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LGBT Awareness Month 2013
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Awareness Month. The EQUAL! EBP (Employee Business Partner) provides activities to celebrate the contributions of the LGBT community and to raise awareness of the issues faced both within and outside the workplace that impact the lives of LGBT employees and employees with LGBT friends or family members.
Why wasn’t I born right-handed?
I am left-handed. I always have been. I don’t know why. No one else in my family is left handed. I must have been born that way. When I began school I noticed other left handed people and I felt a connection with them even if never verbally acknowledged. I realized early on that society is set up for right handed people. That is the expected norm. But I have been able to make accommodations. Aside from being unable to use a fountain pen because my hand smears the ink as I write I do not find being left handed a liability.
LGBT Awareness Month 2011 (updated)
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Awareness Month. EQUAL! is planning activities to celebrate the contributions of the LGBT communities and raise awareness of the issues faced both within and outside the workplace that impact the lives of employees, friends or family members who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
Share Your LGBT Icon
Hope you enjoyed reading about the LGBT Awareness Month icons which were posted in June. Did we miss one of your favorites? If so, feel free to share it with us.
Ruth Ellis – Activist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Ruth Ellis – Activist.
Gene Robinson – Religious Leader
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Gene Robinson – Religious Leader.
Deirdre McCloskey – Economist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Deirdre McCloskey – Economist.
Zhou Dan – Chinese Gay Pioneer
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Zhou Dan — Chinese Gay Pioneer.
Cherry Jones – Actress
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Cherry Jones – Actress.
Sylvia Rivera – Transgender Activist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBTAM icon Sylvia Rivera.
Anthony Romero – President, ACLU
Each day in June, EQUAL! is profiling a LGBT person who has made a difference to society. Today: the icon is Anthony Romero.
Bertrand Delanoë – Mayor of Paris
June is LGBT Awareness Month. Each day in June, EQUAL! will share information about a LGBT icon.
Urvashi Vaid – Attorney, Activist
Urvashi Vaid is an attorney, author, activist and the executive director of the Arcus Foundation.
Contribute to Gay-a-pedia
Please join members of EQUAL! in an open Q&A session regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender issues and experiences.
B.D. Wong – Actor
B.D. Wong is an award-winning actor best known for his television roles on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Oz,” and his Broadway debut in “M. Butterfly.” Born Bradley Darryl Wong, he grew up in the San Francisco Bay area.
Transgender Issues in the Workplace
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today: LGBT Awareness Month icon Cherry Jones – Actress.
Michel Foucault – French Philosopher
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, sociologist and educator who had a profound impact on academic thought. Foucault is best known for his critical studies of psychiatry, the prison system and human sexuality.
Tammy Baldwin – US Congresswoman
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the first out lesbian elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. As of 2009, she is one of three openly gay members and the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress.
John Amaechi – Psychologist, US Professional Basketball Player
John Amaechi is the first NBA player to speak publicly about being gay.
Rachel Maddow, US based Commentator
Rachel Maddow is a television host, radio personality and political commentator. She is the first out lesbian to anchor a prime-time show. Maddow grew up in Castro Valley, California, a San Francisco suburb. She describes herself in high school as “a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl.”
