{"id":4634,"date":"2020-12-10T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/?page_id=4634"},"modified":"2020-12-10T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:55:58","slug":"lgbtq-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/who-we-are\/lgbtq-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Community for LGBTQ+ People of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The town of Manchester must work towards\n
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LGBTQ+ people of color.\n
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The intersectionality of two marginalized identities coming together puts BIPOC who identify as LGBTQ+ at a higher risk for violence and discrimination.<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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There must be guidance counselors of color in every school who have knowledge about and sensitivity towards specific issues regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Guidance counselors and school social workers must have LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency training in order to better understand and assist their student population.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Public and Academic libraries in town must focus on cultivating a diverse collection with #OwnVoices authors who write about the LGBTQ+ experience from a person of color\u2019s perspective. #OwnVoices, a term coined by the writer Corinne Duyvis,  books contain characters that have similar attributes and identities to the author, so they are more likely to accurately represent characters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We demand each Safe School Climate committee includes at least one member of color and at least one member who identifies as queer. A committee should be representative of the population.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We demand that every public building has gender neutral private bathrooms, so those who identify as transgender or non-binary can feel safe when addressing their basic needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Schools must provide reformative and\/or restorative justice for instances of bullying and hate speech towards the LGBTQ+ community. This would involve the students who perpetuated the violence to learn why their actions were harmful and make reparations to those who were hurt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The changing of names and gender pronouns must be accepted by the administration and respected by peers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The town of Manchester must work towards creating a more inclusive community for LGBTQ+ people of color. The intersectionality of two marginalized identities coming together puts BIPOC who identify as LGBTQ+ at a higher risk for violence and discrimination. There must be guidance counselors of color in every school who have knowledge about and sensitivity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1589,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}