Including Intersectional Identities in Services
People who belong to more than one marginalised group (e.g. LGBTI, disabled, neurodivergent, Black, Asian and minority ethnic) face multiple oppressions, discrimination and barriers, including erasure and exclusion from our own communities. This is often reflected in organisations that primarily focus on one protected characteristic and may not have the necessary knowledge to help service users with the barriers they may face because of the intersecting aspects of those identities. This can lead to attitudes and practices which make spaces unsafe or unwelcoming for those who may need to access them the most.
This free online training is aimed at helping organisations, including smaller community groups, become more inclusive of all their service users and respect every part of their identity. This inclusion work can start without a big budget or extra staff and benefit every service user regardless of their identities.
This training will help you to:
- Listen to the lived experience of people with intersectional identities.
- Learn the best terminology to use about LGBTI people and others.
- Identify barriers that people may face to participating in your service.
- Increase access and tackle discrimination.
- Integrate an intersectional approach across your service.
Who should attend?
This training is open to all paid and unpaid workers and volunteers in the third sector and small community groups who want to improve their intersectional inclusion.
The Trainers
James Verardi is a Training Officer with a particular interest in migration, gender, language, and the historical aspects of systemic oppression.
Rowan Alison is a Disability and Neurodiversity Inclusion Officer with a particular interest in mental health, disabled access, neurodiversity and bi+ issues.
About Equality Network
The Equality Network is a leading national charity working for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights in Scotland. We were part of the first project looking at intersectionality in Scotland and have since created publications, resources and training about including people whose identity falls in more than one marginalised group.
Access Needs
A Zoom link will be sent closer to the event.
There will be a comfort break around midway through the training.
If you have any access needs please contact jamesh@equality-network.org.
PDFs of training materials can be provided after the training. If you require notes before the training or in a different format, please contact James on the email above.
We will be using Zoom captioning.