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Pride & Beyond Podcast | Episodes 01-13.

Updated: 2 days ago

Intersectional perspectives on the issues facing LGBTQ+ people in the workplace with our 'Pride & Beyond' podcast.

The cover for the Pride & Beyond podcast series by We Create Space.

The Pride & Beyond Podcast shares valuable insights on a variety of intersectional topics that focus on the Queer Community and the experiences of Queer Leaders in the workplace.


Across 13 episodes you'll be provided you with the space to learn, reflect, and consider how you can be a more impactful leader and ally within the communities that you are serving, during Pride, and beyond. Each episode features different members of the WCS Collective, each offering rich intersectional lived experience and professional expertise.




01. Navigating Male Privilege

  • When and how is male privilege granted, rewarded, or weaponised?

  • What are some intersectional nuances within the LGBTQIA+ male experience?

  • How can male privilege be leveraged for positive change?





02. Queer Migrant & Refugee Status

  • Who are migrants and refugees? How do LGBTQ+ identities inform this experience?

  • What are the common misconceptions surrounding migrant and refugee status?

  • How do we tackle the root cause of stigma and specific barriers to societal inclusion?

  • Addressing the opportunity gap, inclusive recruitment and investing in refugee employment.

  • How moving migrant and refugee stories forward (beyond creating awareness) can help organisations reach diverse talent?





03. Being a Queer Leader of Faith

  • How do faith and Queerness interact?

  • Where can we find spaces as LGBTQ+ People within faith communities?

  • Advice for anyone struggling to reconcile their Queerness with their faith.

  • How God is Love.





04. LGBTQ+ Parenting

  • Challenging heteronormative parenting

  • Addressing gendered assumptions

  • Navigating coming out and gender identity exploration

  • Exploring queer parenting, leadership, and workplace inclusion.





05. Mental Health & Overcoming Addiction

  • Language framing.

  • Differing interpretations of the definition of 'mental health'.

  • The unique mental health journeys of our speakers, and what having good mental health means.





06. Being A Disabled Leader

  • Challenging stereotypes and breaking barriers

  • Creating inclusive and accessible workplaces

  • Advocating for disability rights and representation





07. Non-Binary Leadership

  • Our panellists journeys of self-expression

  • How Leaders can protect their mental health 

  • What the panellists would like their legacy to be





08. Psychological Safety

  • How to create cultures of safety where LGBTQ+ colleagues feel safe to speak up.

  • Ways to leverage intersectionality to foster an inclusive mindset.

  • How to impact culture change through radical empathy.

  • How to better engage, support, and learn from LGBTQ+ colleagues.





09. Leadership Beyond the Binary

  • Re-imagining culture, spaces, and opportunities in the workplace to attract and retain trans talent.

  • How to encourage leadership to be visible and vocal trans allies.

  • How to model inclusive language & share tools for colleagues to do the same.

  • Understanding sponsorship and allyship & their importance as ongoing practices.





10. Bodily Autonomy

  • Understanding bodily autonomy and how to support the freedoms of others

  • Contextualising global legal restrictions on gender identity and sexual orientation

  • Reflecting on the impact of these issues on LGBTQ+ mental health

  • Applying an intersectional lens in building safer workplaces for LGBTQ+ employees

  • Learning to model inclusive behaviour and share tools for colleagues to do the same





11. Intergenerational Wisdom

  • Nurturing future Queer leaders and retain LGBTQ+ talent.

  • Identifying the barriers that prevent intergenerational bonding and mentorship among LGBTQ+ people at work.

  • How intergenerational LGBTQ+ mentorship can also help create a culture of allies at work.

  • Leveraging the power of intergenerational storytelling to sustain corporate activism.





12. Queer Financial Wellbeing

  • Understanding financial wellbeing from a LGBTQ+ and intersectional lens.

  • Reframing societal and inherited narratives of success, failure and self-worth.

  • The role of allies in closing the financial education gap.

  • Identifying financial resources and information to help LGBTQ+ employees gain more financial stability in the face of unexpected events.





13. LGBTQ+ Anti-Racism

  • Challenging unconscious biases and become consciously inclusive.

  • Learning to take action against racism and enact change in your workplace.

  • Creating moments of connection to understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ colleagues from racialised backgrounds.

  • Expanding your comfort zone with useful tools and resources for uncomfortable conversations.






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