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Below are resource sheets provided to Allies as part of their orientation. Please also see the Links page for more resources available online. If you are an Ally, and would like more original copies of any of the items provided in your resource packet, please contact the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Office (305 Hullihen Hall) at 831-8703 or lgbtoffice@udel.edu. 

• Introduction

 
• About being an Ally 
• Guidelines for Allies 
• Qualities of an Ally 
• Benefits and Challenges of Being an Ally 
• Creating a Safer Environment 
• Homophobia and Heterosexism 
• Personal Assessment of Homophobia/Heterosexism 
• How Homophobia Hurts Us All 
• Identifying Heterosexism 
• Understanding and Interacting with LGBT Individuals 
• Definitions 
• The Cass Model of Homosexual Identity Development 
• Do's and Don't's in Interacting with LGBT students 
• Coming Out 
• Responding to Someone Coming Out 
• Mental Health Referral 
• Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault 
• Bisexuality 
• Facts about Bisexuality 
• Myths and Realities of Bisexuality 
• Facts about Transgenderism 

 
• List of Contacts