Workplace Pride

Amsterdam Gay Pride 2020
2020-07-25 08:00 - 2020-08-02 00:00 (Europe/London)
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

Amsterdam Gay Pride is on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August 2020.

In the main pride weekend the Canal Parade, street parties and main dance parties take place. Pride festival is from 25 July till 2 August 2020,

Amsterdam Pride is one of the greatest gay events in the world. You will find street parties all weekend long, the best massive circuit parties with thousands of guys and of course the famous Canal Parade through the historic Amsterdam Unesco canals on.

Gay pride is one of the most busy weekends of the year in Amsterdam. Make sure you book your hotel early!

CSD BERLIN (BERLIN PRIDE) 2020
2020-07-25 00:00 - 2020-07-28 00:00
Berlin Gay Pride is one of the biggest European gay parades. Known in German as CSD the event is a gay landmark that has been held in Berlin since 1979.

From: Sunday, Jul 26th, 2020To: Tuesday, Jul 28th, 2020

The Parade is on the Monday 27th

EUROPRIDE 2020
2020-06-20 08:00 - 2020-06-28 00:00
In June 2020, the heart of the European LGBTQI community will be beating in Greece, as Thessaloniki is hosting EuroPride.

With a slogan “Welcome to the future where everyone can join!”, EuroPride 2020 is marking a new era for the Pride movement and it willhighlight the sentiments of freedom and hope of the local LGBTQI community, as they are leaving behind the dark past of hatred and intolerance that the Balkans have been associated with since the 1990s and steps into the light with optimism.

Workplace Pride 2020 Online Symposium
2020-06-19 15:00 - 17:00
ACCESS ONLINE SYMPOSIUM HERE

PROGRAM UPDATE

You are cordially invited to the Workplace Pride 2020 Online Symposium. With the theme of” Great expectations, Envisioning a new decade of LGBTI Workplace Inclusion”, the symposium will take a thorough look at both of the challenges and the opportunities for our community and for workplaces in the coming 10 years. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this topic takes on a new urgency which will be addressed throughout the symposium.

Participants will learn from LGBTI workplace pioneer Claudia Brind-Woody about progress over the years and her vision for the future and take part in the signing of the Declaration of Amsterdam by Unilever CEO, Alan Jope. They will also have the opportunity to choose from four different breakout sessions looking at such diverse topics as:

Economic LGBTI competitiveness of cities, Hurdles and possibilities for the LGBTI community in Europe, Practical applications of the UN LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business,The vision of young LGBTI professionals for the coming decade.

Scroll below to see the full program.

The symposium is free and open to all, however it is required to register ahead of time. Workplace Pride members will be given priority for unlimited registration until it opens to the public on Thursday, June 11th.

Date/Time: Friday, June 19th 2020: 15:00 – 17:00 (Amsterdam time) followed by 30 minutes of online networking & music.

Program

15:00 – 17:00

Symposium Moderator: Mark Emdin: Chair, Workplace Pride

Keynote speaker: Claudia Brind-Woody: Managing Director Walgreens-Boots Alliance, IBM

“A conversation with an LGBTI workplace pioneer. Thoughts and advice for the coming decade”

Breakouts: Sessions run simultaneously and participants may choose which one to attend.

1. “ What is the future for LGBTI progress in Europe?”

With their annual Rainbow Map just being published, ILGA Europe knows better than most about the situation for LGBTI people across the continent. This breakout looks at some of the challenges currently facing our community and how the interaction with employers is on the brink of change.

Hosted by:

Evelyne Paradis and Anna Shepherd, ILGA Europe.

2. “ How inclusive and competitive is your city?”

Amsterdam has scored highest in the world on the new Open for Business report showing that LGBT+ inclusion is a key ingredient in urban economic resilience and competitiveness This breakout session, details their findings about the relationship between this quality and a city’s GDP per capita, innovation potential, ability to attract talent, and quality of life.

Hosted by:

Drew Keller and Kathryn Dovey, Open for Business

3. “From Advocacy to Action” – using the UN LGBTI Standards to build a more inclusive workplace

In this session, we will focus on the Workplace Pride UN LGBTI Standards Toolkit which were launched last month. Graham Sparks, Workplace Pride Foundation Advisory Board Member will provide an overview of the Toolkit and host a dialogue with leaders from our member companies who are using this new tool to improve LGBTI workplace inclusion.

Hosted by:

Graham Sparks; Joyce Peirsman, Dow; and Pedro Kuijt Rumayor, Shell

4. “Will your company attract young talent in the future?” – Research on the future of LGBTI+ inclusion in the workplace by Young@Workplace Pride

In this session, we will report on the top three expectations of students and young professionals have for potential future employers based on conversations with three experience groups. Our Young team will propose both quick wins and structural solutions to improve LGBTI inclusion, taking into consideration actions that can be integrated into post-COVID integration planning.

Hosted by:

Ali Buck; Steven Kienhorst, IBM; Hannah Roan, Uber; Joost van der Sande, KLM.

Keynote speaker: Alan Jope, CEO Unilever, signs the Declaration of Amsterdam and share his thoughts on how employers will address LGBTI workplace in the coming decade.

Closing Discussions:

A conversation with a D&I HR representative about the situation on the ground Introduction of new incoming Chairs, Bianca Nijhof and Michiel Kolman

17:00 – 17:30

Online networking opportunities in the Workplace Pride “Online Lobby”

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Note: If you have any problems accessing our online Symposium event then please email: info@workplacepride.org

Keeping Members Connected (Public Sector)
2020-06-17 13:00 - 14:00
CEST Timezone

Hoe dragen LHBTI+ netwerken binnen de publieke sector bij aan een inclusieve organisatiecultuur?

We are pleased to invite you to the 9th live webinar in our “Keeping Members Connected” series. This webinar will be held in Dutch with the title: “Hoe dragen LHBTI+ netwerken binnen de publieke sector bij aan een inclusieve organisatiecultuur?”, and will be hosted by Public Sector members at Workplace Pride.

De publieke sector heeft een brede sociale en maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid, zowel als het gaat om het bevorderen van diversiteit & inclusiviteit in het algemeen, als voor de LHBTI+ gemeenschap in het bijzonder. In deze webinar zullen de volgende thema’s aan de orde komen:

Hoe is dit intern voor de organisaties binnen het publieke domein geregeld? Meestal is een HR afdeling, gecombineerd met een D&I team verantwoordelijk voor het formuleren en opstellen van beleid waarmee voorwaarden worden gecreëerd zodat iedere medewerker zich veilig zou moeten voelen.Een veilige werkvloer draagt bij aan een prettige werkomgeving waarin creativiteit gestimuleerd wordt en je beter presteert. LHBTI+ medewerkersnetwerken weten dat zij een krachtige positie kunnen hebben om diversiteit en inclusie te bevorderen vanuit hun persoonlijke ervaring en intrinsieke motivatie.Hoe zet je het LHBTI+ netwerk in om zoveel mogelijk invloed uit te oefenen op bijvoorbeeld het aanstellings- en selectiebeleid, het ontwikkelen van personeel en van leiderschapstrajecten in de organisatie.Welke lessen kunnen we leren van Dutch Government Pride, B/Proud netwerk van het ministerie van Financiën en de Belastingdienst, en het Roze Ambtenaren Netwerk van de gemeente Amsterdam?

Moderator:

Anna Tijsseling, Dr. In de Sexualiteitsgeschiedenis, Trainer en Counselor

Experts:

Angelique Meul, Voorzitter Roze Ambtenaren Netwerk (RAN) – Gemeente Amsterdam, bestuurslid Workplace Pride FoundationMark van Enckevort, Voorzitter Dutch Government Pride en B/Proud, Ministerie van Financiën

Publiek: Workplace Pride members, stakeholders, en vrienden

Klik hier om het webinar bij te wonen:

Link: Workplace Pride Live Webinar Kies: ” Hoe dragen LHBTI+ netwerken binnen de publieke sector bij aan een inclusieve organisatiecultuur? “Let op! Maak gebruik van Google Chrome of Firefox. Microsoft Edge wordt niet ondersteund. Tot de 17e!

Webinar will be held in Dutch

Keeping Members Connected (Transgender inclusion)
2020-06-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Live Webinar, Netherlands
CEST Timezone

Subject: I AM A NEW ME hosted by ING

For this webinar, our focus is the Transgender community. A specific subgroup within the LGBT sphere that deals with the complex process of

transition. For many people, COVID-19 means “quarantine” but for anyone who needs medical care the impact is far greater and more serious.

How can we as colleagues and employers make sure that Transgender colleagues feel included in the workplace when they are going through such a significant and life altering process ?

Objectives

During this webinar we will explain the various phases of the transgender transition process explore the effect of the transition on the workplace real life experiences of transition on the workplace explain why transgenders need special attention during COVID-19 learn from experiences from other Workplace Pride Members

Moderator:

• Dimitri, ING

Expert(s):

• Sophie, ING

• Maxim, Aegon

Audience: Workplace Pride members, but also open to LGBTI workplace friends & allies

Keeping Members Connected (Tech@WorkplacePride)
2020-05-27 13:00 - 14:00
CEST Timezone

There is Always a Rainbow in the Cloud hosted by Tech@WorkplacePride

We are pleased to invite you to the 7th live webinar in our “Keeping Members Connected” series: There is always a Rainbow in the cloud hosted by Tech@WorkplacePride.

In a resilient democracy, laws exist to prevent governments from collecting data against specific groups of people.

Given the recent pandemic of COVID-19, however, more and more governments around the world are using such data in order to reduce the impact of its spread, at the cost of people’s privacy. How should resilient democracies such as ours respond, and ensure that such data are not used against the LGBTI community? Which ethical and moral choices do we have to make? Must the importance of privacy balance against the general interest of public health and the economy?

Be sure and tune into this webinar which will cover these and other topical questions in a sample of the Tech@Workplace Pride live event on November 13th in Groningen (see banner below)

Subject: There is always a rainbow in the Cloud

Host: Tech@Workplacepride

Moderator: Danny Belitz, Data Scientist, IBM

Expert: Mr.dr. Willeke Slingerland, Professor (Applied Research) Resilient Democracy, Saxion

Audience: Workplace Pride members, but also open to LGBTI workplace friends & allies

How to connect

Link: Workplace Pride Live Webinar

Select Webinar: There is always a rainbow in the Cloud hosted by Tech @WorkplacePride

SAVE THE DATE for our next Tech@WorkplacePride Event in Groningen – 13 November 2020

Keeping Members Connected (Women@WorkplacePride)
2020-05-20 13:00 - 14:00
CEST Timezone

Female Leadership in Times of Crisis

Hosted by Women@WorkplacePride

Speaker: Margot Slattery, Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Sodexo

We are pleased to invite you to the 6th live webinar in our “Keeping Members Connected” series: Female Leadership in Times of Crisis hosted by Women@WorkplacePride. Women are society’s primary caregivers in healthcare and play indispensable roles in education and the hospitality business. This fact has become even more evident in the current COVID-19 pandemic. At this crucial juncture in our history, LGBTI Women have the power and should seize the opportunity to claim a strategic position in society. But how are female leaders doing that right now? What are the ideas to maintain visibility in the future and how can we continue to include all LGBTI women in this process? This webinar explores how LGBTI women can have their voices heard about the future of work, their place in the community, and their place in politics as we all adjust to the new post-pandemic reality.

Margot Slattery

Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Sodexo

Subject: Female Leadership in Times of Crisis: Hosted by Women@WorkplacePride

Host: Margot Slattery,Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Sodexo

Moderator: Marion Mulder, Board Member Workplace Pride Foundation

Audience: Workplace Pride members, but also open to LGBTI workplace friends & allies

How to connect:

Link: Workplace Pride Live Webinar Select Webinar: Female Leadership in Times of Crisis hosted by Women@WorkplacePride

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2020
2020-05-17 08:00 - 17:00
The global COVID-19 pandemic is affecting us all, and many initiatives for May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia have been either cancelled or delayed.But physical distancing doesn’t have to mean social distancing!Communities are more important than ever and physical distancing should mean getting socially even closer.

May 17 will provide a key opportunity for this, and this article brings you plenty of ideas on how to make it happen!

Click HERE

Background

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics.

In our families, in our social circles, at work, in our sports clubs, for many of us our Sexualities, Gender Identities or Sex Characteristics must be hidden. We wander through most of our lives with the stigma of feeling ashamed of who we are.

On May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia will be breaking some of that silence. This year again, tens of thousands of us will speak up. We will take the space that is rightfully ours, because our voices, our stories, our lived realities matter!

By all coming together on one global day, our “noise” will be so loud that all our LGBTQI+++ sisters and brothers all over the world who cannot speak up will hear the sound of hope and solidarity.

Join the global noise! Make your voice heard on May 17, 2020

The Day is not one single campaign. It is a moment when thousands of ideas and initiatives converge over a single vision: freedom and equality for all sexual, gender and bodily minorities.

You can join in whichever way you want: shout out on your social media, organise an event near you, contact your local LGBTQI++ organisation to see what they have planned, call on your local authority to get them to celebrate the Day, decorate your office, organise a movie night, etc. Be creative, this is YOUR day !

May 17 is now celebrated in more than 130 countries, including 37 where same-sex acts are illegal. Thousands of initiatives, big and small, are reported throughout the planet.

Keeping Members Connected (UN Standards Tool Kit)
2020-05-13 13:00 - 14:00
CEST Timezone

Launching and Walk Through of Workplace Pride’s UN LGBTI Standards Toolkit

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th live webinar in our “Keeping Members Connected” series: Launch and Walk through of Workplace Pride’s UN LGBTI Standards ToolkitThe Workplace Pride Toolkit is designed to help organisations implement the United Nations’ LGBTI Standards for Business Conduct. The toolkit provides organisations a comprehensive set of mechanisms and concrete examples for how to improve their own LGBTI activities. It also speaks the language of business and how organisations can better contribute to positive social change in the communities where they work. This webinar highlights the main sections of the toolkit and will include a Q&A for participants.

Subject: Launching of Workplace Pride’s Practical Toolkit for the UN Standards of Conduct on LGBTI Business

Host: Graham Sparks,Workplace Pride Advisory Board

Audience: Workplace Pride Members, stakeholders and friends

Global Leaders Council Q2 2020
2020-05-12 15:00 - 17:00
Workplace Pride members are invited to the Q2 GLC meeting which will be held online May 12th. An invitation will be sent to those who have been recently attending, but if you would like to send a representative, please write to info@workplacepride.org.

The GLC was initiated in 2018 at the request of our members to provide a convenient and effective quarterly forum in which Workplace Pride members can have a high-level exchange of LGBT+ best practices and strategies amongst peers. GLC participants should be decision-makers or major influencers within their own organisations.

Elsevier Pride Virtual Panel discussion
2020-05-07 16:00 - 17:00
Timezone: CEST Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

Elsevier Pride invites you to attend a panel discussion where we will discuss the implications of COVID-19 on the LGBTQI community.

What are the implications of Covid-19 for people with HIV? Are people who are HIV+ while on medication lead to higher risks to Covid-19? Is there any evidence that HIV antivirals might actually have some positive effect against Covid-19? Does the aging population of HIV+ with related health issues (cardiovascular e.g.) have a higher risk profile?

In the gay community, there are conflicting stories how to handle casual sex during Corona. Time to dispel the myths……..

The panelists include:

Peter Reiss (Professor of Medicine, Department of Global Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam)Peter Hayward (Editor in Chief, The Lancet HIV)Kees Brinkman (Internist, OLVG hospital Amsterdam)Sebastiaan Verboeket (PhD candidate, Amsterdam Medical Center)

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

Please REGISTER for the webinar!

Keeping Members Connected (B.proud by Booking.com)
2020-05-06 13:00 - 14:00
Timezone Amsterdam,Berlin (CEST)

Work hard and B.proud Hosted by Booking.com

In the fourth live webinar event of our “Keeping Members Connected” series, Booking.com’s B.proud network global chair and co-chair of B.Proud will share their vision on the journey so far :

How did B.proud get here? What did they learn along the way?What have we been doing to support our community during COVID-19?And maybe most importantly: what challenges are still ahead, especially in a time where most companies struggle to stay connected while being physically apart?

Today, Booking.com’s B.proud network consists of a global community and an ally network of 2700+ employees. This, of course, did not happen overnight and took a lot of hard work.

Event: Work hard and B.proud

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 6 2020, 13:00 – 14:00 CEST

Host: B.proud network at Booking.com

Audience: WP Members open to LGBTI workplace friends & allies

How to connect:

Link: Workplace Pride Live Webinar Select Webinar: Work hard and B.proud hosted by Booking.com Password: For login details please write to info@workplacepride.orgLook forward to seeing you on the 6th of May!

Keeping Members Connected (Young@WorkplacePride)
2020-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom details in personal email, United States
Our generation fought for basic rights; your generation expects them hosted by Young@WorkplacePride

What is the next step for LGBTI inclusion in the workplace: a conversation between experience groups hosted by Young@WorkplacePride

In the third event of our “Keeping Members Connected” series, Young@WorkplacePride invites you to share your thoughts about what the future of LGBTI+ inclusion looks like in the workplace:

What do we expect from our workplaces? Is the use of policies and symbolism enough? Do we rely more on the use of stories and role models of that LGBTI executive that made it to the board of the company? Or both? Is that enough to guarantee inclusion or do we need to go a few layers deeper? And if so, what is it then to make us all feel included?

Objectives:

In a recent conversation, someone who has around 20 years of experience, accurately mused to one of our Young@Workplace Pride Board members, “Our generation fought for basic rights; your generation expects them.” So the question is: What do we expect from our workplaces? Is it the use of policies and symbolism, such as the Dutch Railways changing their address to people from “Dear Ladies/Gentlemen” to “Dear Travelers”? Or do we rely more on the use of stories and role models of that LGBTI executive that made it to the board of the company? Or both? Is that enough to guarantee inclusion or do we need to go a few layers deeper? And if so, what is it then to make us all feel included? We’ll begin with an introduction that dives a bit more into the development of this topic and purpose of this workshop to contextualize and trigger the interest for all. Attendees will break out into groups with 0-5 and 5+ working experience, led by our teams. Within the session, we aim to put a short break for them to reflect and provide their views. Afterward, we would then like to discuss those and make a comparison between the experience groups.

Zoom details are to be found in your email inbox from Workplace Pride

New Workplace Pride Website Walk-through & Q&A
2020-04-22 13:00 - 14:00
In the second event of our “Keeping Members Connected” series, we will be guiding you through the features and workflow of our newly re-designed website.

The walk-through will include a detailed look at the new Member’s-only area features such as the:

Workplace Pride UN LGBTI Standards ToolkitLGBTI Workplace Resources libraryOrganisational Employee SurveyContact Directory for Workplace Pride Members

and other resources that will help our members better engage with the Foundation and each other.

Objectives:

This webinar will introduce our members and other stakeholders to the new Workplace Pride website. It will help them learn to navigate the additional functionality, especially for members who will have a wide range of new possibilities to support their LGBTI workplace inclusion efforts.

The webinar will include an open discussion in the last section allowing participants to exchange ideas and even suggest improvements. Within the new working reality that we are all facing due to the COVID-19 crisis, we are hopeful that the new Workplace Pride Website will help organisations and the LGBTI community begin to think out of the box for the future of our movement.

Host: David Pollard (Executive Director Workplace Pride)

Audience: Workplace Pride members, but also open to LGBTI workplace friends & allies

What are your needs?
2020-04-15 13:00 - 14:00
For this purpose, we will be holding an ‘inventory’ meeting with our Foundation Leaders and Partners. The outcome will help us flesh out the “Keeping Members Connected” initiative of our redesigned 2020 Outreach Platform and will be held on:

Agenda for the discussion will include:

Short re-cap of Workplace Pride’s re-designed 2020 Outreach Platform & new website updateMedium to long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the LGBTI communityMain challenges / opportunities that our members are experiencing due to the pandemicWhat kind of initiatives is your organisation undertaking in order to keep in touch with the LGBTI community?Are you planning (virtual) initiatives in the near future?Specific topics that you would like to see covered in Workplace Pride’s re-designed 2020 Outreach PlatformExpertise / speakers that your organisation would be able to offer for the platformPersonal thoughts / experiences you would like to share

While we are exploring alternative platforms for our upcoming online discussions, this call will take place via a password protected zoom link. Further call-in details are at the bottom of this message. There is no need to register, but do hope you will be able to join us.

OPENSTELLING BURGERLIJK HUWELIJK
2020-04-01 08:00 - 17:00
Nederland was in 2001 het eerste land ter wereld dat het burgerlijk huwelijk openstelde voor twee partners van hetzelfde geslacht, in 2003 volgde België. Sindsdien is het burgerlijk huwelijk ook opengesteld in achtereenvolgens Spanje, Canada, Zuid-Afrika, Noorwegen, Zweden, Portugal, IJsland, Argentinië, Denemarken (later ook Groenland en de Faeröer), Brazilië, Frankrijk, Uruguay, Nieuw-Zeeland, Luxemburg, de Verenigde Staten, Ierland, Colombia, Finland, Malta, Duitsland en Australië. Het merendeel van het Verenigd Koninkrijk en twaalf deelstaten in Mexico erkennen het burgerlijk huwelijk tussen twee partners van hetzelfde geslacht ook. In 2019 volgen Taiwan, Oostenrijk en Costa Rica.

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