About

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The purpose of SAIGE of Ohio, through the recognition of both individual and social contexts that represent the confluence of race, ethnicity, class, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual and/or affectional orientation, age, ability/disability, spiritual or religious belief system, or indigenous, cultural, and ethnic heritage, within the State of Ohio to:

• Promote greater awareness and understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and ally (hereinafter referred to as LGBTQQIA+) issues among members of the counseling profession, students, and related helping occupations.
• Improve the standards and delivery of counseling and educational services provided to LGBTQQIA+ clients, professionals, students, and communities.
• Identify conditions that create barriers to the human growth and development of LGBTQQIA+ clients, professionals, students, and communities; and use counseling skills, programs, and efforts to preserve, protect, and promote such development.
• Develop, implement, and foster interest in counseling-related charitable, scientific, and educational programs designed to further the human growth and development of LGBTQQIA+ clients, professionals, students, and communities.
• Secure equality of treatment, advancement, qualifications, and status of LGBTQQIA+ members of the counseling profession and related helping occupations.
• Contribute to the publishing of journals and other scientific, educational, and professional materials with the purpose of raising the standards of practice for all who work with LGBTQQIA+ clients, students, and communities in the counseling profession and related helping occupations.
• Provide current information to enhance professional counselors’ awareness, knowledge, skill, and professionalism towards LGBTQQIA+ clients, students, and communities.
• Secure equality of treatment, advancement, qualification, and status of LGBTQQIA+ counseling professionals, students, and related helping occupations.