How to Empower & Support Transgender Students
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
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- Review the history of the transgender rights movement
- Define the key language and terminology needed to advocate for trans students
- Explore findings from the most recent U.S. Trans Survey
- Implement strategies to support trans students in the classroom
- Implement strategies to support trans students in university activities
- Implement strategies to support trans students in activism
- Practice proper pronoun etiquette and avoid deadnaming
Instructor
Angel Collie (he/him/his) serves as the Assistant Director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at Duke University, having previously served as the Assistant Director of the LGBTQ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Angel is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School where he focuses on providing spiritual and pastoral care within queer and trans communities. In addition to his professional and academic work, Angel serves on Duke’s Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies Transgender Roundtable, as the secretary for The Freedom Center for Social Justice board, on the Church Council at United Church of Chapel Hill and is co-faculty for the Transgender Seminarian Leadership Cohort. He previously completed his Master’s in Divinity from Yale Divinity School as well as his BA in Religious Studies with minors in both Women’s Studies and Sexuality Studies from UNC Chapel Hill. As a trans man, himself, Angel is a passionate and popular trainer on topics related to supporting and empowering members of the LGBTQ community as well as allies.
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