OutPro Empower Toolkit

Checklist from out August OutPro discussion: 

1. Restrooms: Designate one or more restrooms as gender neutral and/or provide access to a single stall restroom.
2. Signs and Symbols: Encourage the use of inclusive signs and symbols in your workspace and throughout the organization (restroom symbols, Pride flag, color choice, work choice, etc.)
3. Employee Forms: Update forms (applications, benefits forms, contact cards, etc.) to be more intentionally inclusive; consider language choice and question content, including whether information is optional or required.
4. Pronouns: Include pronouns on email signatures and other public-facing materials.
5. Affinity/Employee Resource Groups: Establish and participate in employee-led resource groups that build community and foster inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community as appropriate.
6. Significant Dates: Publicly acknowledge dates that are important to the LGBTQIA+ community (i.e., Pride Month, Transgender Day of Visibility, National Coming Out Day, etc.)
7. Community Guidelines: Clearly define workplace expectations for inclusion, including what “appropriate” means; acknowledge the role power dynamics play in the organization.
8. Recruitment: Intentionally recruit a more diverse workforce through multiple avenues of recruitment; make retention of diverse staff a priority.
9. Training: Provide ongoing training on diversity, equity, and inclusion that is specific to the needs and identities of the LGBTQIA+ community.
10. Feedback Loops: Create opportunities to give and receive ongoing, anonymous feedback; establish a process for implementing feedback as able.

Empower Toolkit

Our Empower Toolkit is a collection of resources for you to be able to advocate effectively for yourself & your community. This is an updated list of resources from both local and national resources & organizations committed to making a difference. Check out the empower toolkit below: