Terry Brown’s Post

May 17 is the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination. It's a time to be a visible ally and promote LGBTQIA+ inclusion in your community. Here are 6 ways you can be a better LGBTQIA+ ally: 🌈 1. Learn and Listen! Listen to the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people. Check out content creators, listen to podcasts and attending inclusion training. 🌈 2. Inclusive Language! Use terminology that includes LGBTQIA+ people. For example, use the word “partner” to avoid assuming someone’s gender. 🌈 3. Be Visible! Signal to others that you’re someone who’ll support them. You could wear rainbow, share social media content and get involved with queer events. 🌈 4. Show Your Pronouns! Showing your pronouns shows others you’ll respect theirs too! Wear a pin, or add yours to your email signature or social media profile. 🌈 5. Use Your Voice! Stand up for LGBTQIA+ people and speak up against discrimination, even if the person being talked about isn’t around. 🌈 6. Advocate For Inclusion! Build LGBTQIA+ inclusion in to your everyday life and advocate for others to do the same. You can learn more from organisations who do this work each day. You don't have to know everything about being an ally in order to start being one!

🌈 It's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Let's stand together and continue to educate ourselves on how we can best support the LGBTQ+ community, and work towards a world free from discrimination and prejudice. As part of our commitment, we asked university students, "How can brands better support the LGBTQ+ community". These insights underscore the significant role brands play in advocating for and supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Let’s take these insights to heart and continue to strive for inclusivity and equality in all that we do. 🧡 #IDAHOBIT2024

#IDAHOBIT2024 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ❤️ A very important day in the calendar. 📆 Today, we proudly celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Despite the challenges we face, including 62 UN member states still criminalising consensual same-sex relations and 59 countries restricting freedom of expression related to sexual and gender diversity, we remain resilient and united. While 35 countries have legalised marriage equality and 16 have banned conversion therapies, there’s still work to be done. Only 38 countries protect individuals from hate crimes based on gender identity, and just 5 do so for sex characteristics. So, let’s stand tall and celebrate our diversity ensuring nobody gets left behind. 🌈✊

Today, we celebrate Harvey Milk Day, honoring the legacy of one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. Harvey Milk's courageous fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the 1970s marked a pivotal moment in the movement for equality and continues to inspire generations. #HarveyMilkDay #LGBTQ #InclusiveWorkplace #Equality #Diversity #PrideInFinance #LGBTQProfessionals #LegacyOfChange #OutInFinance

Bears & Gaymers, two LGBTQ+ niches worth nearly $400 billion dollars a year in the US alone Richard Jones, Robin Gray, Gray Jones Media The LGBTQ+ community is a wonderful melting pot of multiple niche communities that unite under the one rainbow umbrella. However, the power of some of these niches within the community stand out with significant consumer power. Two of these niche communities are the bear community and the gaymer community, with a combined consumer spending power of nearly $400 billion dollars a year in the US alone making them two of the most powerful niches within the LGBTQ+ community. https://lnkd.in/eVj6Y5Qy

🏳️🌈 Recent research has identified the most inclusive countries for LGBTQ+ individuals to raise a family, with less promising news for same-sex couples in the UK. 🌍 While some countries have improved LGBTQ+ rights in family planning and broader society by 2024, others will enter 2025 at a disadvantage after enacting more anti-LGBTQ+ laws and rhetoric. ⤵️ Read the complete story below: #LGBTQRights #InclusiveCountries #FamilyPlanning #EmisilStudy #SameSexCouples #Equality #LGBTQFamilies #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews

On #LGBTQPrideMonth we invite you to a conversation about generating disaggregated data on LGBTQ+ people, more and better job opportunities and less violence. Join and listen to representatives from civil society, the public sector, beneficiaries and IDB Group authorities working to improve opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Latin America and the Caribbean. https://lnkd.in/ex2gDQX6

Getting older is challenging enough. Aging as a member of the LGBTQ+ community can be even more so. More than 3 million LGBTQ+ Americans are over age 50. Many of us don’t have grown children to help us as we age. However, with a long history of fighting discrimination, we have built strength, resilience, and humor that will serve us well in later years. Click the link below to read more to find out how to help protect your rights, assets, dignity, and well-being as you get older. https://bit.ly/3RjJKu5 #lgbtqaging #lgbtqresources #lgbtqsenior #lgbtqowned #portlandlgbtq

🌈 We asked Daniel, from Uzor about how the organization is tailoring its approach to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community: ‘‘To become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community, we, at Uzor, have refined our intake process. When a person approaches us for help, instead of assuming a heteronormative identity or relationship, we now keep the interview questions open. We are aware that to provide proper support to the community, we need to gather a vast amount of knowledge and experience. That’s why, we collaborate with local organizations with more engagement and expertise with the LGBTQ+ community for vital knowledge transfer and service support.’’ 💡  For more information on the campaign follow the link: https://lnkd.in/gbg5z_33 #16Days #16DaysofActivism #LoveIsNormalViolenceIsNot #ResponsibleTogether2024

"One in three LGBTQ+ have experienced homeless displacement in their lifetime compared to one in five in 2019. Of the respondents who indicated that they experienced homelessness or displacement, the most common reason for their experience was being forced by family members because of their LGBTQ+ identity." We need more tolerance and education for LGBTQ+ needs, starting at HOME. Too many LGBTQ+ Jamaicans have been displaced at some point in their life, simply for being who they are! What are your thoughts? The full survey report is available in the resources section of our website - equalityjamaica.org #IDAHOT #DAHOTWeek2024 #EqualityForAll #EFAF25