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Make sure mentors and students
can I help? alike all treat each other with respect. Honor pronouns and 1) Listen. Try to identities, and make resources LEARN MORE understand your students, available. Be sure to treat everyone Read more about us in our with and the LGBTQ+ people equally and with kindness our LGBTQ+ of FIRST Community around you, and learn how Survey! you can help them - from Find resources and more FAQs them. on our website! HOW DO I APPROACH TEAM 2) Educate. Learn more MEMBERS ABOUT OFFENSIVE about LGBTQ+ topics and LANGUAGE? how discuss them in a Calmly and respectfully, explain safe and open manner. why someone shouldn’t use certain language and how it affects others. 3) Support. Offer support If necessary, take disciplinary and kindness to your action. students. Talk about LGBTQ+ issues, and shut down slurs and negative language. HOW SHOULD TEAMS HANDLE PDA GET INVOLVED CONCERNING LGBTQ+ STUDENTS? Individuals can apply for an Ambassador position! The team or school’s stance should Teams can partner with us to remain for consistent whether the spread our mission further in students involved are heterosexual or FIRST! part of the LGBTQ+ community.