This handout is used for gender and sexuality workshops (GSW) our University's LGBT Resource Center uses for training requests from student, faculty, staff and community groups. I created this handout and the GSW logo that we now use. I have been an integral part in redeveloping our training programs' curricula, branding, and efficacy.

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University of Utah
200 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm. 409 (A. Ray Olpin Student Union)
Office: 801-587-7973
Fax: 801-581-3507
Website: www.lgbt.utah.edu
Mission Statement
The Gender and Sexuality Workshop aims to foster an environment of inclusion for
LGBTQIA* individuals on campus and in the surrounding community. The program
raises awareness through:
 Educating individuals on LGBTQIA* issues relating to gender and
sexuality and how one can intervene when they witness
discrimination.
 Creating brave spaces that challenge institutional and interpersonal
forms of oppression.
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Ally
Space
Privilege
Ego
How Can Identifying as an Ally become Problematic?
 Conversations are most often centered on the ego and
privilege of the Ally
 With the ego and privilege of a person being centered,
more space is taken discussing what the Ally should do
with their privilege
 The result of taking up this space is promoting a good ally,
rather than the identities that allies should be promoting
 In order to promote themselves, Allies may often exploit,
or act as if to “save” oppressed identities.
 With this ego, space and privilege, Allies are in a position
to navigate through a community without actually doing
anything for it.
 These behaviors feed into the Ally Industrial Complex.
The accomplice: In order to move away from the Ally Industrial Complex, the Accomplice seeks to strategically
exploit their own privilege, following the lead of members within a marginalized community to map out systematic
forms of oppression and marginalization. Accomplices are aware that they may not know what makes most
strategic sense; not reacting out of guilt, they are transparent in their process and understand solutions will often not
come from them. The accomplice may jeapordize their own privileges and postional power.
Assigned
Sex at
Birth
Gender
Identity
Gender
Expression
Sexual
Orientation
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The Ally vs the accomplice

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Resource List
LGBT Resource Center
http://www.lgbt.utah.edu
Services
 Computers (10 pages printing free
a day)
 Study space and conference room
 LGBTQIA* Library
 Presentations on a range of topics
for any and all populations
 Panels
 Mentoring Program
 Consultations as Needed
Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians
and Gays (PFLAG)
http://www.pflag.org
Q Pages: Utah’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgender, & Ally Directory
http://qpages.gaysaltlake.com/
Queers in Herstory
http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530/queerhis.htm
Safe 2 Pee
http://www.safe2pee.org
The Family Acceptance Project
http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/=
List is not comprehensive. Please contact
the LGBT Resource Center for more, and
more specific resources
Suggested Local and National
Groups/Organizations
Asexual Aces: Facebook Community
www.facebook.com/a.aces.page?fref=ts
Black Lives Matter
blacklivesmatter.com
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
familiatqlm.org
facebook.com/Familiaqlm
Trans Utah Community
facebook.com/groups/utahtga/
collective/
Trans Women of Color Collective
twoc.us
facebook.com/pages/trans-women-of-color-
Suggested Further Reading and Sources
Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally
Industrial Complex (where we got it from)
indigenousaction.org/accomplices-not-allies-
abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex/
Angry Homosexual
facebook.com/srssux
Dark Matter: Artists
darkmatterpoetry.com
facebook.com/darkmatterpoetry
Everyday Feminism: Daily and Weekly
Articles
everydayfeminism.com
Son of Baldwin: Society Culture/Website
facebook.com/sonofbaldwinfb?fref=ts