Prague Deep Dive Workshop
Compliance or Resistance?: Strategic Responses to Anti-LGBTQ+ Pressures in School
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Workshop Description
Dr. Emily Meadows is an internationally recognized LGBTQ+ consultant with nearly two decades of global experience advocating for LGBTQ+ safety and belonging. Her practice spans a wide range of cultural and legal contexts, including regions where LGBTQ+ identities are criminalized. With risk persistently present in this work, Dr. Meadows has developed practical frameworks to advance LGBTQ+ rights, even under high-pressure conditions.
During this interactive session, Dr. Meadows introduces the compliance-resistance continuum, a strategic tool designed to help participants
critically assess and navigate pressures to participate in the exclusion and erasure of LGBTQ+ people. We consider various forms of compliance and resistance to anti-LGBTQ+ pressures within today’s complex socio-legal-political landscape using a structured approach that balances professional priorities, potential risks, and meaningful impact. Participants will leave with a range of concrete, actionable strategies to build LGBTQ+ inclusion in their practice, supported with clear guidance for implementation.
This session aims to help participants align their personal and professional values with substantive action, while navigating risk, by offering safe, practical pathways for advancing LGBTQ+ safety and belonging in international schools.
About this Deep Dive Speaker
Dr. Emily Meadows (she/her) is an LGBTQ+ consultant for international schools. In addition to her doctoral degree, Emily holds master’s degrees in both Sexual Health and Counseling, and has worked as an international school counselor for over a decade. Emily is a Council of International Schools affiliated consultant and an International Schools Services affiliated consultant, and has developed inclusion standards, referenda, and trainings for professional organizations such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), the International School Counselor Association (ISCA), The Fulbright Commission, the Association for International Educators and Leaders of Color (AIELOC), the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Having spent more than half of her life in international schools, Emily specializes in culturally-relevant solutions to promote LGBTQ+ safety, equity, and belonging worldwide.
