LGBTQIA+ Laurentians Group Community Guidelines and Standards
Group Membership
Individuals who identify as an LGBTQIA alumna/us or student are welcome to join the LGBTQIA Laurentians group. Individuals who do not identify as an LGBTQIA alumna/us or student should join the IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Across Laurentians) group on Laurentian Connection.
Overview
The goals of this community are to assist LGBTQIA alumni and students in their personal and professional pursuits, to help maintain friendships and connections formed while students, to build strong and mutually beneficial ties between LGBTQIA alumni and students, to promote goodwill in the community and to stimulate interest and enhance involvement with our institution through increased opportunities for engagement.
In order to meet the goals of this community, it’s important for members to feel like they are in a safe place that is populated by people with shared identities and interests. As such, we request that you read and adhere to the guidelines that follow.
Guidelines
- Treat others online as you would treat them in real life
- Be tolerant towards other’s viewpoints; respectfully disagree when opinions do not align
- Respect the privacy and personal information of other students and alumni
- Communicate with courtesy and respect
Please Do Not
- Make personal attacks on other community members
- Use defamatory remarks or make false statements against others
- Post prejudiced comments or profanity
- Bully or make inflammatory remarks to other community members
- Disclose or out the sexual orientation or gender identity of any person without that person’s consent.
Use messaging/email responsibly. These tools are intended to keep alumni and students in touch with one another, to help facilitate networking and to promote common interests. Some examples might include:
- Inviting local area alumni to a networking event or to join a local runners club
- Helping to coordinate a class reunion
- Reaching out to individual alumni for advice, to reconnect or to join a group
- Messaging/email and use of personal contact information made available through the Alumni Directory —including names, phone numbers, email addresses, social media accounts, student information, employment information for any commercial, advocacy, promotional, or political purpose is prohibited. Prohibited activities include solicitations for business or personal services and fundraising, cold-calling of any kind, mass-mailings or broadcast e-mails, disclosing or outing the sexual orientation or gender identity of individuals.
Consequences
We will take action when we see someone violating these guidelines. Sometimes that just means giving someone a warning; other times it means revoking certain privileges or accounts entirely. We request that all community members report behavior that violates our guidelines to connect@stlawu.edu.
Agreement
By signing this document, you are considered to be in agreement with the terms and conditions listed above.