Welcome to our hub of exclusive resources and inspiration to help our member organisations celebrate Pride and LGBT+ history months.
Welcome to enei’s LGBTQ+ and Pride Hub
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Resources and information
Blogs
- Can LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Belief Rights Coexist in the Workplace? – For LGBT History Month 2022, our CEO Sandi Wassmer examined what can happen when LGBTQ+ rights and religious beliefs are in conflict.
- Celebrating 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride: Ten LGBTQ+ Icons Who Inspire Us – June 2022 marked 50 years since the first Pride march in the UK. Here at enei, we recognised the importance of celebrating this milestone and commemorated the occasion by sharing some of the LGBTQ+ icons we admire.
- Embracing Sexuality Without the Labels: A Journey of Discovery – Every year, the month of June is celebrated as Pride Month. In honour of this, Michelle Davies—former service design and operations director at enei—shared her personal thoughts about sexual orientation and identity.
- Inclusivity isn’t binary – Former enei Service Design and Operations Director Michelle Davies wonders if anything can be done to address the discrimination and erasure faced by bisexual (bi) and pansexual (pan) people?
- National Coming Out Day – National Coming Out Day is an annual observance on 11 October to recognise and celebrate queer identities to decrease stigma, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia. In this blog post, Emma Jennings, former enei diversity and inclusion lead, explains how coming out can be tiring.
- Tips for creating an intersectional workplace – Emma Jennings, former enei Diversity and Inclusion Lead, explores the nature of our complexities—full of layers and experiences that shape our social identities.
- Why include pronouns in e-mail signatures? – As the debate around being politically correct continues to heat up, enei’s Content Editor Heidi Schwartz ponders the purpose of proper pronouns.
Employer Guides
- Gender Reassignment – This guide provides information about gender reassignment and trans inclusion in the workplace.
- Sexual Orientation and Employment – This guide explains key areas surrounding sexual orientation (defined by the Office for National Statistics as sexual identity, attraction, and behaviour) and employment.
Quick Guides
- Allyship – LGBTQ+ – This guide provides practical strategies and resources to enhance LGBTQ+ allyship initiatives within organisations.
- Allyship – Trans – The aim of this quick guide is to present an understanding of allyship and trans experiences in the workplace.
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day – This quick guide explores ways that employers can support and acknowledge their bisexual colleagues during Celebrate Bisexuality Day.
- Gender Expression – Gender expression refers to the way in which people communicate their gender identity to others through their behaviours, appearance, and other social cues.
- Gender Identity – This guide provides an overview of gender identity. It also explains some different terms associated with gender identity and examines corresponding legislation.
- Gender Identity – Workplace Statistics – This guide summarises statistics related to gender identity (a person’s sense of their gender) in terms of government census data and workplace attitudes.
- Glossary of Gender Reassignment Terms – This quick guide provides an overview of the terminology associated with gender reassignment.
- International Non-Binary People’s Day – This quick guide can help inform your workplace about International Non-Binary People’s Day, which is celebrated annually across the globe.
- Intersectionality – Intersectionality refers to the interconnected nature of social categories (such as race, gender, class, and sexuality), and how they interact and contribute to systems of oppression and privilege.
- Lesbian Visibility Day – This quick guide explores ways that employers and managers can support and celebrate their lesbian employees during Lesbian Visibility Day.
- LGBT+ History Month – This quick guide explains the significance of LGBT+ history month and provides information on how you might celebrate it in your workplace.
- LGBTQ+ Pride – This quick guide explains the significance of Pride and can be used to help you determine how your workplace can recognise its importance.
- Non-Binary Equality in the Workplace – Embedding equality and inclusion for non-binary employees and candidates is covered in this resource.
- Sexual Orientation – This quick guide looks at how it is illegal for employers to discriminate because of sexual orientation under equality and discrimination laws in the UK.
- Sexual Orientation – Workplace Statistics – This guide summarises statistics related to sexual orientation (someone’s sense of their sexual attraction and behaviour) in terms of government census data and workplace matters.
- Trans Day of Remembrance – This quick guide can help inform your workplace about Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR).
- Trans Equality in the Workplace – The purpose of this document is to offer employers guidance on how to embed trans equality in the workplace.
- Transgender Day of Visibility – This quick guide explores ways that employers and managers can support their transgender employees during Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV).
- Using Notable Dates to Promote Diversity and Inclusion – This guide examines how organisations can use notable dates to promote an inclusive culture.
- Using Pronouns – The purpose of this guide is to offer suggestions for incorporating inclusive language into your organisation’s verbal or written communications policies.
Recordings
- Celebrating 50 years of LGBTQ+ Pride – In June 2022, Jordan Daly and Liam Stevenson were interviewed by enei as part of our recognition of 50 years of Pride.
- Creating Inclusive Workplaces: Intersectionality in the LGBTQ+ Community – During this webinar, the speaker explored how to apply intersectional principles in the workplace.
- Gender Identity 101 – Creating Trans Inclusive Workplaces – Watch the recording of this webinar to learn how you can create a more inclusive environment for your trans employees and service users.
- Pride in Work: A Journey Through LGBT+ History and Inclusion – This session provided a captivating exploration through the rich tapestry of LGBT+ history in medicine.
- Progressing Pride: Linking Generations of LGBT+ Workplace Experience – This session explored changing workplace experiences of older and younger LGBT+ professionals.
- Sexual Orientation: Understanding Workplace Experience and Increasing Support for Employees – This session discussed ways we can all ensure intersectional LGB experiences are not erased in the workplace.
- Trans Inclusion: Creating Better Workplaces for Trans Employees – Presented as a panel discussion, this webinar explored trans inclusion and policy development.
Notable Dates
- Autistic Pride Day – First celebrated in 2005, this annual event recognises the importance of pride for autistic people.
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day – Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day, is observed annually on September 23 to recognise and celebrate bisexual people, their community, and history.
- International Transgender Day of Visibility – This is celebrated annually on 31 March to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by the trans community and their contributions to society.
- Intersex Awareness Day – Observed each year on 26 October, this international day recognises human rights issues faced by intersex people.
- Lesbian Visibility Week – This is an annual observance dedicated to increasing the awareness of lesbian women and their issues. Lesbian Visibility Day, which is held each year on 26 April, takes place during this week.
- LGBT+ History Month – This is celebrated every February since its founding in 2004 by Schools OUT UK. Its purpose is to claim LGBT+ history, celebrate the present, and create the future.
- National Coming Out Day (NCOD) – This is an annual LGBT awareness day honoured annually on 11 October, supporting those “coming out of the closet” and promoting openness to combat homophobia.
- Neurodiversity Pride Day – Observed annually on 16 June, Neurodiversity Pride Day is celebrated around the world.
- Pride Month – Pride is dedicated to uplifting LGBTQ+ voices and commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Since then, Pride marches have spread globally, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and celebrating progress while highlighting ongoing challenges. Pride events, featuring parades and festivals, occur year-round across various UK cities.
- Transgender Awareness Week – Transgender Awareness Week, observed from 13 to 19 November, serves to is to educate about transgender and gender non-conforming people and the issues associated with their transition or identity.
- Transgender Day of Remembrance – The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), observed annually on 20 November, memorialises those murdered due to transphobia.
External Resources
This resource was updated in December 2024.
