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🌈 Celebrating Pride: Honouring The Past, Embracing The Present, And Shaping The Future 🌈 As we celebrate Pride Month, it’s essential to reflect on the journey of the LGBTQ+ community. 🔹 Honouring The Past: We remember the trailblazers who fought for the rights we enjoy today. Their courage and resilience have paved the way for a more inclusive society. 🔹 Embracing The Present: Today, we acknowledge the progress we've made and celebrate the vibrant diversity within our communities. Each step forward is a testament to the strength and unity of the LGBTQ+ movement. 🔹 Shaping The Future: Looking ahead, we commit to building a world where everyone can live authentically without fear. Our goal is a future where acceptance and love are universal. Pride is more than a month; it’s a movement. Together, we can create a more inclusive and loving world. 🏳️🌈💖 Each year, Gartner celebrates Pride Month throughout June. Learn more about how Gartner is celebrating Pride Month below. #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #Diversity #Inclusion #LoveIsLove #Gartner

Introducing WISE: As Pride Month draws to a close, we at EPBN are excited to continue the momentum with a significant announcement. We are proud to launch the WISE 💡 initiative: Workplace Inclusion for a Sustainable Europe. This groundbreaking endeavor marks a new chapter in our commitment to fostering inclusive work environments across the continent. WISE is a collaborative effort under the EPBN umbrella, uniting key European organizations to advance LGBTIQ+ workplace equality across its 19 network members and beyond. Our approach combines in-depth research, strategic partnerships, and innovative solutions to address and improve the day-to-day experiences of LGBTIQ+ professionals. More information: 👀 https://lnkd.in/dcCwuN3t. While Pride Month celebrates progress and highlights ongoing LGBTIQ+ inequalities, our mission extends throughout the year. WISE is designed to ensure that inclusivity and equality are not just annual themes but integral parts of our everyday lives in the workplace. 🙏 This initiative wouldn't be possible without the support and funding from Orange and Label Paris Europe and the funding from the European Union. 🤝 🤳 Stay tuned for more updates in the upcoming weeks. EPBN members. 👏 AGPRO - Austrian Gay Professionals L'Autre Cercle Associazione EDGE > LGBTI+ leaders for change Legebitra network – Gay Leadership REDI.LGBTI QBW* - Queer Business Women* Völklinger Kreis e.V. Wirtschaftsweiber e. V. WyberNet Pride Business Forum Federacja Znaki Równości WeAreOpen - Nyitottak vagyunk Workplace Pride Work It OUT çavaria

🌈 Supporting LGBTQ+ colleagues: The power of allyship in the workplace 🌈 At CIPR East Anglia, we recognise the importance of fostering an inclusive workplace for all. This insightful article from our co-Chair James Sharp Chart.PR MCIPR written for CIPR Influence explores effective strategies for supporting LGBTQ+ colleagues through allyship. Understanding and embracing diversity not only strengthens our teams but also enriches our organisational culture. Let’s continue to educate ourselves, amplify voices, and champion inclusivity in every aspect of our work. https://lnkd.in/eKh_PWxZ #Inclusivity #Allyship #DiversityandInclusion #CIPREastAnglia #LGBTQ+

Even in 2024, many LGBTQ+ individuals continue to face challenges in the workplace. In the UK, a study from HR association the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) showed LGBTQ+ workers reported higher levels of workplace conflict than heterosexual, cisgender workers in the UK. 40% of LGBTQ+ employees said they had experienced workplace conflict in the past 12 months, compared with just 29% of non-LGBTQ+ employees. With many people feeling they have to hide their true identity in the workplace, there is something every colleague can do to help make their workplace a welcoming environment and foster an open and accepting culture. Find out 5 steps you can take to be an LGBTQ+ Ally: https://lnkd.in/ebayX872 #pridemonth #pride2024 #inclusivefutures #DEI #leadership #executivesearch #LGBTQally

Happy Pride Month! I love my LGBTQ+ community, and I love that this month is about celebrating us and our unique, wonderful selves so much. It’s a community I’m really proud to be a part of. Pride is just as much about celebration as it is for advocacy and advancing global LGBTQ+ equality. Across the world, LGBTQ+ rights are under attack and many global LGBTQ+ communities are still not safe, don’t have equality of opportunity and cannot truly be themselves. Which is just not good enough. So allies – listen up. It’s time for you to stand up and be loud in your advocacy. Put your words of solidarity into bold action and show your LGBTQ+ employees that you are invested in their success. Here are just three things that you can do: 1. Sponsorship Sponsorship is key to career progression, but access to mentors and sponsors in business varies depending on an individual’s intersectional identities. For example, data from McKinsey reveals that trans employees are significantly less likely to be sponsored than their cis counterparts– 21% vs 32%. To senior leaders, one effective way to scale up your allyship is to actively find high potential LGBTQ+ talent in your business and enable their success by using your platform and influence. 2. Employee Resource Groups. Allies, find your company’s LGBTQ+ ERG and find out how you can support. Could you take on an Executive Sponsor role or join in an ally capacity? ERGs are a fantastic business resource as well as a safe space to discuss topics affecting your LGBTQ+ employees, to take part in awareness celebrations and they act as a springboard from where change can happen. If you don’t know what your LGBTQ+ employees want, ERGs are a source to engage with and gain this knowledge from, that can be channelled into positive change. 3. Talent Development Programs If talent development is in your remit – here’s one for you. Change doesn’t happen without investment, and your LGBTQ+ employees deserve to have their careers invested in. How are you implementing or designing talent development programs for your LGBTQ+ employees? Are you taking the time to understand what equitable tools they need for success and are you ambitiously putting actions into place? If not, you should be. Pride is just as much about celebrating as it is committing to real action. Words of solidarity must be channelled into tangible change that sets the tone for LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality all year round. If you’re not sure where to start – the teams at Audeliss and INvolve - The Inclusion People are experts. Drop me a message and we can get the ball rolling! ❤️💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤍🖤🤎 #pridemonth

The LGBTQ+ community has faced prejudice, exclusion, and violence. While these problems are becoming less prevalent, it’s still important to show people that you are creating a safe workplace for all different types of people. Celebrating Pride opens up communication, which helps everyone in the company understand one another better. You might even find that if celebrating Pride paves the way for discussing other diversity and equality issues. Promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace creates a healthy, safe work environment where employees feel supported. There are lots of different ways you could celebrate Pride in your workplace. You don’t have to do anything big or showy. Often, smaller ways of celebrating Pride are likely to be better received, appearing more genuine and less about brand-promotion. Of course, you might have LGBTQ+ community members or allies who want to do a bigger show of support, so the most important thing is to tailor your Pride celebration to your workplace and listen to your team. Here are some ideas of how to celebrate Pride at work. With remote working still common, you should include some celebrations for people in your office as well as remote workers, making sure that everyone feels included. 1. Host an inclusion workshop There’s always something new to learn about how to be an inclusive ally of the LGBTQ+ community. Look at hosting a workshop for your company and include user-generated videos for diversity of your LGBTQ+ employees or customers saying what Pride means to them – if they’re comfortable with it, of course. Continue reading👇🏾: https://lnkd.in/egwk9vwt #blackwomaninhr #bwhrconference2024 #pridemonth #networking #leadership #empowerment #humanresources #blackexcellence #inclusion #diversity #equality

WHY DO WE NEED A PRIDE MONTH? "Many LGBTQ+ people in Australia have grown up hearing messages that there is something wrong with them, that they need to hide who they are, that they need to feel shame. And these messages are still prevalent. Consider the impacts of: the damaging hate campaign targeting LGBTQ+ people during the Marriage Equality Debate; slandering of LGBTQ+ people at the extreme end of the Religious Freedoms Movement; the rise of the anti-trans movement globally and the vicious social media attacks on gender diverse people, particularly trans women; the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ riots, marches, and demonstrations; vocal and public criticisms of organisations active in LGBTQ+ inclusion; public outcry around trans story-telling and the carrying of LGBTQ+ family books at public libraries." Nicki Elkin, Associate Director - Quality, Training & Research, ACON's Pride Inclusion Programs https://lnkd.in/gdn3JHND #LGBTQ #Community #Inclusion #Equality #Equity #Awareness #Visibility #Educate #Allies #Impact #Pride #PrideMonth #Workplace #Australia #AWEI #PSI #HWEI Pride in Diversity | Pride in Sport Australia | Pride in Health + Wellbeing | ACON Pride Training

We have a blog that explores how Pride Month is celebrated in the workplace and how we can foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. In this blog, we share practical strategies that can promote inclusivity and look at the initiatives, organizations can take. Read more in the blog here @ https://bit.ly/4bPBOJx #PrideMonth #DiversityAndInclusion #WorkplaceEquality #InclusiveCulture #CelebrateDiversity #LGBTQInclusion #InclusiveWorkplace #DiversityInitiatives #PrideAtWork #EqualityForAll #ReadTheBlog #CapleoGlobal #FosterInclusivity #PrideInclusion #WorkplaceDiversity