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🌈 Embrace Diversity, Elevate Equality! 🌈 As we celebrate love, acceptance, and authenticity, let’s stand together for a world where everyone’s identity is respected. 🏳️🌈 🔗 #LoveIsLove: Because love transcends boundaries and knows no labels. Let’s celebrate all forms of love. 🔗 #PrideMonth: A time to honor LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and progress. Let’s amplify queer voices. 🔗 #TransRightsAreHumanRights: Advocating for the rights and dignity of transgender individuals. Let’s break down barriers. Remember, our collective strength lies in unity. Let’s create workplaces and communities where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued. 🌟

When you think of community, what comes to mind? A sense of safety? love? acceptance? joyful excitement? Well, let us know. We have commissioned a study to learn more about what an LGBTQ+ district should look like and where in the area it should be. Take about 10 minutes today to complete this survey and let your voice be heard. Take the survey ----> https://lnkd.in/dseJN_BH

🌈 Celebrate being you! 🌈 In 2024, we're honoring the remarkable contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals in Medicine and Healthcare. From historical figures to present-day trailblazers, their impact is undeniable. 🏥 It's crucial, especially in a world plagued by hate crimes and discrimination, that we listen and learn from lived experiences within the LGBTQ+ community. Let's come together under the scope of understanding and actively support our LGBTQIA+ people. 💙 Read more: https://lnkd.in/ezYRSAC4

The StartOut #Index highlights the landscape of LGBTQ+ business, investments and economic impact. 🌈 We found that when LGBTQ+ founders thrive, all of us win through growing employment rates, community connection and the motivation of representation! 👉Learn more about the full research at startout.org/index

📬 Delivery! This Social Studies and the Young Learner features articles on LGBTQ+ history, an open-access Inquiry Design Model pullout ready for classroom use and more: https://hubs.li/Q02r6h6j0

Did you know being queer has been common in cultures around the world since we first started making human records? Did you know the words homosexuality and heterosexuality were 'invented' in the late 19th century? How has being LGBTQ+ been shaped by the medical and scientific communities? Get the answers to these questions and more in this upcoming event. Hope to see some of you there - it's one of my favourite topics to talk about!

This was one of the biggest ah-ha moments I've had coming out of a Comm Convo. Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I often have big ideas and then dig in to work really hard and make it happen. No humble-bragging; my point is the opposite. A weakness with my M.O. is that it's easy to get tunnel vision and not appreciate signs of progress and small wins, because I'm always working toward something else. I think this is why change -- when it comes to more important issues like achieving true equity in [fill in the blank with any industry name here] -- seem elusive. Yes, while it's inarguably important to not lose sight of those master goals, we can do our part to create safe spaces for those in our own communities. Especially in our role as communicators in an industry with human health at its center, we are super well-positioned to lead by example. And the ah-ha moment for me specifically was that seemingly small gestures can have real, meaningful impact, and that shouldn't be taken for granted or worse, sacrificed because we're too busy trying to convince other people to do the right thing.

For educators looking to better support their LGBTQ+ students, here are a few ways you can create more inclusive learning spaces that foster allyship and a sense of belonging: http://spr.ly/6008e4i2Y

Sometimes meaningful support is as simple as someone asking, "How are you doing?" and the relief that comes with knowing they can receive whatever you need to say. We're here to help LGBTQ+ folks build a community that gets them and wants to see them thrive. Learn more: https://bit.ly/49GZkY0

None of us are safe until all of us are safe. A 2020 survey by the Center for American Progress found that Black LGBTQ+ people regularly alter their behavior to avoid harm and discrimination. 1 in 3 avoid public spaces 2 in 5 have moved away from family 1 in 5 avoid travel Inclusive and affirming care is just one step toward safer living for all of us. Find out how You:Flourish connects the community to vetted care: https://bit.ly/49GZkY0