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LinkedIn Learning

Sustainable LGBTQ+ Allyship

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Explore strategies and guidelines to support your LGBTQ+ colleagues in a meaningful, sustainable, and respectful way.

Syllabus

Activating Sustainable Allyship
  • Stagnant vs. evergreen allyship
  • Who are allies?
1. The Evolving Inclusive Workplace
  • Authenticity in the workplace
  • Coming out: A better metaphor
  • The use of pronouns
  • Gray areas of allyship
2. The Ever-Changing LGBTQ+ Language
  • New LGBTQ+ vocabulary
  • The LGBTQ+ initialism
  • Understanding the word queer
  • Norm-busting words
3. Evergreen Ally Tools
  • Ungendering language and assumptions
  • Ungender, Listen, Mirror, Repeat
  • Removing the power dynamic in conversations
  • Using the “switch it” technique
4. Recovering from Mistakes
  • Responding to mistakes
  • Forgiving yourself for messing up
  • Getting it right the next time
Conclusion
  • Continuing your allyship journey

Taught by

Jeannie Gainsburg

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