Monday, July 11th, 2022, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Session 2: Proud After Pride Month
2SLGBTQIA+ folks can spend a lot of their personal and professional time explaining and advocating for parts of their identity. Pride Month can offer an exciting opportunity for folks to open up, celebrate their identity, and meet similar peers. However, it also creates an opportunity for performative allyship when the workplace is decorated in Pride Month merchandise without making any efforts to increase the safety of 2SLGBTQIA+ employees. Many in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community can feel alienated by this process, which is why it is vital to ensure that your workplace can foster safety for employees beyond June. Join us for this workshop to learn strategies to ensure your employees can feel proud after pride month.
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how to create safe spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ colleagues that last beyond Pride Month
- Some suggestions on things to do and things to avoid when building rapport with 2SLGBTQIA+ employees
- Gain an understanding of the legal protections for 2SLGBTQIA+ employees
- Learn ways to practice intersectionality in the workplace to build safety for all 2SLGBTQIA+ employees
- Develop an appreciation for how unconscious biases affect the treatment of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks in the workplace
- Identify the consequences for everyone at work when 2SLGBTQIA+ folks are excluded