LGBTQ+ Faculty Affinity Group FIG

Are you an LGBTQ+ identifying faculty member looking for community at ACC? This Queer Faculty Affinity Group will provide opportunities for LGBTQ+ ACC faculty to come together around their shared queer identities. Affinity groups provide an affirming and brave space for individuals to discuss their needs, challenges, and successes as queer-identifying faculty members of the ACC community.

Tentative topics include:

• • Navigating transphobia and homophobia in the classroom, towards you, towards the community at large, and towards students
  • Being queer in the classroom, in Texas, and at ACC
  • Strategies to make our classrooms a more affirming, welcoming place for queer students
  • Other unique issues we, as instructors, face and how to navigate them
  • Peer mentorship and support
  • Potential areas of improvement for ACC policy and support
  • Queer pedagogical techniques and texts (potential book and media discussions)