This course introduces the importance and elements of safe, inclusive workspaces for transgender persons – those identifying as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. This course will offer an introduction to terminology, elements, policies, and resources to build and sustain a safe, inclusive environment for transgender employees and increase the comfort level and productivity of everyone in an organization.

Transgender people deserve equal treatment in the workplace and your students can learn here how to provide it.

The course will help students:

• understand the importance of inclusivity in the workplace
• increase understanding of transgender people
• explore biases and misconceptions
• how to identify and implement elements to support a safe, inclusive workplace.

Course Topics:

Session One: Course Overview

Session Two: Overview of Transgender People in the Workplace

• Introduction
• Making Connections
• Importance of Transgender Inclusivity
• History of Transgender in the Workplace
• Inviting Transgender Inclusivity

Session Three: Beliefs and Attitudes

• Know Your Bias
• Own your reality
• Making Connections
• Challenging prejudice
• Naming the problem
• Challenging the problem
• Why do this?
• Making Connections

Session Four: Power of Language

• Pronouns
• Gender Identity

Session Five: Safe Spaces

• Setting a Goal for Safe Spaces
• Verbal and Emotional Environment
• Physical Environment

Session Six: Inclusive Community

• Being an Ally
• Elements of an Ally
• Steps and Progress

Session Seven: Resource Location and Development

• Importance of Resources
• Internal Resources
• Workplace Human Rights Policy
• Policy Roadmap
• Recommended Reading List
• Personal Action Plan