 | Don't assume that everyone is heterosexual. |
| Avoid using terms like "boyfriend" and "girlfriend," try using "partner"
or "spouse" instead. |
| I am not likely to hear intimate self-disclosures. |
| Review your office's publications. Suggest changes to remove non-inclusive
language and to include pictorial representations of people who are gay,
lesbian, or bisexual. |
| Acquaint yourself with people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or
transgendered. Learn about the culture that is unique to the G/L/B community.
Read books, make a friend, attend a talk or celebrate with them. |
| Avoid homophobic remarks, jokes, and statements. As you feel confortable,
confront these actions of hatred. |
| Create an atmosphere of acceptance in your surrounding environment through
education. Share your experience with others. |
| Provide informed referral by learning the resources available to gay,
lesbian, and bisexual people in your area and share the information. |
| Learn the developmental process of coming out that is unique to the gay,
lesbian, and bisexual experience. |
| Join with gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons to protect their civil rights
and constitutional freedoms. |
| If you have identified your affectional feelings as gay, lesbian, or
bisexual, consider coming out to others and work to provide a role model for
students, faculty, and staff. |
