You must develop skills in communicating the knowledge that you have learned. These skills can be acquired through attending workshops, role playing situations with friends, developing support connections, and practicing interventions or awareness training in safe settings. An example may include confronting a student after hearing them tell a homophobic joke.
Action is the last but most important level. This is the most frightening step. There are many challenges and liabilities for heterosexuals in taking actions to end oppression of LGBT people. However, action is, without a doubt, the only way that we can affect change in the society as a whole; for, if we keep our awareness, knowledge, and skills to ourselves, we deprive the rest of the world of what we have learned, thus keeping them from having the fullest possible life.
There are many opportunities to learn how to be a better ally on campus as well as in your community. As part of our mission to create and maintain a safe campus environment, we have created a continually-growing list of Allies On Campus. To be included in this list you must first participate in our Project Safe Training. After completing the training, you will be offered the opportunity to be included on our Allies list and will receive the Blue Devil Project Safe logo to hang on the door or window of your office, identifying you as a campus ally.
Kim Jerdine
Director of Residence Life
University Housing
Taubman Student Services Center, C404
Dr. Scott Schneider
Associate Professor of Physics
Natural Sciences
Science Building, S234
Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) – Ann Arbor
Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) – Detroit
Blue Devil Project Safe is currently a three hour training designed to educate students, faculty, staff, and administration about the LGBT community on campus, locally, and nationally. Separate programs for students and faculty/staff are currently in development. Those who complete the training are offered the opportunity to be included on the Allies On Campus list and receive the Blue Devil Project Safe logo to hang on the door or window of their office or dorm, identifying them as a campus ally.
Blue Devil Project Safe is currently a three hour training designed to educate students, faculty, staff, and administration about the LGBT community on campus, locally, and nationally. Separate programs for students and faculty/staff are currently in development. Those who complete the training are offered the opportunity to be included on the Allies On Campus list and receive the Blue Devil Project Safe logo to hang on the door or window of their office or dorm, identifying them as a campus ally.
The mission of Project Safe is to provide a safe, nonjudgmental, and supporting campus environment for all Lawrence Tech students, faculty, staff, and allies who may have questions and/or concerns related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Project Safe also strives to identify and educate members of the campus community who are opened to and supportive of all individuals regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Project Safe strives to promote understanding and support for all members of the Lawrence Tech community. Project Safe Allies are committed to creating an environment where equality and justice will grow and flourish through showing love, understanding, and acceptance of others.
In Fall 2011 Project Safe was brought to Lawrence Tech, named and modeled after the LGBT-Ally training program from North Carolina State University’s GLBT Center, initially created in Spring 1997. Project Safe is under constant evolution as research is conducted at other campuses, such as the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and our own campus to discover truly the needs of and wants of LGBT people and their allies. Today, LTU’s Project Safe is maintained through a collaborative effort of the Office of the Dean of Students, the Office of Leadership Programs & First Year Experience, the Office of Student Engagement, and OUT! at LTU with Friends.
1. Develop Allies: The first goal of Project Safe is to create, develop, and train the Lawrence Tech community to serve as Allies. This goal will be accomplished through Project Safe trainings offered through the Multicultural Programs’ LGBT Resource Center.
2. Support the LGBT Campus Community: The second goal of Project Safe is to support the LGBT members of the campus community along with any visitors of Lawrence Tech. This goal will be accomplished through the Project Safe Allies, specifically trained to assist the community. In addition, resources received from training alongside online resources are available to any interested party searching education and support.
3. Educate the Campus Community: The third goal of Project Safe is to educate the campus community of LGBT issues and concerns. This goal will be accomplished through programs offered to the Lawrence Tech community about this information.
Blue Devil Project Safe exists to raise the cultural competence of the Lawrence Tech community of the LGBT population, provide assistance to an often marginalized student population through visible support, educate the campus population of LGBT issues and concerns, refer students, faculty, and staff to appropriate on-campus and off-campus resources for LGBT issues and concerns, and retain LGBT students at Lawrence Tech through assistance and visible support.
Blue Devil Project Safe DOES NOT force an individual or group to become an “ally” or “allies,” take a political stand or support any individual candidates or parties, change any person’s beliefs, nor recruit or change individuals who identify as heterosexual.
If you have any questions please contact, stuevent@ltu.edu.
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