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West Asian West Asian culture and heritage is typically associated with the region made up of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. < Back to Glossary

Ambassador An ambassador (in terms of DEI) is normally someone who an organisation or brand partners with. Normally, this ambassador will be part of a marginalised community who is vocal on societal issues and injustices. < Back to Glossary

Manifesto A public statement stating your views or your intention to do something. A manifesto advances a set of ideas, opinions, or views, but it can also lay out a plan of action. While it can address any topic, it most often concerns art, literature, or politics. Manifestos have long been used by Activists as a tool in Civil Rights Movements. < Back to Glossary

Blaq/Blaqueer Folks of Black/African descent and/or from the African diaspora who recognize their queerness/LGBTQIA identity as a salient identity attached to their Blackness and vice versa. < Back to Glossary

Misogyny A dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. < Back to Glossary

Queer Temporality Queer Temporality (also known as 'Queer Time Theory') refers to the school of thought which determines Queer lives are not 'chrononormative.' This means the lives of Queer people do not develop in the same way that non-Queer lives do, as milestones in life as perceived by heteronormative society don't necessarily apply to us - i.e. getting married or having children. Queer Temporality is additionally relevant to transgender people accessing medical transition, as Hormone Replacement Therapy can induce a second puberty at any stage of life. Therefore, our perception of success as LGBTQIA+ people can be warped, or more difficult to understand. As a result, thought leaders in Queer Temporality call for "reconsideration of how marriage, children, generativity, and inheritance define and confine cultural expectations of maturation, responsibility, happiness, and future." (See: Success) < Back to Glossary

Nature 1. Nature can generate many positive emotions, such as calmness, joy, and creativity and can facilitate concentration. Nature connectedness is also associated with lower levels of poor mental health, particularly lower depression and anxiety. 2. Nature can also refer to our genetics. It includes the genes we are born with and other hereditary factors that can influence the way that we develop from childhood through adulthood. < Back to Glossary

Sport Communities that participate in sport and recreation develop strong social bonds, are safer places and the people who live in them are generally healthier and happier than places where physical activity isn't a priority. See: Collaboration, Community, Movement and Play. < Back to Glossary

(he/him) Rahim Rahim is a Moroccan gay Refugee living in Wales, who is a playwright, actor, and belly dancer. Upon discovering that he was living with HIV, he became an advocate for eradicating the stigma surrounding HIV. Rahim is passionate about creating safe spaces for the LGBT global majority, as well as for asylum seekers and refugees. He believes in the importance of intersectionality, recognizing the ways in which different forms of oppression intersect to create unique challenges. In addition to his work on HIV and seeking asylum, Rahim is also an activist for sexual health and identity. He believes in the power of storytelling and using his own experiences to create change. Rahim EL Habachi Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. 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

Stereotype A overly simplistic or generalised view of a group of people. Stereotypes are harmful because they flatten and homogenise our varied existences. Thinking intersectionally requires moving beyond stereotypes and witnessing the complexity of the individual people around us. < Back to Glossary

South Asian South Asian culture and heritage is typically associated with the region made up of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Each of these countries has been hugely impacted by its relationship with Britain, primarily through war, colonisation, and ultimately via the British Empire. < Back to Glossary

Decolonise The active and intentional process of unlearning values, beliefs and conceptions that have caused physical, emotional or mental harm to people through colonisation. It requires a recognition of systems of oppression. See: Colonialism. < Back to Glossary

Hormones Hormone therapy or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Gender-affirming hormones are used to alter someone's physical appearance to more closely align their physical body with their gender identity. Testosterone therapy is used to suppress female secondary sex characteristics and masculinize transgender men. Feminizing hormone therapy typically is used by transgender women and nonbinary people to produce physical changes in the body that are caused by female hormones during puberty. Those changes are called secondary sex characteristics. < Back to Glossary

Binary Relating to gender as opposing ends of a spectrum e.g. men and women. < Back to Glossary

Community A community is typically a social unit with commonality - such as place, religion, values, or identity. Communities may exist physically, or in virtual spaces through digital communication platforms. People tend to look to their communities for three things: a sense of security, human connections and a feeling of belonging. When we refer to the LGBTQ+ community we're generally referring to a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer individuals united by a common culture and social movements. There really is no single LGBTQ+ community, rather a very diverse group population of genders and sexualities that come from all racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and geographic backgrounds. What we do see however are smaller communities that exist and emerge under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, where individuals more easily connect with others who share the same values, interests or mission. < Back to Glossary

Surgery (See Bottom Surgery, Top Surgery, HRT, Gender Dysphoria and Bodily Autonomy) See: Bottom Surgery, Top Surgery, HRT, Gender Dysphoria and Bodily Autonomy. < Back to Glossary

Dox The act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the Internet. An example could be outing someone online. < Back to Glossary

White Privilege White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. < Back to Glossary

Privilege In social studies, privilege is defined as the advantages and benefits that individuals receive because of social groups they are perceived to be a part of. In DEI we often describe Privilege as barriers that someone hasn't had to face, simply based on their upbringing, background or identities that they hold - ie race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, immigration status, education, religion, wealth, and class, among many other characteristics. < Back to Glossary

BIPOC Stands for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour. Pronounced “bye-pock,” this is a term specific to the United States, intended to centre the experiences of Black and Indigenous groups and demonstrate solidarity between communities of colour. < Back to Glossary