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WCS | Campus is a digital space where you can connect with other like-minded people from our community - engaging in meaningful discussions, workshops, and events - at a global and local level. Who am I? Home page | Campus OUR COMMUNITY LEARNING PLATFORM & SOCIAL HUB WCS | Campus Learn, Connect and Grow with our Global Community. WCS | Campus is our new digital space where you can connect with other like-minded people from our community - engaging in meaningful discussions, workshops, and events - at a global and local level. Join now This is a space dedicated to supporting your personal and professional development as an LGBTQIA+ person, Queer Leader, and Ally. with tools , resources and guides by intersectional Queer Leaders. Learn via community networks , online and in-person events . Connect through e- courses relating to DEI, Allyship and Queer Leadership. Grow Join now Take a tour... Get to grips with navigating WCS | Campus in this guided tour with Michael Stephens , CEO and Founder of We Create Space . Any other Questions? If you're looking to develop resources for your business or organisation, we offer a variety of bespoke corporate solutions designed to honour and elevate the diverse voices and perspectives of marginalised communities. To book a free consultation , please email hello@wecreatespace.co Get in touch

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Dogpile Dog-piling, or a dog-pile is a form of online harassment or online abuse characterized by having groups of harassers target the same victim. < Back to Glossary

Fostering Fostering is similar to adoption, in that it involves providing a home to children that cannot live with their birth parents, but adoption ends the legal relationship between a child and their birth family and fostering does not. Foster carers treat children in their care as members of their family, and fostering relationships can be short or long term. Some people may pursue adoption or fostering due to being unable to have children, but it is also common for people who can have their own children to foster out of a desire to make a difference in the lives of children living in care. See: Adoption, Family and Finances. < Back to Glossary

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Asylum Seeker A person who leaves their country of birth or residence, enters another country and seeks protection by the state in this other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and might have fled their home country because of war or other factors harming them or their family. < Back to Glossary

Philanthropy The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. See: Altruism. < Back to Glossary

Language Whether or not we realize it, we are constantly using language to evolve our ideas and beliefs into concrete reality. By becoming more aware of the impact and power of language, we can make more conscious, insightful choices about how we express ourselves and how we interpret others. < Back to Glossary

Meditation The term meditation refers to a family of self-regulation and reflective practices that focus on training attention and awareness to foster general mental well-being and development and/or specific capacities such as calm, clarity, and concentration. < Back to Glossary

Strength Inner Strength refers loosely to the wide range of mental and emotional resources (behaviours, skills and attitudes) that keep us stable and adaptable in life. < Back to Glossary

Music Music is a source of connection, inspiration and healing for many queer people, as well as a powerful medium for queer storytelling, activism and community building. < Back to Glossary

Heritage Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. Most important, it is the range of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviours that we draw from them. Heritage is important both in terms of appreciating those who have paved the way for us through Civil Rights activism, but also in-terms of embracing our racial, ethnic, and cultural differences. Cultural heritage implies a shared bond, and a belonging to a community. It can represent our history and our identity; our bond to the past, to our present, and the future. < Back to Glossary

Fatphobia Weight bias, sometimes also called fatphobia or weight stigma, describes the negative attitudes and stereotypes surrounding and attached to larger bodies. Furthermore, fatphobia is an abnormal and irrational fear of being fat or being around fat people. See: Fat Acceptance. < Back to Glossary

Healthcare Healthcare is a highly contentious subject when it comes to the experiences of people from under-represented groups. Many face difficulty finding providers who are knowledgeable about their needs, encounter discrimination from insurers or providers, or delay or forego care because of concerns about how they will be treated. In the absence of concrete legislation prohibiting healthcare discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, LGBTQ+ people are often left with little recourse when discrimination occurs. < Back to Glossary

URM An abbreviation for Under-Represented Minorities. Some institutions have defined sub-groups within larger racial/ethnic minority groups that are particularly under-represented relative to their size. For example, in a given field, Mexican-Americans may be an under-represented minority, even if Hispanic people are otherwise proportionately represented. < Back to Glossary

Mental Health Mental health encompasses our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It relates to how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Our environment and how we are treated by others has a significant effect on our mental health, as it can heavily influence the way we see ourselves. See: Minority Stress, Self-Care, Resilience and Addiction. < Back to Glossary

Disassociation Dissociation is a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. Whilst this can be seen as a form of self-defence and preservation from negative thoughts and experiences, for members of the LGBTQIA+ Community, this can be seen as a trauma response. Always remember it is important to seek help from others if you feel your wellbeing is being compromised. < Back to Glossary

Accessibility The "ability to access" the functionality of a system or entity, and gain the related benefits. The degree to which a product, service, or environment is accessible by as many people as possible. Accessible design ensures both direct (unassisted) access and indirect access through assistive technology (e.g., computer screen readers). In this sense, thinking about digital accessibility makes us consider the way in which we share information. Universal design ensures that an environment can be accessed, understood, and used to the greatest extent possible by all people. See: Ableism. < Back to Glossary

Affirmative Action Affirmative action involves sets of policies and practices within a government or organisation seeking to include particular groups based on their gender, race, disability, sexuality, creed or nationality in areas in which such groups are underrepresented. This is important to ensure diversity of thought within organisations, as well as to bolster social mobility of individuals who are afforded opportunities. < Back to Glossary

Indigenous Indigenous peoples, also referred to as First peoples, First nations, Aboriginal peoples, Native peoples, Indigenous natives, or Autochthonous peoples (these terms are often capitalised when referring to specific indigenous peoples as ethnic groups, nations, and the members of these groups), are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original peoples. < Back to Glossary