Out & Equal Workplace Advocates (commonly known as “Out & Equal”) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. We provide a variety of services to companies, human resource professionals, employee resource groups (ERGs) and individuals.
Out & Equal,, Workplace Advocates champions safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. We advocate building and strengthening successful organizations that value all employees, customers and communities.
We sponsor the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit for LGBT employees and human resources professionals from around the country. This event has featured such notable keynote speakers as George Takei, Yolanda King, Judy Shepard, BD Wong, Billie Jean King, Howard Dean, Patricia Ireland, Ann Richards and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin.
The 2008 Out & Equal Workplace Summit will take place September 10-13 in Austin, TX.
In addition to the annual summit, Out & Equal offers Building Bridges Diversity Training specific to LGBT workplace issues; a growing network of regional affiliates, which now includes New York City, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Francisco Chicago, Arizona, Rocky Mountains (Denver), Washington DC, and Southern California; support to LGBT employee resource groups; a national newsletter; and individual donor and membership programs.
We have recently launched the Out & Equal Professional Network - a website inspired by social networking dedicated to discussions of workplace equality and sharing ideas about how to improve our workplaces for LGBT employees.
Out & Equal also offers support to LGBT employee resource groups (ERGs) through our ERG Registry. The Out & Equal Workplace Institute is pioneering advances in LGBT equality by combining academic research with the real-world concerns and experiences of the workplace to create best practices.
See pictures from the 2007 Out & Equal Workplace Summit by visiting www.kodakgallery.com (use login: outandequalphotography@yahoo.com and password: photography).
Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone planning to attend or interested in attending the 2008 Out & Equal Workplace Summit!
Who should attend?
LGBT or straight-allied employees looking for ways to improve their work environment
Human Resource and Diversity professionals eager to stay informed about laws, policies, best practices and other topics related to LGBT employees
Leaders of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) looking for ideas to improve or invigorate their organization
Executives or business owners interested in learning why and how many successful companies have embraced LGBT workplace equality
Political leaders and activists interested in understanding the impact of the equality movement in corporate environments
Anyone else interested in understanding and advocating for LGBT workplace equality!
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Greetings from the Arizona Out and Equal Affiliate!! I am so excited about the Summit, this will be my 4th year attending. Can't wait to see everyone there!!!
Hey everyone, my name is Meghan and I will be speaking at the O&E Summmit on Saturday morning. I successfully transitioned in the workplace, creative policy, plans, EEO and other G, L, same-sex partership right within a $7nb corporation in Texas when I am an executive. Looking forward to advancing awareness, understanding and meeting y'all !
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