The Politecnico promotes inclusive activities and awareness-raising initiatives:
Actions
- Organisation of PoliMi Pride Week
- Annual sponsorship of Milano Pride and Lecco Pride
- Alias Career Protocol for transitioning transgender students and staff
ALIAS career at the Politecnico
On 31 January 2023, the new version of the ALIAS protocol of the Politecnico di Milano came into force. It allows students undergoing gender transition to study at the university using the identity with which they identify. The document is available on www.normativa.polimi.it
Education
- Embracing Diversity: MOOC exploring the role of gender diversity as an driver of innovation and change, analysing the most widespread stereotypes and prejudices and proposing models and examples of inclusion of women and the LGBTI+ community
- Inclusive Knowledge: teaching and technical and administrative staff receive annual special training on diversity and inclusion issues, also with reference to issues of LGBTI+ inclusion
Partnerships
The Politecnico is the first Italian university to have joined the association Associazione Parks - Liberi e Uguali
Useful documents
- LGBTI+ Glossary - RAINBOW MAP
- LGBTI+ Glossary video : interviews conducted with the entire Politecnico community for Polimi Pride Week 2022
- National Strategy LGBT+ 2022 – 2025 for the prevention and fight againts sexual orientation and gender discriminations
- Free & Equal United Nations
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- IGLYO - The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth & Student Organization
- OII Europe (Organisation Intersex International Europe)