Inclusion is essential in today's legal workplace, both for individuals and for organisations. The SBS Core Inclusion Program comprises eight self-paced courses designed to provide core skills and knowledge around supporting diversity in the workplace.

The LGBTIQ+ course is designed to improve understanding of the LGBTIQ+ community. It provides knowledge and tools to promote a fairer, more LGBTIQ+ inclusive workplace and society.

Upon completion of the LGBTIQ+ course, you should be able to:

• Explain the meaning of the letters/characters in the initialism LGBTIQ+
• Give examples of the benefits LGBTIQ+ inclusion brings to organisations, societies and individuals
• Use inclusive language that embraces the LGBTIQ+ community
• Explain what is meant by ‘coming out’
• Define ‘gender identity’
• Describe the term ‘intersex’
• Explain the process of ‘transitioning’
• Identify unhelpful and harmful language that may be offensive to people from the LGBTIQ+ community
• Outline the importance and possibilities of allies
• Describe some of the positive effects of LGBTIQ+ symbols within a workplace
• Appreciate the significance of LGBTIQ+ role models, and the impacts they can have on the community
• Give at least three examples of workplace initiatives that actively support LGBTIQ+ inclusion

This course consists of three modules:

• Why LGBTIQ+ inclusion?
• Gender diversity
• Supporting LGBTIQ+