{"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 style=\"--hero-accent:#3278a4\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--no-image hero--no-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tLGBTQIA+ Working Group\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__subheadline\">Championing Butler&#039;s founding mission of inclusivity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hero__button-list is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/lgbtqia-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\">About Us<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">LGBTQIA+ Working Group Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/lgbtqia-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">About the Working Group<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lgbtqiaresources\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The LGBTQIA+ Working Group is part of Butler University\u2019s founding mission of inclusivity. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"butler-two-column-text-button-image has-no-block-start-margin alignfull butler-two-column-text-button-image--media-right wp-block-butler-two-column-text-button-image\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-two-column-text-button-image__inner\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"butler-two-column-text-button-image__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/16144759\/2024-group-pic-at-parade97-copy.jpeg\" class=\"butler-two-column-text-button-image__img\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 50vw\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;\" 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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"butler-two-column-text-button-image__content\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center butler-two-column-text-button-image__content-inner\">We\u2019re here to support LGBTQIA+ Bulldogs and their allies in finding community, understanding policies, and accessing resources, both on and off campus.<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lgbtqiaresources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View our LGBTQIA+ resources<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\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":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LGBTQIA+ Working Group - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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