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BSA webinar – Are you ready for…International Pronouns Day?, 22.09.21
22 September @ 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Course Outline
The webinar aims to support participants to confidently understand and use LGBT+ terminology and language with a focus on International Pronouns Day (October 20).
Training topics will include:
- Discuss LGBT+ language, its history and why and how it has changed
- Explore heteronormative and cisnormative practices and consider a gender-free model
- Experience real life examples from partner schools, through films, language and resources
- Empower schools to make positive changes for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Learning outcomes:
- Increased understanding of LGBT+ terminology
- Resources to use in schools to promote understanding
- Increased understanding of the emotional significance of pronouns, as well as practical reasons.
Audience:
- SLT, Deputy Head, Inclusion Lead, Head of Boarding, Teaching and Boarding staff.
Cost:
- Full Member – £60
- Additional Full Member – £15
- Affiliate Member £90
- Additional Affiliate Member £20
- Non-member – £120
Speaker: Dr Elly Barnes MBE, Founder and CEO, Educate & Celebrate
Dr Elly Barnes MBE is a long-serving teacher, founder and CEO of Educate & Celebrate, an LGBT+ education charity that empowers and supports leadership teams, governors, teachers, pupils and parents to build a future of inclusion and social justice in their communities.
Beginning in the UK in 2005 and spearheading the Department for Education HBT anti-bullying project, Elly went on to be voted No: 1 in The Independent on Sunday’s Rainbow List 2011 for her commitment to LGBT+ in education and DIVA Activist of the Year 2018. Throughout the development of her pioneering PRIDE in Inclusion Award Programme, Elly formed a close partnership with Goldsmiths University of London and together with Dr Anna Carlile wrote a book called How to Transform Your School into an LGBT+ Friendly Place: A Practical Guide for nursery, primary and secondary teachers released in March 2018.
