How to Be Welcoming to LGBTQ+ Youth, with an Emphasis on the "T"

Audience: Parents & Professionals

Level: Beginner
Ages addressed: 0-18

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In the last two decades, many people have become far more willing to accept and act as allies for people who identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and inclusive of identities that don’t always have an alphabet letter). Underlying this is the idea that humans—however they may identify—universally have the right to live their lives honestly and with authenticity. Still, of the letters in the “LGBTQ+ alphabet” it is the Ts” (transgender persons) and those who identify as nonbinary (e.g. who don’t identify as male or female, but rather simply as “human”) who more often face unique challenges relative to personal relationships, public interactions, and many other things that non-transgender persons (the technical phrase is “cisgender”) take for granted. What does it mean to be “trans” or nonbinary? In the workplace, what can HR professionals do to make these identifying team members welcomed and accepted? What actions or words should they avoid? How does “passing” or not “passing” or the absence of legal rights in many states play into their daily life? And what about team members who aren’t accepting of these folks? Join national speaker, diversity consultant and author Ellen “Ellie” Krug as she shares what it means to be trans or nonbinary and offers tips and advice on how to be inclusive toward anyone who so identifies. Come with questions!

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