Making Your Classroom More Inclusive

Thank you for taking the initiative to look for resources to make your curriculum and classroom more inclusive.

This guide is meant to serve as a starting point for instructors and professors to create welcoming classrooms at colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ students. There are universal strategies and approaches in the guide, in addition to specific strategies for certain areas of study.

Here are some places to start:

• Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education: Self-Assessment Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Programs and Services
• Creating a Positive Work Environment for LGBT Faculty: What Higher Education Unions Can Do
• Syracuse University: Interrupting Heteronormativity

Trainings:

• UR Trainings available for faculty and staff
• New York State Union of Teachers Training Resources

Organizations:

• Consortium of Higher Education Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Professionals
• Affordable Colleges Online: LGBTQ Friendly Colleges & Student Resources
• Campus Pride
• PFLAG

Resources:

• National Center for Transgender Equality: Youth & Students
• Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education: Gender and Sexuality Resources