Courses

Affirming Trans Access to Housing

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Description:

The goal of this training module is to build better awareness, and enhance cultural humility and equitable competencies for San Francisco-focused CBOs & providers engaged in providing services and programs in homelessness response and behavioral health systems centering, prioritizing, and including Transgender, Gender Non-Confirming, Intersex (TGNCI)+, and all gender expansive communities who need and access housing services.

This training is part of the city-wide initiative of “Ending Trans Homelessness”. The principle of ending trans homelessness by 2027 means that the existing trans homeless community would be stabilized and housed over the next five years, and any future trans people that become homeless would have the resources and support to get them housed quickly, making any instance of homelessness brief and rare.

During this training, participants will learn how to build welcoming and affirming environments for TGNCI+ people, the unique needs of TGNCI+ communities who are accessing services related to housing, and review policies in place to ensure TGNCI+ populations can safely access housing services.

Trainer: HSH Equity Office & Office of Transgender Initiatives

Collecting information about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI)

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This is a 1-hour introduction to collecting information about sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI), practicing cultural humility in patient and client care. This course is intended for all DPH staff, contractors, and community partners who collect demographic and other information about clients, research participants, and community members or residents.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe concepts and terms related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (L,G,B,T, Q) and gender-diverse patients and clients
  2. Explain why collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) data is important for health centers to provide better patient care and address health disparities
  3. Describe strategies for communicating effectively with L,G,B,T, Q and gender-nonconforming people on the front lines of health care
  4. Apply tools and strategies for collecting SO/GI data in a welcoming, confidential, and culturally appropriate manner