Rainbow Optimist Club
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO, INC.
Bettering the lives of LGBT2Q+ rural youth, their families, and their communities in Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford Counties.
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Articles & Other Resources
Articles
Municipal World: Free to be me
Growing your Workforce: Safe Space for Workplaces
Resource Guide and Active Listening
LGBT2SQ - A Resource Guide
10 steps to Better Active Listening
Creating Safer Spaces Workshop Videos:
The Royal Society Presents: Understanding Unconscious Bias
Elemy recently created a free educational guide covering autism and gender identity. This resource highlights research about gender identity, dysphoria, and diversity in neurodivergent individuals as well as information on support groups for those with autism spectrum disorder and gender identity diversity. Resources for Gender Identity & Autism
An Easy Guide To Gender-Inclusive Language: https://word.tips/gender-inclusive-language/
The 519
Pride understanding is a communication tool designed to start a conversation to increase GENDER DIVERSITY LITERACY.
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Additional Videos and resource
This is an extensive glossary of terms and definitions as they relate to various communities. Comes in a downloadable format as well: www.the519.org/education-training/glossary
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Another resource from the 519
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