On Wednesday, May 2, Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer presented a special online webinar discussing LGBT-inclusive college recruitment and admissions.

Campus Pride is offering you the opportunity to watch the webinar online for free. Click here to watch the approximately hour-long presentation.

About the Webinar: Gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk often touted: “We’re here to recruit you.” His comment was poking fun at the adage but yet in the same breath advocated boldly for greater LGBT visibility. Over the last few years, a growing visible population of LGBT youth have emerged for college recruitment and retention efforts. These out LGBT and ally youth want to find colleges that not only meet their academic needs but also provide a welcoming, safe, accepting environment. More and more colleges want to actively reach out to these LGBT youth and share their LGBT-friendly programs and services. Campus Pride provides an analysis of LGBT recruitment and retention trends and observations from its National LGBT-Friendly College Fair Program and its LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index . The webinar will also feature a panel of guests from some of the leading LGBT-Friendly colleges and universities across the country. Learn how your campus can recruit out LGBT students and provide retention services.

Take Action: LGBT-Inclusive Outreach Opportunities

Learn more about LGBT-inclusive outreach and recruiting opportunities for your college or university through Campus Pride's annual LGBT-Friendly College Fair Program. Running August through November, the fair will tour Charlotte, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas and New York City. Learn more and register at www.campusprideindex.org/events/.

Join Campus Pride for a special webinar this week on Wednesday, April 18, with young adult marriage equality advocate and straight ally Zach Wahls. A perfect addition to your campus' LGBT programming!

AS SEEN ON YOUTUBE: “My Two Moms” or Everything I Needed to Know About Gay Marriage I Learned in Debate Class with guest presenter Zach Wahls, “That Kid from YouTube” and Author of the new book “My Two Moms”

Click here to learn more about this webinar and others, and register your campus for $95 and be entered into a drawing to win FREE REGISTRATION for a student from your campus to attend the 2012 Camp Pride Summer Leadership Program, July 17-22, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Webinar Details:
Thursday, April 19, 3p.m. Eastern/Noon Pacific (50-75 minutes)
Only $95 per site includes web recording

Zach Wahls, 20, is known as “that kid from YouTube with two moms.” His passionate testimony before the Iowa General Assembly against a proposed anti-LGBT constitutional amendment was the number one YouTube "Political
Video" of 2011. Today Zach continues his national advocacy speaking in favor of marriage equality and will release his new memoir titled My Two Moms on April 26, 2012.This webinar will provide a 35,000-foot analysis of the same-sex marriage debate and unpack some of the most common arguments heard from the other side. After assessing the arguments, we’ll look at the most effective ways to counter them (i.e. don’t be afraid to call out someone playing the “as a straight person, my rights are under attack” card.) as well as the least effective ways to counter them. There is an art to argumentation that has to be learned and practiced, and while this workshop certainly won’t teach you everything you need to know, it will give participants of all ages a foundation on which to further build debate and communication skills. It will also offer seasoned spokespeople some tips to further refine their messaging. Wahls will also speak to his own experience and what his journey as a LGBT advocate.

Participants will:

• Understand the nature and context of the national marriage debate.
• Be able to respond to the five most frequent arguments against marriage.
• Learn why sometimes the best argument is one you don’t have to make.
• Avoid some of the simple mistakes that, as activists, we tend to accidentally make all the time and
• without realizing we’ve done so.
• Learn from Wahls story of his family and how his life has been forever changed.

This special April 18 webinar makes a perfect addition to your campus' LGBT programming! Invite as many attendees -- students, staff or faculty -- to attend your viewing of the webinar and use a screen projector to increase audience size! Great for Pride Week activities and other LGBT campus events!

Other upcoming webinars...

To Ask or Not to Ask: LGBT Identity Questions on National Research and College Forms, April 19
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LGBT College Students: Use and Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs, April 25
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Shining Light on the Whole Spectrum: How to Embrace Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid And Questioning Students Through Programming And Practice, April 26
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We’re Here to Recruit You: College Admissions & LGBT Students, May 2
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NOTE: The following webinar originally slated for Wednesday, March 21, 2012, has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2012, 3 p.m. Learn more about the webinar below and register your campus today.

Take diversity to the next level and learn more about how to embrace bisexual, pansexual, fluid and questioning students in programming and practice at our upcoming April 26, 2012, webinar with national bisexual speaker, activist, writer and editor Robyn Ochs.

Click here to learn more and register your campus for $95 and be entered into a drawing to win FREE REGISTRATION for a student from your campus to attend the 2012 Camp Pride Summer Leadership Program, July 17-22, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Webinar Details: Thursday, April 26, 3p.m. EST/Noon PST (50-75 minutes)
A recent Williams Institute study has shown that slightly more people self-identify as bisexual than as lesbian or gay. Yet on most campuses there are few visible out bisexual individuals, and little programming is targeted toward this population. This webinar will identify the population in question, explore reasons for bisexual invisibility, and provide ideas for passive and active programming to help campuses better serve this population.

Participants will:

• Identify the population being underserved
• Explore challenges to recognizing and serving this population
• Be given (and brainstorm) suggestions for passive and active programming and education

Guest Presenter Biography:
Robyn Ochs is a national speaker, an award-winning activist, and the editor of the 42-country anthology, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World. Her writings have been published in numerous bi, women's studies, multicultural, and GLBT anthologies. Robyn has taught courses on LGBT history & politics in the United States, the politics of sexual orientation, & the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay|straight, masculine|feminine, black|white &/or male | female. An advocate for the rights of people of ALL orientations and genders to live safely, openly and with full legal equality, Robyn’s work focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of complex identities, and mobilizing people to be powerful allies to one another within and across identities and social movements. Robyn serves on the faculty of Campus Pride Summer Camp. www.robynochs.com.

Other upcoming webinars...

How To Create A Safe Space Program For Your Campus Police, April 12
Learn more or register now...

AS SEEN ON YOUTUBE: “My Two Moms” or Everything I Needed to Know About Gay Marriage I Learned in Debate Class, with special guest presenter Zach Wahls, April 18
Learn more or register now...

To Ask or Not to Ask: LGBT Identity Questions on National Research and College Forms, April 19
Learn more or register now...

LGBT College Students: Use and Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs, April 25
Learn more or register now...

We’re Here to Recruit You: College Admissions & LGBT Students, May 2
Learn more or register now...

Campus Pride Spring 2012 Webinar Series offers progressive ideas and solutions to the LGBTQ-inclusive challenges and opportunities facing your campus and community

Campus Pride is excited to announce our Spring 2012 Webinar Series! Presented in partnership with CampusSpeak, the webinar series aims to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States.

There's lots of great things in store this season, as we discuss:

• Strategic planning for LGBTQ inclusion in higher education
• Policies and practices to embrace bisexual, pansexual, fluid and questioning students
• Creating a safe space program for your campus police department
• The national debate on marriage equality, with special guest presenter Zach Wahls
• How to ask, or if to ask, about sexual and gender identity on research and college application forms
• Alcohol and drug use and abuse among LGBTQ students
• College admissions and LGBTQ students

Each webinar lasts approximately 50-75 minutes and costs just $95 per site -- as many students, faculty or staff as you would like can join in on the webinar. Plus... When you register for any webinar, your college/university has a chance to win a FREE REGISTRATION ($895 value) for a student to attend the 2012 Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp in July.

Learn more about each of our webinar programs this spring after the jump...

Next Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, you're invited to join Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer and Campus Pride's Queer Research Institute for Higher Education scholar and 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People co-author Sue Rankin, associate professor in education policy studies/college student affairs at The Pennsylvania State University, for a special webinar exploring critical issues for LGBT student safety and inclusion on college campuses.

From PaperClip Communications: "This fall, Elmhurst College (IL) became the first college in the nation to ask applicants about sexual orientation. Other colleges are considering this move as well as other ways that they can create a more welcoming environment for their LGBT population on campus. While there have been strides in understanding concerns relevant to the LGBT population, it is essential that academia address the emerging issues and concerns impacting LGBT people within institutions of higher education. The Campus Pride "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People" revealed an alarming degree of harassment and discrimination toward LGBT people."

Learn more about the webinar and sign up...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Looking Beyond Transgender Day of Remembrance: Educating Campus Communities about the Lives of Transgender People

Moderator: Shane Windmeyer, Campus Pride

Guest Presenters: Genny Beemyn, Ph.D, Director, The Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst & Nancy Jean Tubbs, Director, LGBT Resource Center, University of California, Riverside

3 p.m. EST - $95 per site includes web recording

Description: Although transgender and gender nonconforming people have become more visible on college campuses and in the media and popular culture over the last decade, many cisgender (non-transgender) faculty, staff, and students lack even a basic understanding of the lives of transgender individuals. Clearly work must be done to educate campus communities. This webinar will focus on how institutions can implement a campus-wide transgender ally training program or offer transgender ally training sessions for specific departments and offices. The presenters, who have extensive experience conducting transgender-focused trainings and presentations on college campuses, will discuss their strategies for educating different audiences and share the handouts and exercises that they use in different training sessions.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

CAMPUS PRIDE SERIES
Other, Please Specify: The Lives of Transgender People on Campus

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WHEN: Wednesday, March 16 :: 3 p.m. EST

WHO: Genny Beemyn, Ph.D., Director, the Stonewall Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Susan (Sue) Rankin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College Student Affairs and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education at The Pennsylvania State University

COST: $95 per site

Campus Pride is proud to feature this special webinar from scholars Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin and their forthcoming book The Lives of Transgender People (Columbia University Press). Based on interviews with 400 self-identified transgender people from throughout the United States, this webinar compares the experiences of individuals from different transgender groups and offers a series of “touchstones,” or significant life moments, in the gender identity development processes of the participants who identify as MTFs, FTMs, female-presenting crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. Participants will learn how the experiences of younger transgender people today differ from the experiences of previous transgender generations and how transgender youth are changing the definition of what it means to be transgender. This webinar is a "must" for any college wanting to understand and learn more about their transgender students, faculty and staff and how to create a safer, more welcoming campus for everyone.

Campus Pride has two great webinars coming up in our regular Campus Pride Webinar Series. Check them out below and register today! Don't miss out!

Get more information about our webinars, presented in partnership with CAMUSPEAK, at:
www.campuspride.org/webinarseries.asp

Stop The Hate: A Hate Crime Primer for College Staff, Faculty & Administrators

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WHEN: Wednesday, March 9:: 3 p.m. EST
WHO: Greg Miraglia, Dean of Career Technical Education/Napa Valley College Police Academy and National Program Coordinator for Stop The Hate and Shane Windmeyer, Founder of Stop The Hate
COST: $95 per site

Did you know that college and university campuses are the third most common place for a hate crime to occur? Student retention and persistence depend on having a safe place to live and learn on campus. Your campus should know what to do and how to respond if a hate crime happens. Learn "what your campus needs to know about hate crimes" including how the law defines a hate crime and the best practices for a response to a hate crime. Participants will examine real examples from campuses across the country and will get the latest information on hate crime trends. Key facts and figures will be shared from the nationally known Stop The Hate curriculum. This webinar is a necessary primer for all college staff, faculty and administrators.

Other, Please Specify: The Lives of Transgender People on Campus

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WHEN: Wednesday, March 16 :: 3 p.m. EST
WHO: Genny Beemyn, Ph.D., Director, the Stonewall Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Susan (Sue) Rankin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College Student Affairs and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education at The Pennsylvania State University
COST: $95 per site

Campus Pride is proud to feature this special webinar from scholars Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin and their forthcoming book The Lives of Transgender People (Columbia University Press). Based on interviews with 400 self-identified transgender people from throughout the United States, this webinar compares the experiences of individuals from different transgender groups and offers a series of “touchstones,” or significant life moments, in the gender identity development processes of the participants who identify as MTFs, FTMs, female-presenting crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. Participants will learn how the experiences of younger transgender people today differ from the experiences of previous transgender generations and how transgender youth are changing the definition of what it means to be transgender. This webinar is a "must" for any college wanting to understand and learn more about their transgender students, faculty and staff and how to create a safer, more welcoming campus for everyone.

Campus Pride is ramping up its Spring 2011 Webinar Series. There's lots of great things in store this season, as we discuss campus hate crimes, the lives of transgender people on campus, suicide prevention, creating change in intercollegiate athletics and LGBT-inclusive college admissions and recruiting.

Register for any webinar in the Campus Pride Series and have a chance to win a FREE registration ($795 value) for your college to attend the Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp in July 2011.

The webinar series, presented in partnership with CampusSpeak, aims to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States.

Read more about each of the webinars this spring after the jump and get in on the action!

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Campus Pride invites you to join us on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 2 p.m. EST for a webinar titled "What's Your Campus Climate: Supporting LGBT & Ally Students." The webinar was scheduled during National Coming Out Week as a way for campus communities to bring visibility to LGBT concerns and to gear up for the historic National Equality March on Sunday, October 11th, 2009.

Now you can learn if your campus is doing everything it should to actively support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) students within your campus community. Today, more than ever, your campus has the responsibility to implement LGBT-inclusive policies, programs and practices to encourage a safe, welcoming place for all students to learn, live and grow.

Take the opportunity to use this LIVE CAMPUSPEAK CONNECT webinar to re-energize, mobilize and connect students, faculty, staff and administrators on your campus to create change. Please join us for this exciting opportunity.

Lead with PRIDE,

Shane Windmeyer
Founder & Executive Director
Campus Pride