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LGBTIQ+ Employee Resource Groups: Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities a Symposium at Leiden University

While organizational attention to the topics of workplace equality and inclusion has increased, some social groups are still disadvantaged. To support LGBTIQ+ employees at work, many organizations have LGBTIQ+ employee resource groups (ERGs). These groups are uniquely placed to provide a safe space for LGBTIQ+ employees, facilitate alliances between these employees and…

Happy New Year from Workplace Pride

12 January 2022Dear Workplace Pride members and friends,First of all, let me wish you all a great start to the new year. 2021 was a huge challenge for most of us with uncertainty surrounding the pandemic impacting every element of our lives and work. Despite this, Workplace Pride was able to make…

International Conference 2021 Re-Cap

In the wake of a tumultuous 2020 where countless social norms were deeply affected by the global pandemic, Workplace Pride made the difficult decision to hold a truly hybrid conference at the Amsterdam Theatre on the 25th of June, 2021.With a global online audience of over 400 and a live in-house…

IBM and Workplace Pride collaborate in LGBTIQ+ innovation

March 22 @ 1:19 AM Although LGBTIQ+ people are protected by laws addressing employment and other forms of discrimination in a growing proportion of countries, there remain far too many LGBTIQ+ people around the globe whose rights are…

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Trans re-integration in the workplace Webinar Recap

28 OCTOBER 2020In our latest webinar in the Keeping Members Connected series, Workplace Pride hosted Petra van Dijk from Transwerkt Nederland along with Remke Verdegem of TNN (Transgender Network Nederland. We also had a guest dial in all the way from Argentina, Maryanne Lettieri of Contrata Trans.Firstly, Petra introduced Transwerkt…

Coming out day 2020: a call for awareness and dialogue!

12 October 2020Coming out is a pivotal moment and process for nearly everyone in our community. Whether you to choose to come out or not, this is a day to inspire you to think about the profound importance of being yourself.For those that take this brave decision, it can bring…

Agency Organizes Re-integration of Trans People at Work

Being transgender in the workplace has always come with significant challenges. Whether this is the communication process with your colleagues, arranging leave for medical procedures, or the sheer uniqueness of a person’s transition for the organisation, it can be both daunting and frustrating. Now, however, there is a new agency ‘Transwerkt…

Workplace Pride appoints new co-chairs to further foster LGBTI-inclusion

PRESS RELEASE Amsterdam, June 22 2020Amsterdam, June 22 2020 – Workplace Pride – a nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTI-people in workplaces worldwide – announced two new co-chairs to its Foundation Board. Michiel Kolman (Senior Vice President at Elsevier) and Bianca Nijhof (Managing Director atNetherlands Water Partnership,…

Historic Ruling Against LGBTI Workplace Discrimination

16 June 2020Photography: Susan Walsh/APWorkplace Pride is absolutely delighted with the USA Supreme Court ruling that LGBTI people can no longer be discriminated against in the workplace in the United States. This 6 to 3 ruling is both groundbreaking and historic and will have far-reaching implications around the world; particularly…