In this week’s episode, Shane Whalley (ze/hir) shares a bit about hir history of language and community. Learn about the differences between cultural competency, cultural humility, and cultural responsiveness. We also discuss honoring community organizations that have been doing the work to embrace the trans community and why acknowledging their history is important. Have you been wondering as a cisgender and heterosexual ally if you can use the term queer? Ze has some tips for you.

🎙️ Connect with Shane:

• LinkedIn
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• Website - Daring Dialogues
• Hir video for the Trans Lives/Trans Voices storytelling project created by Ground Floor Theatre: https://forge-forward.org/tdov-shane-whalley/

💻 Sources and resources from this episode:

• Campus Pride https://www.campuspride.org/
• The National LGBTQ Taskforce https://www.thetaskforce.org/
• allgo https://allgo.org/
• PFLAG https://pflag.org/ and their glossary https://pflag.org/glossary/
• Queer Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_Nation
• Want to practice pronouncing they/them, ze/hir/, e/em pronoun sets? You can hear them here https://en.pronouns.page/

Host Charlie Ocean, MSW (they/them), has a background in LGBTQ+ training, community organizing, and technology. Guest episodes feature at least one allyship tip, including tailored questions based on the guests' unique intersecting identities. You can follow Charlie on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack. *You will hear Charlie's former name in this episode and others up through August 29th, 2023.*

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