LGBTQIA

I did not know what to expect out of this workshop just by the title of this email but I can honestly say that I ended up enjoying it. I though of this workshop to very informative on what LGBTQIA (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual) is and what are some of the resources for the people who classified themselves under one of these categories. They mentioned that a lot of times individuals might feel out of place at the workplace because of their identity and recommended to do research on the institution they are applying to work for before applying. Doing research before applying for a position is important regardless whether or not you are LGBTQIA, this way you can somewhat predict if you are going to be confortable in the workplace. I think it is very important for the rest of us to not be judgmental of someone’s sexuality in the workplace and instead try to create an area where they can feel confortable.

            Working for ASU I have done a couple of trainings where we are told how to treat each other in the workplace in order to create a save and confortable environment for everyone. Personally, I do not thing that these trainings are anything out of the ordinary. As long as we treat each other with respect and know what our boundaries are everything should be fine, but I do understand that maybe that might not be so obvious for some other people.