speaking programs
What's Your Gay Point Average™?
Allies can be found everywhere on a college campus. The first step in becoming an ally is to find out how knowledgeable you are with sexual orientation and gender identity/expression issues - more precisely to find out your "Gay Point Average?" Believe it or not, sometimes a person's Gay Point Average is actually higher than their Grade Point Average. It is also important to understand what a campus can do to make itself a more LGBT-Friendly, safer and welcoming place for everyone. This program can be designed in a combination of educational formats as well as targeted for different audiences including students, student affairs professionals, faculty and high-level administrators.
Available Formats: Roundtable, Workshop, Seminar, Lecture
Target Audience(s): LGBT & Ally Students, Faculty, Administrators, Student Affairs Staff & Other Professionals, Residence Life Student and Professional Staff, Admissions Office Staff
Web Link: LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index
OutSpoken: Coming Out as an Ally
Gay or straight... Windmeyer opens the closet door that traditionally keeps students silenced on issues surrounding sexual orientation. He combines humor and his own personal experience to destroy stereotypes that perpetuate homophobia and sheds light on an often invisible segment of the college community - our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students. This program aims to educate and enlighten audience members on LGBT issues as well as motivate individuals to take the next step in coming out as visible allies and leaders for all people - including LGBT people.
Available Formats: Roundtable, Workshop, Rally, Seminar, Lecture
Target Audience(s): LGBT & Ally Students, Student Affairs Staff & Other Professionals, Residence Life Student and Professional Staff
Web Link: OutSpoken: Coming Out as an Ally
OUT & Greek:
Being LGBT in a College Fraternity & Sorority
Sisterhood, brotherhood, friendships for a lifetime... All of these are promises of Greek life, but what if a member happens to be gay? This interactive, fun and thought-provoking presentation explores some of the myths about being gay and allows for a greater understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression among all college students. Audience members will leave challenged to support their closeted or out LGBT fraternity/sorority members and work to build coalitions for change within Greek life.
Available Formats: Roundtable, Workshop, Seminar, Lecture
Target Audience(s): Fraternity & Sorority Communities, LGBT & Ally Students, Student Affairs Staff & Other Professionals
Web Link: Out & Greek: Being LGBT in a College Fraternity & Sorority
The Impact of Hate
Hate does not discriminate. Many of us do not understand the impact of bias and hate on a college campus. We do not even know the terminology of what is a hate crime and what is a hate incident? This program is designed to create a foundation of understanding surrounding hate crimes, to explore an individual's awareness of prejudice and to motivate individuals to make a difference in the larger campus community. Participants are "dared" individually to fight hate, rather than be a spectator!
Available Formats: Roundtable, Workshop, Seminar, Rally, Lecture
Target Audience(s): LGBT & Ally Students, Student Affairs Staff & Other Professionals, Fraternity & Sorority Communities, Residence Life Student and Professional Staff
Web Link: Stop The Hate