Ideas for LGBT+ History Month (Feb)

Last year, I hosted a live event with a guest appearance from Sue Sanders, founder of LGBT+ History Month.

I asked delegates to pool all of the things they do in their organisations to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. Here is a snapshot of what they shared.

If you are planning for LGBT+ History Month and have hit a block with ideas, hopefully this will help!

Don't forget about intersecting identities. Could you work with other Employee Network Groups (for example) on your plans for LGBT+ History Month?

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OTHER RESOURCES

Below are a range of different resources you can tap into. Feel free to share these in your organisations LGBT+ History Month communications.

ALLYSHIP

Here is a previous column I wrote on how to be a GOOD ALLY, not just in LGBT+ History Month but all year round: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/a-gay-ny-aunt-24-gina-battye-she-her-

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ARTICLES

If you are looking for articles, here are a few I have written specifically for LGBT+ History Month.

• The 80s AIDs Crisis: https://www.ginabattye.com/aids-crisis-lgbt-history-month
• Section 28: https://www.ginabattye.com/section-28-lgbt-history-month
• The Stonewall Riots: https://www.ginabattye.com/the-stonewall-riots-lgbt-history-month
• History of PRIDE: https://www.ginabattye.com/history-pride-lgbt-history-month
• Civil Partnerships and Same-Sex Marriage: https://www.ginabattye.com/civil-partnerships-same-sex-marriage-lgbt-history-month
• Age of Consent: https://www.ginabattye.com/age-consent-lgbt-history-month

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General LGBT+ Articles

• Psychological Safety For LGBT+ Individuals In The Workplace: https://www.ginabattye.com/what-is-psychological-safety
• Why Bisexual People Feel Excluded From Work, Life And Love: https://www.ginabattye.com/why-bisexual-people-feel-excluded-from-work-life-and-love
• How Lack Of Public Displays Of Affection Can Ruin Intimacy: https://www.ginabattye.com/how-lack-of-public-displays-of-affection-can-ruin-intimacy
• How To Support Your Non-Binary Employees At Work: https://www.ginabattye.com/how-to-support-your-non-binary-employees
• How To Support A Trans Person At Work: https://www.ginabattye.com/how-to-support-a-trans-person-at-work
• How To Support Your LGBT+ Employees With Their Mental Health: https://www.ginabattye.com/how-to-support-your-lgbt-employees-with-their-mental-health
• What To Do When You Experience Homophobic, Biphobic, Transphobic Or Interphobic Abuse: https://www.ginabattye.com/what-to-do-when-you-experience-homophobic-biphobic-transphobic-or-interphobic-abuse-2
• Gender Neutral Uniforms: https://www.ginabattye.com/gender-neutral-uniforms

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VIDEO

Click here for the LGBT+ Best Practice Video Series. This is a playlist of short videos that I created a couple of years ago.

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PODCASTS

• Queer Histories – BBC podcasts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f74j??
• Queer Icons – BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0901fqm?
• Gaychester series - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07t646g/episodes/player?
• Before The Act – talks about Section 28 podcast: https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/section-28-resources

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TRAINING FOR YOUR ORGANISATION

An extensive range of Psychological Safety and LGBT+ training for multinationals and leading global organisations.

Choose from live training, have bespoke e-learning modules created for your organisation, train the trainer programmes: https://www.ginabattye.com/ginas-courses

Hope that helps,

Gina x