• Directory Listing

    Show prospective parents that you’re trained in the principles of LGBTQ+ competence by being listed in our Family Building Directory. Let LGBTQ+ families know that you’re ready to welcome them!

  • Relevant Information

    Custom-built for family-building professionals, Open Door has all of what you want and none of what you don't. Interactive and accessible, our program is made for you!

  • Fresh Ideas

    The latest information on language and subtle nuances of the ever-evolving LGBTQ+ community, including non-binary, pansexual, and intersex identities.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome to Rainbow Flags: Building an inclusive practice!
    • How to use this course
    • Welcome and Shared Language
    • Before we begin...
  • 2
    Chapter #1: Building Welcoming Systems
    • Administrative Systems
    • Exercise: Examine your intake paperwork
    • Electronic Medical Records
    • Fenway Health: Inclusive Environment, Forms and Policy Brief
    • Wired Magazine: The battle to get gender identity into your health records
    • Insurance Systems
    • The Fertility Divide: The Unfair Economics of Pregnancy – Medium
    • Office Space
    • Brigham and Women's Hospital: LGBT Welcoming Checklist
    • Office Culture
    • Dr. Reid: Integrating Inclusive Language
    • Test your learning
  • 3
    Chapter #2: Building a Welcoming Clinical Practice
    • How does trauma impact LGBTQ+ clinical care?
    • Trauma in the LGBTQ Community: What practitioners should know in the wake of the Orlando shootings
    • Skills-Building
    • Passion and Sensitivity: The Cornerstones of Responding to Trauma in the LGBT Community
    • Practical Application: Scenario One
    • Engage with Scenario One
    • Practical Application: debrief scenario one and engage with scenario two
    • Scenario Two: Article
    • Engage with Scenario Two
    • Practical Application: Scenario Three
    • Debrief Scenario Three
    • Chapter Two: Wrap-up and additional tips
  • 4
    Chapter #3: Building Welcoming Marketing Practices
    • Inviting the community: inclusive marketing practices
    • Inclusion inventory
    • In-person marketing practices
    • In-person inventory
    • Emerging marketing tactics
    • Emerging tactics exploration
  • 5
    Next steps
    • Congrats! Here's what's next...
    • Additional Resources and Module Citations
    • Final Test!
    • Before you go...

Real Reviews of Rainbow Flags

  • Informative and Thorough

    Sima Gholamali RN, MHA

    I loved the Scenarios and I think many of the clinicians can learn from others' mistakes. I loved the tone, the speed and the articles. My one comment is that I wish we could have a group seminar for my team to have them be trained. These module...

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    I loved the Scenarios and I think many of the clinicians can learn from others' mistakes. I loved the tone, the speed and the articles. My one comment is that I wish we could have a group seminar for my team to have them be trained. These modules will be very interactive and more interesting if the teaching is done in a group. Awesome information and very accurate techniques for providing compassionate care for patients and patient centered care.

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