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GLBTA Resource Center

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  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally (GLBTA) Resource Center
    202-885-3347
    Fax: 202-885-1883
    glbta@american.edu
    Mary Graydon Center Room 201

    Office Hours: Monday & Friday: 9am-5pm Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-8pm

    Sara Bendoraitis
    Director

Mailing Address

Rainbow Speakers Bureau

Overview

Looking for an interesting and informative program for your class, residence hall, or organization at American University or in the Washington, DC community? Want to learn more about issues of sexual orientation or gender identity? The Rainbow Speakers Bureau has just the program for you. The GLBTA Resource Center has been conducting Speakers Bureau programs since its inception in 1994. Programs are flexible and will be designed to meet the needs of your class or organization.

The Speakers Bureau works on four basic principles: providing information; combating homophobia; creating visibility for the GLBTA Resource Center and other GLBT resources; and communicating through dialogue and personal contact. Some major topics that have been covered by the Speakers Bureau include coming out, harassment and violence towards sexual minorities, homophobia, stereotypes, social and cultural constructions of sexuality, the percentage of GLBT people in the general population, GLBT religious issues, and general/historical information on the GLBT liberation movement in the United States.

If you are an American University Resident Assistant and would like to know more about having an RSB event on your floor, click here for our RSB FAQ.

Request Speakers Online! 

RSB panels must be requested a minimum of two weeks before the requested date. For more information, contact the Resource Center at 202.885.3347

RSB Request Form

Enter the name of the person requesting RSB. If this name is different than the name of the person hosting the RSB (ex. person requesting is not the professor of the course), please put the host's name in "description of group and topics" box below.

Please enter the unit/organization/department you represent

Please Enter Street Address (only for off campus requests)

Please Enter City, State, & Zip Code (only for off campus requests)

Please enter email

Please enter your phone number

Please Indicate where the requested RSB will take place

Please indicate the time of the requested RSB

  mm/dd/yy
  mm/dd/yy
We request at least 1 hr, but prefer 1 hr 15 min or 1 hr 30 min. If more time is needed, please indicate that in the "description of group and topics below"

Please list the course title and number

Please describe the group and topics to be discussed.

If applicable, do you have specific questions for the panel to answer and/or do you have readings in which the panelists should be made aware?
 
 

 After submitting the request, you should receive a confirmation message (it will be appear above where the form is located). If you do not, the server is not working properly, so please request an RSB by calling (202-885-3347) or e-mailing the information requested in the form directly to the GLBTA Resource Center.

If you need to request more than one RSB, please fill out a separate form for each RSB you are requesting. To fill out another form after you have submitted one form, please click here.

The Rainbow Speakers Bureau educates the American Universitycommunity about issues affecting gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

What Others Say

"The respondents were very comfortable, approachable, and human"

"The program was very casual and the presenters were happy to be very open about all types of questions. I felt as though they encouraged the audience to ask the kinds of questions that are usually deemed too sensitive"

"The presentation was interesting as well as organized. The personal stories were great."

"Thank you! My father recently came out (a month ago) & I'm dealing with issues pertaining to that. Your presentation answered some questions i had"

"The speakers were great! Their ability to be honest and come across as average students is amazing"

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