Explora(on

of Leadership
Programs for LGBTQ Leaders in the
Pacic Northwest
Domonique Crosby, Taylor Dukes, Samantha Garcia, Jake Hartz,
Ti Hayes, Bobby Helton, and Dario Ogaz

Pride Foundation
Mission

Work

Pride FoundaDon inspires

Provide scholarships and fellowships

for post-secondary LGBTQ students

Provide grants to community

organizaDons focused on the LGBTQ
community

Work to educate LGBTQ community

leaders

Work on the following iniDaDves:

Racial Equality IniDaDve

Queer youth homelessness iniDaDve

Shareholder Advocacy

giving to expand
opportuniDes and advance
full equality for LGBTQ people
across the Northwest.

Serving
Pride FoundaDon is a regional

community foundaDon
serving the Northwest region
of Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Washington.

Objectives
Explore current leadership programs in place

around the Northwest

Assess their viability and congruence with the Pride

FoundaDons needs

Present our recommendaDons to the Pride

FoundaDon board

Goals
Deepen our understanding of the LGBTQ leadership development landscape in
our region.

Aligned ASLP Goals:

IdenDfy individual, interpersonal, and insDtuDonal structures that support or

impede social jusDce.

Expand and apply knowledge and understanding of concepts, theories, and
frameworks relevant to social jusDce, oppression/injusDce and alliance/
advocacy.

Develop our capacity to deliver high quality leadership development programs

for an expanded demographic, with inten(onal focus on marginalized
iden((es.

Aligned ASLP Goals:

CriDcally analyze a range of social jusDce issues including those relevant to the

foundaDons of educaDon, democracy, and ones own profession.

Develop and rene human relaDons skillsincluding leadership, communicaDon,
collaboraDon, conict resoluDon, and cross-cultural skillsfor eecDvely
addressing social jusDce issues.

Our Process
Met with Pride FoundaDon team to determine needs and goals/
outcomes of project
Gunner Sco[: Director of Programs & our contact in this process
Kris Hermanns: ExecuDve Director
Katelen Kellogg: Interim Community Giving Manager & had done

previous research on leadership development programs

Divided region and began research of leadership development

workshops and training opportuniDes in each state

Met with Gunner to receive feedback, direcDon for conDnued
research, and guidance for nal presentaDon to board
Finalized plan and compiled presentaDon

Leadership Program Recommendations

AORTA (AnD-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)
Specializes in facilitaDng group intersecDonal workshops around issues

of social jusDce and liberaDon.

Workshops with the goal of strengthening social jusDce movements

Examine systems of power, privilege, and oppression and how they operate

on individual, insDtuDonal, and cultural levels.

Work to expand capacity of cooperaDve, collecDve, and community based

projects through educaDon, training, and organizaDonal planning

Chosen because the organizaDon uses an intersecDonal approach in

their work to uproot all systems of oppression.

Leadership Program Recommendations

Rural Development IniDaDves
We are a nonprot dedicated to helping rural communiDes and

people achieve the visions and goals they set for themselves. Weve
worked with over 300 rural communiDes as neutral conveners,
facilitators, and advisors. RDI Website
Statewide (Oregon) and regional iniDaDves
Ford Leadership InsDtute
Networking events
Rural Nonprot Conferences
MulDcultural Services (LaDno focused)

Focus on leadership development, rural economic vitality, and

coaliDon building

Leadership Program Recommendations

Dale Carnegie Training
Leadership Training program that specializes in online training that is

available naDonally and regionally

Oers a mulDtude of webinars and applicaDons around leadership
development
Examples: Virtual MeeDng Training, Mentorship Webinar
Flexible in terms of content and Dmeline

Online plaform allows for uniformity in training across regions, giving the Pride

FoundaDons up and coming LGBTQ leaders a universal experience.

We recommend this opDon because it would allow the Pride

FoundaDon to choose from a variety of online training modules and

implement them in a customized Dmeframe.
Would allow Pride FoundaDon to oer training based on the needs of
their regional leaders and volunteers.

Ac(vity:
ISM Bingo

Ableism

The all-encompassing system of discriminaDon and

exclusion of people living with disabiliDes.

(Casteeda et al. 2000, p. 461)

Ableism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

Ableist and cisnormaDve hierarchies construct what is seen as

legiDmate and illegiDmate reasons for body modicaDon

or transiDon (Baril & Trevenen, 2014, p. 407)

Sex-assignment at birth is also based on medical and cultural

normaliDes (Colligan, 2000, p. 490)

ExpectaDons to mentally mirror our physical appearance

Visibility and visuality can produce negaDve eects for those

whose bodies are deemed unnatural

Ageism
The discriminaDon of elders because they are stereotyped
as being "senile, rigid in thought and manner, old fashion
in morality and skills.

(Adams et. al, 2010)

Ageism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

Lack of recogniDon for elders that idenDfy as LGBTQ

are disregarded for their eorts in equality and

understanding.

LGBTQ is perceived as a young persons community

that excludes older generaDons.

Classism
Prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a
parDcular social class.

(Adams et al., 2010)

Classism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

As LGBTQ idenDDes become more accepted in mainstream

society, class begins to play a role within the community.

When ghDng for equality, the unequal playing elds of
socio-economic status and access didnt seem to ma[er so
much, but now that the ght seems to have died down, class
lines have become more visible within the community. This is
a signicant issue that Pride FoundaDon volunteers should be
aware of and work to alleviate.

Linguicism
DiscriminaDon based parDcularly on language, Ded to
discriminaDon based on race, ethnicity, and class.

(Schniedewind and Davidson, 2000)

Linguicism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

People who do not speak proper English are ooen wri[en

o as less intelligent and unimportant in conversaDon.

IntersecDon with race and ethnicity: POC, immigrant communiDes,

etc.

Important to examine accessibility of language around sex,

gender, gender idenDty, etc.

Language constructed by academics/those with access to educaDon

Racism
Ideology based on racial prejudice that is systemized
through the advantage based on race.

(Adams et al., 2010)

Racism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

Double Minority
Not accepted in either

community

Racism within this idenDty

group keeps people form

uniDng

Eurocentric focus of LGBTQ

equality ght ostracizes

queer people of color.

Stereotypes collide
Asian-American LGBTs are

viewed as more passive

and feminine, while
African-American LGBTs
are viewed as more
masculine and aggressive

White voices in the ght

quiet those of people of

color

Religious Oppression
The social structures, federal and local policies, and
cultural pracDces that maintain religious
hegemony.
(Adams et al., 2010)

Religious Oppression
& LGBTQ Intersectionality
In the LGBTQ community, many

are shunned from their own

communiDes of faith because
of their sexual orientaDon,
gender idenDty, and/or gender
expression.

Others may be sDgmaDzed

within the LGBTQ community

because of their religious
beliefs. Many in the
communitys experiences with
various religions, make them
distrusful of those sDll
pracDcing.

Sexism
DiscriminaDon based on gender.

(Adams et al., 2010)

Sexism & LGBTQ Intersectionality

By not living up to normaDve masculine standards of daDng

women, gay men are emasculated and seen as less than

men.

A sexist hierarchy exists in the LGBTQ community that reects

larger society. That is, white gay men are epitomized.

As a result, femininity is devalued. This is apparent in venues

such as gay bars that discriminate against women.

DiscriminaDon against individuals that do not play into the

strict masculine/feminine binary exists in the gay community.

Those who do not fall into a clearly masculine or feminine
category are sDgmaDzed.

Propose Board PresentaDon

Upon compleDon of the Academic Service Learning Project, we will present our research
to the Pride FoundaDons Board of Directors and Sta. Our extensive research will
provide the Pride FoundaDon with leadership development opportuniDes for their
community organizers located in ve states in the Pacic Northwest region.
AddiDonally, the Pride FoundaDon will receive a web-based training aimed at educaDng
community acDvists, organizers, and volunteers on the importance of intersecDonality
in LGBTQ work.