LGBTQ+ support at NDPCHS
Supporting our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) staff and students is essential for fostering an inclusive environment within NDPCHS. We aim to raise awareness and provide guidance by using this webpage to easily direct staff and students, whether LGBTQ+ individuals or allies, to the various networks, training sessions, and resources available to them.
Rainbow lanyards and pronoun badges can be collected from the HR Office (2nd Floor of the PHC building).
To add anything to this webpage, please contact ginger.jansen@phc.ox.ac.uk.
Vocabulary and terminology:
Using the right vocabulary is important for fostering inclusion and understanding. To help, you can download our LGBT terminology guide for clear and supportive language.
LGBTQ+ Network - Spectra
Join the LGBTQ+ network for the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (NDPCHS, Humanities, Philosophy, and Maths)
Transgender and non-binary support
Supporting trans and non-binary colleagues is crucial in fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace, where all individuals can thrive without fear of discrimination or exclusion, and where their identities are recognised and valued
Training and development
The ED&I Team of the MPLS division offer a number of training and awareness sessions as part of their ED&I Training Programme, including:
- ‘Being an effective bystander’
- ‘Cultivating resilience and self-care for ourselves and others'
- 'The importance of psychological safety'
Become an ally or role model
LGBT+ Role Models and Allies have undertaken training that provides LGBT+ staff an opportunity, in a safe and supportive space, to explore what it means to be an LGBT+ role model, to identify potential barriers and ways to overcome them. Some of the Role Models are also trained mentors.
To get in touch with a role model or ally, or become one yourself, please follow the link below.
Crisis support
If you need help, there are a number of different professional support networks available, including Harassment Advisors, Mental Health First Aid support, and the counselling service and Rainbow Peers for students:
- Harassment Advisors (for staff and students)
- Mental Health First Aiders (for staff and students)
- Counselling (for students)
- Rainbow Peers (for students)
- Contact one of the University's LGBT+ Role Models
Helpful resources
- A leaflet for new LGBT+ staff produced by the Equality and Diversity Unit and the LGBT+ Advisory Group.
- Support for transgender staff and students as found on the Equality and Diversity webpage.
- Link to the SU's LGBTQ Campaign.
- A guide on how to be a good responsible bystander from the Equality and Diversity Unit.
- Resources in the Bodleian Libraries: colleagues in the Bodleian have been collating a collection of resources titled “Changing the narrative: championing inclusive collection development”. Here you can find a whole host of resources relating to different ED&I areas which are available to staff and students.
- Progress flag lanyards and pronoun badges: we have a supply of University of Oxford progress flag lanyard and pronoun badges. If you would like one, please get in touch with our HR team.
- LGBT+ History Month Lectures: Previous lectures in the series can be found the Equality and Diversity Unit's webpages.
- A link to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.
Staff and student networks
There are a number of networks within the University and externally which provide support for LGBTQ+ staff and students, as well as for allies. Click on the links below to find out more and join.
Seen in STEMM is a University of Oxford network for staff and students that aims to promote visibility of LGBTI+ people in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medical Sciences (STEMM) community who are typically under represented. The network will bring together a diverse set of role models who can support peers, share best practice and be a force for positive intersectional change.
The LGBT+ Staff Network welcomes all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans + Oxford University staff, including OUP and the colleges, as well as post-graduate students. The + represents minority gender identities and sexual orientations not included explicitly in the acronym LGBT. The network is inclusive of people with multiple identities, and work collaboratively with the Disabled Staff and BME Staff Networks.
The Oxford SU LGBTQ+ Campaign is a group of students working to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the University of Oxford, and in the wider Oxford community. Students can find out more and join.
The LGBT+ Advisory Group works with the Equality and Diversity Unit to highlight issues relating to LGBT+ staff and students in order to inform the development of University policy and practice and to facilitate consultation and the sharing of information with LGBT+ staff and students.