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. …
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Why wasn’t I born right-handed?
by John Fredette, EQUAL! Vice-President 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 …
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. Events during the …
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. Regards, Ryk Koscielski and Glenda Childress
Ruth Ellis – Activist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBT Awareness Month icon is Ruth Ellis – Activist. “I never expected I’d be 100 years old. It didn’t even come to my mind.” Ruth Ellis, who lived to be 101, was credited with being the oldest known lesbian and LGBT …
Gene Robinson – Religious Leader
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBT Awareness Month icon is Gene Robinson – Religious Leader. “It’s not so much a dream as a calling from God.” In 2003, The Rt. Rev.V. Gene Robinson was elected bishop of the diocese of New Hampshire, making him the first …
Deirdre McCloskey – Economist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBT Awareness Month icon is Deirdre McCloskey – Economist. “We make ourselves, which is our freedom as human beings.” Deirdre McCloskey is an internationally renowned economist and economic historian. She is the author of a memoir recounting her transition from male …
Zhou Dan – Chinese Gay Pioneer
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBT Awareness Month icon is Zhou Dan – Chinese Gay Pioneer. “Law and policy always involve compromise and sometimes being a progressive means taking things one step at a time.” One generation removed from the persecution of gays under the People’s …
Cherry Jones – Actress
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBT Awareness Month icon is Cherry Jones – Actress. “I was never in the closet. From the moment…I stepped onto the theatrical stage, I was always out. It was never an issue.” Cherry Jones is a theater, film and television actress …
Sylvia Rivera – Transgender Activist
Every week day in June, EQUAL! is posting information on a LGBT icon. Today’s LGBTAM icon is Sylvia Rivera. Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Rivera was one of the instigators of the Stonewall uprising, an event that helped launch the modern gay rights movement. “I’m not missing a minute of this, it’s the revolution!” Seventeen-year-old drag …