{"id":3743,"date":"2025-04-03T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?page_id=3743"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:50:44","slug":"lgbtqia-working-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/lgbtqia-working-group\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA+ Working Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero-standard hero-standard--noImage alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container hero-standard__container\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"headline-highlight\">\n\t<span \n\t\tclass=\"headline-highlight__text  headline-h1\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-color: var(--color-theme-blue); color: var(--color-theme-white);\"\n\t>\n\t\tLGBTQIA+ Working Group\t<\/span>\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-standard__subHeadlineDescription\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero-standard__subHeadline\">\n\t\t\t\t\tChampioning Butler&#8217;s founding mission of inclusivity. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-standard__subHeadlineDescriptionText\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"hero-standard__buttonList\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"hero-standard__buttonListItem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/lgbtqia-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"button-solid hero-standard__buttonListButton\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Us\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>      \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hero-standard__extraContent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu sidebar-menu--hasHero\" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">LGBTQIA+ Working Group Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/lgbtqia-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About the Working Group<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lgbtqiaresources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><strong>The LGBTQIA+ Working Group is part of Butler University\u2019s founding mission of inclusivity. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of our campus effort to promote inclusion and belonging, this page is meant to be useful for increasing awareness of and support for our LGBTQIA+ community members. The resources provided are intended to transparently communicate to LGBTQIA+ students, alumni, faculty, and staff what support is available on campus and in the Indianapolis area. Additionally, there are online educational materials for all bulldogs from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Trevor Project<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Human Rights Campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the LGBTQIA+ Working Group convener, Lav McKittrick-Sweitzer (they\/them) at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lmckittricksweit@butler.edu\">lmckittricksweit@butler.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"two-column-text-links-image two-column-text-links-image--imageRight  alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"two-column-text-links-image__imageWrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy-720x480.jpeg\" class=\"two-column-text-links-image__media-img\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy-768x576.jpeg 768w\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container two-column-text-links-image__grid-default two-column-text-links-image__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"two-column-text-links-image__content sketches__app\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"two-column-text-links-image__description t-h2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re here to support LGBTQIA+ Bulldogs and their allies in finding community, understanding policies, and accessing resources, both on and off campus.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"two-column-text-links-image__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lgbtqiaresources\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid   t-p1\">\n\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">\n\t View our LGBTQIA+ resources\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LGBTQIA+ Working Group - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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