📣 Workshops & Advocacy Sessions: Educating, Empowering, and Changing Systems

At Jamshedpur Queer Circle (JQC), we know that real change begins when conversations spark, minds open, and systems are challenged.

Through our Workshops & Advocacy Sessions, we are building a more informed, empathetic, and inclusive Jharkhand — one training, one dialogue, and one policy shift at a time.

Because awareness creates allies, and advocacy creates action.

🌈 Why Workshops and Advocacy Matter

In many parts of India, LGBTQIA+ rights remain misunderstood or invisible.

Without education and organized advocacy:

• LGBTQIA+ youth face bullying and harassment.
• Institutions ignore the needs of queer employees, patients, or students.
• Police, healthcare workers, and teachers unintentionally uphold discrimination.

Education is the first step.

Advocacy is the next.

Both are necessary for lasting equality.

🎯 What Our Workshops & Advocacy Sessions Cover

• Gender and Sexuality 101: Basic understanding of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations.
• Rights and Legal Protections: Information on the Transgender Persons Act, workplace rights, and anti-discrimination protections.
• Mental Health and LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing: Sensitizing mental health professionals to the specific needs of queer individuals.
• Parent and Family Sessions: Helping parents better support LGBTQIA+ children.
• Workplace Inclusion Trainings: Best practices for creating queer-friendly corporate environments.
• Policy Dialogues with Schools and Government: Advocating for anti-bullying policies, gender-neutral bathrooms, inclusive hostel rules, and healthcare reforms.

Every workshop is customized to the audience — whether it’s school teachers, HR managers, police officials, or community leaders.

📈 The Impact So Far

• Over 1000+ individuals trained across Jharkhand, including students, teachers, social workers, police officers, and parents.
• 20+ institutions partnered with JQC to implement inclusive policies and practices.
• Participants report increased awareness, stronger allyship, and concrete institutional changes post-training.
• Schools have adopted anti-discrimination policies and initiated gender sensitivity audits.

One college principal shared after a session:

"We were blind to how our policies excluded LGBTQIA+ students. After JQC’s training, we are actively making changes to be inclusive."

📊 Why Advocacy and Education Work (Global View)

• UNESCO research (2021) shows that institutions trained on LGBTQIA+ inclusion report 35% higher trust and participation rates among diverse communities.
• The Human Rights Campaign (2022) found that workplaces with LGBTQIA+ advocacy programs see a 20% increase in employee retention and satisfaction.
• Global studies show that policy reforms led by advocacy efforts dramatically reduce LGBTQIA+ youth suicide rates and improve mental health outcomes.

Training individuals transforms conversations.

Advocating policies transforms institutions.

🌟 From Dialogue to Action

At JQC, our Workshops & Advocacy Sessions are not just about raising awareness —

they are about seeding change, cultivating action, and building a future where every LGBTQIA+ individual feels safe, valued, and powerful.

We are changing not just hearts and minds,

but laws, policies, and lives.

📣 Speak Up. Stand Strong. Spark Change.

🏳️‍🌈 Advocacy is not a choice — it’s a necessity.