SOTR 2016: Ally Training for Study Abroad Advisors

Presenters: Scott Tayloe and Kris Holloway, CISabroad and Dr. Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
LGBTQ students are proud of their campus communities but often don't go into their study abroad offices for fear their questions won't be answered. For a transgender student, can they access their medications abroad? For a gay student, what homestay families are gay-friendly? In this interactive session, we will share lessons learned from Ally training to help study abroad advisors be inclusive in their advising, share a questionnaire to assess how LGBTQ-friendly existing overseas programs are (ex. gender neutral bathrooms), and hear how to partner with LGBTQ Centers on campus.
This webinar was originally recorded April 21, 2016.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a professional development space on sexual orientation and gender identity in international education, including occasional in-person conferences as well as webinar series. These programs are sponsored by the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information on SOTR 2016 visit: sites.google.c...