{"id":2561,"date":"2017-05-31T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2022-06-21T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:11:58","slug":"lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-pride-month-2017-blog-1-2-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-pride-month-2017-blog-1-2-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"My LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Pride Month 2017 Blog 1 of 2! Actually Nine!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In June 2016, President Obama declared the Stonewall Inn, where the late June 1969 riot against police brutality of LGBT people took place, the USA’s first LGBT National Historic Monument. (Photo from CNN)<\/p><\/div>\n

New resource from Porch.com added for 2022<\/em> – “Ways to Support and Celebrate Pride Month.”<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This year, I will kick off LGBT pride month by providing short summaries and links to nine blogs I wrote since last year\u2019s Pride that have LGBT diversity content. LGBT Pride should be every month, all year!<\/p>\n

And be watching for my 2017 LGBT Pride Month Blog 2 later in June when I will be reviewing a new book written by a leading LGBT consultant and writer being released within the next week or two!<\/p>\n

1) June, 2016 – On the last day of LGBT Pride Month 2016, I published a blog about the great privilege of being able to attend the US Department of Labor’s LGBT Pride Month event<\/strong><\/a> with US Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and US Senator Tammy Baldwin in Washington DC on June 28th!<\/p>\n

2) September, 2016 – I published my third blog in a 3-part series of Muslim diversity in the US \u2013 \u201cThe Intersection of Islam and LGBT<\/strong><\/a> (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender.)” It includes lots of interesting links.<\/p>\n

3) September, 2016 – “The Nightmare Continues – Five Impacts of North Carolina’s Infamous HB2.”<\/strong><\/a> As a diversity consultant working with many businesses and organizations across North Carolina, I share two broad economic \/ business impacts and three individual \/ personal focused impacts of this horrible state law. (since partially repealed)<\/p>\n

4) October, 2016 – I was very pleased that our annual North Carolina Society of HR Management Conference scheduled young, dynamic transgender author and activist Janet Mock as this year’s kickoff keynote speaker. Such an important topic in today’s corporate world – “A superb transgender awareness keynote from Janet Mock.\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

5) November, 2016 \u2013 I published a Transgender Day of Remembrance Guest Blog, a reflection on the Transgender Day of Remembrance,<\/strong><\/a> written by my new staff member transgender activist and speaker Elaine Martin. This very somber and thoughtful piece reflects on a segment of our population who disproportionately lose their lives to violence.<\/p>\n

6) January, 2017 – \u201cYes! Virginia is for all lovers (and all employees and businesses)\u201d<\/strong><\/a> is about Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe\u2019s first executive order as a new governor promoting LGBT equality.<\/p>\n

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The S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil LGBT Pride Parade is now perhaps the largest in the entire world. (Photo from Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

7) January, 2017 – In this time when many people in industry consider millennials as entitled, spoiled and unwilling to work hard, I published this interview with an outstanding millennial community leader.<\/strong><\/a> Out and proud gay man Jackson Cooper is believed to be the youngest executive director in the country leading a performing arts organization in the US.<\/p>\n

8) February, 2017 – In my latest blog about North Carolina’s infamous anti-LGBT HB2 law,<\/strong><\/a> I share two recent business perspectives: from a season senior executive and from a recent college graduate.<\/p>\n

9) April, 2017 – On April 6th, I attended a breakfast meeting of business leaders with the new North Carolina Governor as the speaker. In \u201cPower Breakfast with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper \u2013 Part 1 of 2\u201d<\/strong><\/a> I summarize the general comments of Governor Cooper around diversity, education, health, economic development, and more. And in \u201cPower Breakfast with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper \u2013 Part 2 of 2\u201d <\/strong><\/a>I provide the details of Governor Cooper\u2019s comments about HB2, diversity, and support for LGBT citizens.<\/p>\n

I wish all my readers a Happy LGBT Pride Month and hope you find these blogs useful and perhaps even inspirational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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