Change Lab will conduct this series of learning workshops to pilot-test the curriculum of a Basic LGBTIQ Advocates’ Training Course. “Change Lab” is a new working group of educators and advocates who would like to contribute to the empowerment of LGBTiQ advocates in the country.
The course designer and over-all facilitator is John Andrew G. Evangelista, Instructor, Department of Sociology, CSSP, UP Diliman.
Overview: This “course” is a series of lectures and workshops containing basic concepts and perspectives on gender and sexuality. With an intersectional lens, the course explores the contours of how gender and sexuality are constructed and how those gender and sexual constructs are constantly interrogated, engaged and reconfigured. It focuses on the LGBT +++ movement as one of the major social forces constantly challenging orthodox understanding of gender and sexuality. While the course’s perspective carries a global approach, it zeroes into the local discourse on gender and sexuality The course is designed for LGBT activists to better their understanding of their role as bearers of the movement.
The course is divided into four (4) sections for its pilot run. The first section explores the process of socially constructing gender and sexuality. The second part discusses various theoretical frameworks and perspectives in gender and sexuality studies. The next section maps the different important legal routes of movement strategies. Finally, the last section critically narrates the history of LGBT movements. Notice that the first two sections of this course are dedicated in understanding how society constructs gender and sexuality. The last two sections focus on the ways these sexual and gender constructs are reconstituted in the context of the LGBT movement. The sequence of topics is organized to clearly orient activists/participants about the nature of their role as part of the LGBT movement which constantly engages the traditional construction of gender and sexuality.
Initial Course Outline:
I-Construction of Gender and Sexuality
1.Basic Concepts: SOGIE
2.Femininities
3.Masculinities
4.Construction of Sexual Minorities
5.Essentialism versus Constructivism
II-Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
1.Intersectionality
2.Marxism and Sexuality
3.Post-Modern View of Sexuality
4.Post-Colonial Discussions on Sexuality
5.Queer Theory
III-History of Identity Movements
1.What are Social Movements?
2.LGBT Movements/Queer Movements
3.The LGBT Pride March
4.LGBT Causes
IV-Gender, Sexuality and Laws
1.Citizenship Rights and Obligations
2.The Process on Legislation
3.The Promise of the Judicial Path
4.International Laws Concerning Gender and Sexuality
V-Workshop Sessions
1.Designing Trainings
2.Community Interventions
3.Designing Political Campaigns
Expectations from Participants: Participants are expected to attend the Saturday sessions, to participate actively in the class, to read the assigned texts and to submit reflection papers and assessment forms as required by the course. A certificate will be awarded to participants who successfully completes the requirements of the course.
The course is essentially “FREE” as teachers and facilitators are going to conduct the workshops as volunteers but we will be requesting a token registration worth 500 pesos and which can be payed in installment (example: 50 pesos per session) to help defray some logistical expenses such as electricity, etc. Participants are encouraged to bring their own snacks and drinks and other personal learning materials.
Schedule: There will be 7-9 sessions which will be spread out between August 22 to November 14, 2015. All sessions will be held on Saturdays and mostly in the Aurora-Cubao Center of Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City. There will 2 to 3 Saturday classes per month during the pilot run. In between sessions, the facilitators will assign readings and reflection papers to the participants. Guest resource persons will be invited to enrich the discussions. Classes will start on August 22 from 1-7pm. Other sessions: September 5,19, October 3, 10 and 24, November 7, 14, 2015
Venue: Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City
2nd Floor Aurora Building #836 Aurora Boulevard, Cubao, Quezon City
If you have any questions, please feel free to send a text message via 09223836444 or click here for contact and venue details.
