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Association of LGBTQIA Employees

Northwest’s LGBTQIA Employee Resource Group serves to foster an inclusive, open campus community, advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and asexual people. The LGBTQIA ERG consists of LGBTQIA individuals interested in LGBTQIA issues for employees (administrators, staff, and faculty) at Northwest Missouri State University.

Our goals are to: 

• Foster a safe and comfortable environment for LGBTQIA students, faculty and staff
• Educate the University community about the lives & concerns of LGBTQIA individuals
• Provide positive role models of openly LGBTQIA faculty & staff as a support system for other LGBTQIA faculty, staff & students.
• Advocate for and facilitate the inclusion of LGBTQIA lives & concerns in academic pursuits such as research, curriculum development, & cultural programming
• Advocate for LGBTQIA issues within the structure of the University, e.g., University policy and personnel issues
• Create a forum to respond to issues of concern to LGBTQIA people in the wider community

Contact Information

Dr. Elyssa Ford
Associate Professor of History
ebford@nwmissouri.edu

Executive Council

Resources

• ACLU – Missouri
• PROMO Missouri
• GLSEN
• GLAAD
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
• Human Rights Campaign – Workplace
• The Trevor Project
• Campus Pride
• I Am: Trans People Speak
• Gender Spectrum
• Trans Lifeline
• Trans Equality
• LGBTQIA Resources at Northwest’s B.D. Owen’s Library