Certificate of Specific Training in LGBTIQA+ Diversity

Competencies

Mandatory microcredentials

The curriculum for the Diploma of Specialization in LGBTIQA+ Diversity has been designed in reverse, starting from the learning outcomes that graduates should master upon completion of the program. These outcomes are grouped into three key areas to ensure a well-rounded professional profile:
Results of the mandatory micro-credentials:

  • Understanding the theoretical foundations of the social perception of affective-sexual and gender diversity.
  • To critically analyze the psychosocial processes involved in the social construction of sex-affective and gender categories
  • Identify and explain the mechanisms of social stigmatization, including prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination.
  • To explore the relationship between personal and social identity, and its influence on self-esteem and psychosocial well-being.
  • To learn about the different stages that our country has gone through in addressing the reality of LGBTIQA+ people
  • Identify the Spanish legal framework to compare it with other regulatory systems in our environment regarding sexual, family and gender diversity.
  • Relate the main legal norms in force and applicable to the LGTBIQA+ community with a multilevel analysis.
  • Recognize the basic rights of LGBTIQA+ people in Spain and the Canary Islands.
  • Correctly define the fundamental concepts of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics.
  • Explain the differences between biological sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
  • Interpreting the concept of intersectionality applied to sexual and gender diversity.
  • Describe the historical process of social construction of gender identities and sexual orientations.
  • Break down the components of heterosexism and cisnormativity.
  • To recognize the contributions to the knowledge of LGBTIQA+ realities from the field of gender studies
  • Identify contemporary problems and challenges from a critical reflection on sex and gender diversity.
  • Apply theoretical knowledge to LGBTIQA+ realities.

Optional microcredentials

Results of the optional microcredentials:

  • To understand the sectoral obligations of public authorities regarding LGBTIQA+ people in different administrative areas.
  • Knowing how to differentiate between obligations and recommendations when addressing sexual, family and gender diversity in the regulatory field, in order to discover existing legal limitations
  • Identify the legal framework for gender identity self-determination and debunk myths surrounding this regulation.
  • Being able to recognize the indissoluble connection between LGBTIQA+ rights as human rights, identifying the most relevant supranational jurisprudence in this regard.
  • To understand the legal framework for hate crimes based on sexual and gender diversity, and to provide practical tools for its application and improvement.
  • Discover the legal consequences of non-compliance with applicable regulations on sexual, family and gender diversity.
  • To understand the conceptual and social foundations of social and community intervention in the field of LGBTIQA+ diversity from an intersectional approach.
  • To analyze the main inequalities, vulnerabilities and violence that affect LGBTIQA+ people and communities, identifying the structural, cultural and political factors that generate them.
  • Design social and community intervention strategies aimed at promoting equality and social inclusion of LGBTIQA+ people.
  • Apply theoretical and methodological tools of Social Work and related professions of community action to the support of LGBTIQA+ people in contexts of discrimination.
  • Critically evaluate public policies, programs, and resources aimed at sexual and gender diversity, assessing their impact on reducing exclusion and discrimination against the group.
  • To analyze the role of public administrations in guaranteeing, developing and promoting the rights of LGBTIQA+ people, through an intersectional perspective.
  • Identify, understand and apply the main regulatory frameworks, legal instruments, active public policies and institutional strategies aimed at equal treatment and non-discrimination in matters of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and sex characteristics.
  • Design, plan, implement and evaluate inclusive LGBTIQA+ public interventions and policies in any of their phases, selecting methodologies, tools and indicators appropriate to the context.
  • To assess participatory and inclusive governance models and innovative institutional experiences and good practices in matters of sexual and gender diversity, recognizing emerging challenges and proposing lines of improvement.
  • List the main health needs specific to trans people.
  • Identify the most frequent barriers to accessing health services.
  • Describe the effects and contraindications of hormonal treatments.
  • Examine the structural causes of health disparities.
  • Identify healthcare barriers.
  • Explain the principles of competent healthcare
  • Describe the healthcare protocol for TRANS* PEOPLE
  • To understand the state of development of protocols for addressing diversity at the state level.
  • Examine strategies for creating safe and inclusive spaces.
  • Use neutral and inclusive language
  • Identify, develop and supervise programs for the prevention and promotion of sexual health in the LGBTIQA+ population at all levels (universal, selective and indicated; community, family, educational, individual).
  • To analyze the social, cultural, and structural determinants that influence sexual and reproductive health, from an inclusive perspective that recognizes the diversity of identities, bodies, and orientations.
  • Apply communication tools, advice and professional support to promote self-acceptance, informed decision-making and respect for sexual and gender diversity.
  • Promoting healthy attitudes and behaviors in educational, health and community contexts, in order to ensure the recognition and validation of all sexual and gender expressions.
  • To examine the social, cultural, and structural factors that affect sexual and reproductive health from an integrative perspective, which considers the plurality of identities, bodies, and affective and sexual orientations.
  • Use professional communication strategies and guidance and support resources to promote personal autonomy, responsible decision-making, and positive acceptance of sexual and gender diversity.
  • Promote sexual health practices and values consistent with respect, equity and inclusion in educational, care and community settings, ensuring full recognition of different forms of sexual expression and gender identity.
  • To critically analyze traditional models of mental health care, identifying the pathologizing implications in relation to gender and sexual diversity
  • Understanding the affirmative model in psychology and its application in psychosocial intervention
  • Identify the psychosocial impact of discrimination and stigma on mental health, applying the minority stress model as a general explanatory framework.
  • Develop specific skills for affirmative care, including communication and active listening skills, identity validation, and the design of safe therapeutic spaces.
  • To critically analyze the concepts of sex, gender, identity, and sexual orientation from an anthropological and socio-historical perspective, recognizing the cultural diversity of gender constructions in different societies.
  • Interpreting the discourses and social practices that shape gender identities and sexual orientations, identifying relationships of power, inequality and resistance in local and global contexts.
  • Applying contemporary anthropological approaches to understand the intersectionality between gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, and other axes of identity in the study of diverse communities and cultures.
  • Understanding the principles of coeducation and their application in addressing LGBTIQA+ diversity in the education system.
  • Identify and analyze practices, resources and teaching materials that promote inclusion, equality and respect for LGBTIQ+ diversity in educational centers.
  • Design pedagogical and educational intervention strategies aimed at preventing discrimination and promoting safe and equitable school environments for all students.
  • To learn about the main artistic and literary movements and authors in relation to LGBTQIA+ realities throughout history.
  • Identify the interactions between artistic languages and gender diversity activism.
  • Applying cultural analysis to LGBTQIA+ productions.
  • Analyze the philosophical foundations of contemporary notions of gender, sexuality, and recognition.
  • Identify and apply the main theoretical frameworks —performativity and biopolitics— in the analysis of discourses on body, norm and subjectivity.
  • To develop a critical and situated reflection on the politics of the body, vulnerability and relational diversity.
  • To develop an ethical awareness and intellectual autonomy in the analysis of contemporary social and cultural discourses.
  • Contact information
  • Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, SN. Edificio Calabaza 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
  • (+34) 922 31 79 00 / 95 38
  • tpropios@ull.es