Make a commitment to:

• Assume that your friends, classmates, colleagues and professors aren’t straight.

• Speak up and address homophobic innuendo, comments and jokes. Let your friends, colleagues and classmates know that you find those kinds of comments hurtful and offensive. 

• Be visible in your support. Ask which pronoun a person would prefer.

• Be mindful of people’s safety. Don’t out someone.

• Reflect upon your own assumptions about sexuality stereotypes, intersections of race, class and other intersecting identities of Queer and Trans students, staff and faculty. 

• Treat people with dignity and respect regardless of their sexuality, sexual identities or attractions.

• Use gender inclusive terms, say ‘Hi everyone’ instead of ‘Hi ladies.’ 

• Respectfully ask if you don't know what pronouns to use. 

• Respect the diversity of Queer and Trans lives. These identities are part of other intersecting identities, for example, with their race, class, and/or religion. 

• Participate in Positive Space. Be an active Ally.