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Virtue Signalling The action or practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character or the moral correctness of one's position on a particular issue. < Back to Glossary

TERF Acronym for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. TERFS are radical feminists who excludes the rights of transgender women from their advocacy of women's rights. TERFs often actively contribute to bigotry towards transgender people. < Back to Glossary

Passing Passing is the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category, such as racial identity, ethnicity, caste, social class, sexual orientation, gender, religion, age and/or disability status, that is often different from their own. “Passing” can refer to a few different things within queer communities. Generally speaking, it means being perceived by people, and mainstream society as cisgender and/or heterosexual. There are a lot of different reasons why some people want to pass as cisgender. Passing is not inherently good or bad. It can be an affirming experience for some people, and a stressful, negative source of pressure for others. < Back to Glossary

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun (e.g. I, you, he, she, it, this, that, they, them). Pronouns referring to a person can be linked to someone's gender identity. It's important to ask someone their pronouns rather than guessing based on what they look like. Or use gender-neutral ones (they/them). See: Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Gender Attribution and Misgender. < Back to Glossary

Butch Traditionally, in lesbian culture, the word 'butch' refers to a person whose gender expression and traits present as typically 'masculine'. Being butch is about playing with and challenging traditional binary male and female gender roles and expressions. < Back to Glossary

Orientation A person's sexual orientation refers to who they are romantically or sexually attracted to. < Back to Glossary

Upcoming LGBT well-being experiences, personal development workshops, leadership retreats and self-development programmes by WE CREATE SPACE that you can join and book as an individual participant. Upcoming Events Join a Workshop JOIN A PANEL, WEBINAR, WORKSHOP, NETWORKING, HIKE OR RETREAT... All of our events and sessions are delivered by our collective of Queer Leaders . Please note some community events are exclusively communicated via our Community Newsletter or WCS | Campus . Sign up now using the buttons below! Sign up to newsletter Join WCS | Campus RSVP Closed Community Building 101: Panteres Grogues 15 Jan 2026, 15:00 – 16:15 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Gentle Holidays for Queer Families 09 Dec 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Speed Networking | Online 02 Dec 2025, 17:00 – 18:00 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Leadership 101 | Online 18 Nov 2025, 15:00 – 15:30 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Masterclass | How to Find Your Place Anywhere 13 Nov 2025, 18:30 – 19:45 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Speed Networking | Online 04 Nov 2025, 17:00 – 18:00 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Building a Community Movement 03 Nov 2025, 18:45 – 21:00 London, 76 Dean St, London W1D 3SQ, UK More info Details RSVP Closed Community Catchup & Stroll | LDN 26 Oct 2025, 11:00 – 14:00 Redemption Roasters, Unit 109 Stable St, London N1C 4DR, UK More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Author Journeys | Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt 23 Oct 2025, 15:30 – 16:30 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Community Building 101: Oogachaga 21 Oct 2025, 13:00 – 14:15 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Leadership 101 | Online 20 Oct 2025, 15:00 – 15:30 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Speed Networking (Student Edition) 15 Oct 2025, 19:00 – 21:30 The Cover, Carrer del Rosselló, 265, Eixample, 08008 Barcelona, Spain More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Speed Networking | Online 08 Oct 2025, 17:00 – 18:00 Online More info Details RSVP Closed My (Refugee) Life Film, Panel and Networking 02 Oct 2025, 17:45 – 20:30 London, 66 City Rd, London EC1Y 2AL, UK More info Details RSVP Closed Community Catchup & Stroll | LDN 28 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 13:00 Yurt Cafe, 2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS, UK More info Details RSVP Closed Finding Balance | 4-Day LGBTQ+ Retreat in Barcelona 19 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST – 22 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST Barcelona, Spain More info Details RSVP Closed Queer Leadership 101 | Online 15 Sept 2025, 15:00 – 15:30 Online More info Details RSVP Closed Masterclass | Consciousness, Breath & Leadership 11 Sept 2025, 17:00 – 18:15 Online More info Details Load More WHY DO WE EXIST? We can’t create the inclusive culture and community that we all desire until we start healing ourselves and become more aware as individuals. Once we understand why we behave a certain way, we can use that knowledge as fuel to instigate positive change, becoming more powerful with the decisions we make, and the actions we take. We take an active role in shaping our own lives and lead the way forward for others. About our mission OUR APPROACH. We create very intimate, compassionate and confidential spaces. We use a tried-and-tested sequence of interactive elements; empowering individuals with the necessary tools and information for continuing their own learning and growth journey. Our sessions sometimes offer the unique opportunity to openly share and learn from each others' experiences without judgement; building resilience, strength and community together in the face of our collective adversity. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? For any more information or enquiries please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Get in touch

Kinsey Scale The Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual–Homosexual Rating Scale, is used in research to describe a person's sexual orientation based on one’s experience or response at a given time. The scale typically ranges from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to a 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. < Back to Glossary

(she/her) Steph Steph is a freelance inclusion consultant who believes in equity for all. Her most recent role as Senior Business Director at Creative Equals , saw her work with global brands including Philips , H&M Group and Netflix to embed inclusive behaviours into their business and brand DNA. She’s been recognised as one to watch, with a WACL Future Leader Award in 2017/18, awarded the #2 HERoes Future Leader in 2019 and a BIMA 100 Champion of Change in 2021. Steph Matthews Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... Beyond Calendar Moments: How Organisations Turn Belonging Into a Movement. Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Panteres Grogues. Our Community Impact: 2025 Year in Review. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Land Back Land Back is a campaign by Indigenous people in the United States and in Canada that seeks to re-establish Indigenous sovereignty - notably, the political and economic control of lands in what is now the United States and Canada to the peoples who have historically occupied them prior to colonization. See: Colonisation and Indigenous. < Back to Glossary

Nibling A portmanteau of “niece/nephew” and “sibling”, nibling is a gender-neutral way to refer to the children of your sibling. While it is believed to have been coined in the 1950s, it is still relatively obscure and mainly known by people who actively have a nibling who uses the word. Language is constantly shifting and changing to meet our needs. Creating new words to better describe our experiences is something we have been doing since the emergence of speech. < Back to Glossary

Institutional Racism Refers specifically to the ways in which institutional policies and practices create different outcomes and opportunities for different groups based on racial discrimination. < Back to Glossary

(he/him) Ty Ty is a coach, advisor, designer, and facilitator in leadership/team development, IDE, culture change, engagement and employee experience. Originally from the US, he has also worked in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, and The Netherlands, where he currently lives. He is passionate to remix more belonging, empathy, and trust into teams and organizations. Ty Jernstedt Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... Beyond Calendar Moments: How Organisations Turn Belonging Into a Movement. Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Panteres Grogues. Our Community Impact: 2025 Year in Review. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

(she/her) Tash Tash is a leading Inclusion and Diversity Consultant, presenter, speaker, and LGBTQ+ Activist who is driving the conversation forward. As a Black queer woman, Tash leverages her lived experience and identity to champion diversity and inclusion in both society and the workplace. She provides invaluable insight into dismantling barriers associated with diversity, ensuring that opportunities are accessible with equity, not just in the workplace, but also in our communities, both locally and globally. Tash is an expert on a variety of topics, including Anti-Racism, Language & Terminology, Leadership, Workplace Allyship, Intersectionality, LGBTQ+ History, LGBTQ+ Discrimination, Identity, and Culture Change. She is passionate about sharing her expertise on these topics and empowering others to create meaningful change. Tash Koster-Thomas Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... Beyond Calendar Moments: How Organisations Turn Belonging Into a Movement. Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Panteres Grogues. Our Community Impact: 2025 Year in Review. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

(they/she) Thea Thea is the non-binary finery and ADHD babe behind the disruptive Lightning Travel Recruitment brand. With their powerful voice and captivating storytelling, Thea has emerged as a 'top voice' on LinkedIn , recognised as one of the top 10 LGBTIA Voices in the UK, and named one of 5 LinkedIn creators to follow by PinkNews in 2023. They have also contributed LGBTQ articles to Conde Nast Traveller and received the Rising Star of the year award at the UK Recruitment Awards . Thea is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and they use their platform to share insights into inclusive recruitment, neurodiversity, and transgender awareness. Their unique perspective and engaging approach have earned them a reputation as a thought leader in these areas. Additionally, Thea is well-versed in issues related to identity and workplace allyship, and can speak to those topics as well. Thea Bardot Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... Beyond Calendar Moments: How Organisations Turn Belonging Into a Movement. Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Panteres Grogues. Our Community Impact: 2025 Year in Review. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

HIV HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. HIV medicine is called antiretroviral therapy, or ART. If taken as prescribed, HIV medicine reduces the amount of HIV in the body (viral load) to a very low level, which keeps the immune system working and prevents illness. This is called viral suppression. HIV medicine can even make the viral load so low that a test can’t detect it. This is called an undetectable viral load. A person with HIV who takes HIV medicine as prescribed and gets and stays virally suppressed or undetectable can stay healthy and will not transmit HIV to their sex partners. (See AIDS and PrEP) < Back to Glossary

Cis or Cisgender Cisgender refers to someone whose gender identity matches the sex or gender they were ‘assigned’ at birth. < Back to Glossary

(she/her) Kathryn Kathryn is an anthropologist, writer, trainer/facilitator and researcher, who has taught and conducted fieldwork in India, Spain, Italy, the UK and Brazil. She is a gender and LGBTQ equality trainer, with expertise in bystander intervention to prevent sexual and anti-LGBTQ harassment; affirmative action policy; the use of language; and creating safe, LGBTQ affirmative spaces in the workplace and in schools/universities. Kathryn is a feminist activist, passionate about combatting period poverty and helping queer refugees integrate into society. She is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and English. Kathryn Lum Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... Beyond Calendar Moments: How Organisations Turn Belonging Into a Movement. Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Panteres Grogues. Our Community Impact: 2025 Year in Review. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Central Asian Central Asian culture and heritage is typically associated with the region made up of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. < Back to Glossary

Lesbophobic Prejudice and discrimination towards lesbians. < Back to Glossary