11 ways to celebrate Pride Month with your team

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11 ways to celebrate Pride Month with your team

4. Inclusive language

What does LGBTQIA+ stand for and why it's important for inclusive language.

What is inclusive language?

Inclusive language is the practice of avoiding the spoken or written use of any words or expressions that results in exclusion to groups of people.

Specifically, LGBTQIA+ inclusive language is a way to acknowledge and respect the diversity of bodies, genders and relationships. People express gender and sexuality in different ways.

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Why is this important?

Inclusive language is important in collaborative environments because it can:

Limit exclusive behavior and treatment

Reduce biases

Reduces binary assumptions

Enhance

diversity bonus⁠

Increase creativity

Strengthen employee performance, morale

Increased business success

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List of Inclusive words and phrases

List of Inclusive words and phrases

Not Inclusive

Alternative

Biological sex

Assigned sex

Chairman

Chair or chairperson

Default he/his pronouns for everyone

They/them/theirs

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, men and women, brothers and sisters, sir/madam

All here, colleagues, everyone, esteemed guests, honored guests, friends and colleagues, students, siblings, family, the participant(s), members, or folx

Mankind

Humanity or people

Manpower

Workforce, team

Default to using wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband for everyone

Partner, spouse

Opposite sex

Other sex

Homosexual

gay, lesbian

transsexual

Trans or transgender

sex change or sex reassignment

gender affirmation, transition care, change of gender marker

Biological man, biological woman

cisgender man, cisgender woman

feminine/female pronouns, masculine/male pronouns

she/her pronouns, he/him pronouns

Preferred gender pronouns

Personal pronouns

Lifestyle, preference

Orientation, identity

Born female, born male

Assigned female/male at birth

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Source: University of Maryland’s

Good Practices: Inclusive Language⁠

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Gender Inclusive Language | Trans Care BC⁠

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What is the correct acronym?

Short: They all are!

Long: The LGBT or LGBTQ or LGBTQIA+ or LGBTQ2+ or “LGBTQ2 Plus” full acronym stands for

L = Lesbian

G = Gay

B = Bisexual

T = Transgender or Trans-identified

Q = Queer

2 = Two – Spirits

+ = an inclusive representation of all the other identities ex. Non-Binary, Pansexual, Asexual and Intersex

LGBTQQIP2SAA full acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit (2S), androgynous and asexual

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What if I used the incorrect term?

Take a deep breath. This part is difficult. Admitting that we are wrong or unsure is to be vulnerable. First, apologize for the mistake. Correct your mistake by using the correct term or pronoun. If you realize the mistake after, apologize in private.

It is okay to ask the person their pronoun(s), but it’s not okay to ask what that person thinks that all those in their group wish to be called. A single person does not represent the entirety of any group. It is not their job to teach you, but it is your responsibility to learn and grow through empathy and listening. This issue takes a lot of dimensions and depth within the LGBTQIA++ community, and is likely very personal, so treat everyone with care.

Intent is not the same as impact.

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Gender Pronouns⁠

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Ada Powers on using pronouns⁠

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5. Pride Sharing Circle⁠

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