Executives & Senior Leaders
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Trans and Nonbinary Employee Lifecycle
Date Published: Overview This session, led by SAP at the 2023 Out & Equal Workplace Summit, explores how organizations can build inclusive environments for transgender and non-binary employees. The discussion highlights SAP’s approach to talent attraction, career development, internal education, and inclusive benefits, grounded in its Global Gender Transition Guidelines. The session also examines how…
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Experiences of the Lavender Ceiling: Progress and Continued Challenges Facing Out LGBTQ+ Leaders at Work
Date Published: Overview This report examines the barriers LGBTQ+ leaders face in advancing to senior leadership, shedding light on systemic bias, representation gaps, and the persistent “lavender ceiling” in workplaces. Drawing on survey data and interviews with 132 leaders—83% of whom identify as LGBTQ+ and 17% as allies—the research captures both lived experience and organizational…
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Recover Well: Addressing Burnout, Well-being & Thriving with DEIB Thought Leaders & Elite Athletes
Date Published: Overview This 2023 Workplace Summit session centers on the urgent need to prioritize mental health and well-being in today’s workplaces. Through personal reflections on burnout and resilience, speakers examine how self-care, recovery, and supportive cultures are essential to sustainable performance—not optional extras. The discussion challenges traditional definitions of productivity, calling on leaders to…
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HIV and AIDS: Decades of Activism, Paths Forward
Date Published: Overview This 2023 Workplace Summit fireside chat brings together veteran HIV/AIDS activists Paul Kawata and Peter Staley to reflect on decades of activism and the work that still lies ahead. Drawing on the legacy of ACT UP and hard-won progress in healthcare access, the conversation connects historical lessons to today’s legal and political…
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Uncovering Culture: Are Your LGBTQIA+ Employees Hiding Who They Really Are?
Date Published: Overview The 2023 Workplace Summit session examines how “covering”—downplaying or hiding aspects of identity—affects LGBTQIA+ employees’ well-being and performance. Speakers explore the four types of covering and how intersectionality and psychological safety shape employees’ decisions to be out at work. Through research and personal stories, the session highlights the emotional toll of covering…
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Intentionally Intersectional: “It’s not Either/Or, It’s Both/And”
Date Published: Overview This 2023 Workplace Summit session explores how Pride Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) can partner with other ERGs to deepen impact through intersectional collaboration. The session examines how shared experiences across identities, such as race, gender, disability, and sexual orientation, can strengthen connection, break down silos, and advance more inclusive workplace cultures. Through…
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In Conversation with Erik Day
Date Published: Key Insights On the Role of the Partner Community and Companies in Advancing Representation, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging What role do companies play in advancing LGBTQ+ representation, inclusion, equity, and belonging? Organizations have a unique opportunity to drive incremental change that leads to movement-making impact. We drive change by implementing inclusive practices and…
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In Conversation with Erin Uritus
Date Published: Key Insights Reflections on the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, This Year’s Theme “We Are,” and Defining Out & Equal’s Next Chapter As the CEO of Out & Equal for more than five years now, and as a member of the Queer community who has been attending Summit for more than 20 years,…
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Wells Fargo LGBTQ+ Marketing Strategy: Pride and Beyond
Date Published: Overview This presentation explores Wells Fargo’s evolving approach to Pride Month and year-round LGBTQ+ marketing, centered on authenticity rather than symbolic gestures. The strategy highlights a shift away from “rainbow-washing” toward meaningful engagement with employees and the LGBTQ+ community, including recalibrated Pride participation in regions most impacted by anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. The discussion also…