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(she/her) Taylor Taylor, was outed in the media on November 19, 2014, has since dedicated her platform and privilege to elevating the voices of Black and brown trans individuals and fighting for social justice in Washington, DC and beyond. She has extensive experience as an American Sign Language interpreter and crisis management consultant. Additionally, Taylor is an advocate for the rights of intersex and trans individuals, and is a seasoned speaker on these topics. Taylor Lianne Chandler 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

Affirmations Something that motivates, inspires and encourages you to take action and to realise your goals. These are most often short phrases that you can repeat throughout the day. Affirmations are important tools to help us change our patterns of thought, maintain a positive mindset, and also help us get back on to the right path if we are struggling. < Back to Glossary

Self Your self is your sense of who you are, deep down — your identity. It refers to the totality of the individual, consisting of all characteristic attributes, conscious and unconscious, mental and physical. < Back to Glossary

Transition The process of shifting toward a gender role different from that assigned at birth, which can include social transition, such as new names, pronouns and clothing, and medical transition, such as hormone therapy or surgery. < Back to Glossary

Gender Assigned at Birth Often associated with the sex (male or female) assigned to a child at birth by a medical doctor, most often based on the child's external anatomy. Also referred to as biological sex, or sex. This can differ from ones self-determined Gender Identity. < Back to Glossary

Lavender Menace The phrase “lavender menace” was originally derogatory, referring to how the feminist movement was highly associated with lesbians in the late 1960s. In 1970 it was reclaimed by a group of radical lesbian feminists who held a zap protest at the Congress to Unite Women in New York City to protest the congress’ lack of lesbian representation. Protestors wore t-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Lavender Menace” and carried placards, storming the stage and taking over the event. The following day, many were invited to run workshops on lesbian issues. This event was a key turning point in second-wave feminism and a powerful example of the power of direct action. We’ve come a long way in how we think about feminism and queer liberation since the 70s, but this incident was an important step towards building a more intersectional women's rights movement. < Back to Glossary

Genderqueer Denoting or relating to a person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed gender. (syn. Genderfluid) < Back to Glossary

Prejudice Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. An unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc. When prejudice is put into action, this is discrimination. It would be unreasonable to say that anyone is completely free of internalised prejudices against others. It is our duty to recognise the prejudices we hold, and to question them. It is only when we begin to question our prejudices that we can begin to dismantle them effectively. See: Bias and Discrimination. < Back to Glossary

Altruism Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for the welfare and/or happiness of other human beings or animals. < Back to Glossary

(he/him) Darren Darren is a native Mancunian and is currently a director. producer, and choreographer. Darren has 23 years’ experience in fashion, theatre, TV and performing arts. He is the founder of Ghetto Fabulous , a QTIPOC dance collective that aims to excite, entertain, and have fun with the projects it embarks on, inspired by fashion, music, film, photography, and the ever-changing world. Darren is not afraid to explore the political and the personal. It let him to create Black Pride MCR , a yearly event for the QTBIPOC community that is fierce, flamboyant, and fabulous. Darren is also the Co-Artistic Director at Black Gold Arts , the UK’s only Queer People of Colour outside festival. One of the main objectives of Darren’s work is the economic advancement of the QTBIPOC community, and the other is to spread Joy. Darren Pritchard 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

Caste Caste is a type of hierarchy in which people are born into fixed social groups and while it is most well known as a feature of Indian society, caste systems exist across South Asia. Your caste can influence your occupation, who you can marry and how you are expected to interact with others and while the system originally just applied to Hindus it has since spread across all of Indian society. While it is now illegal to discriminate on the basis of caste in India, the caste system continues to exacerbate inequality, with members of lower castes being vastly underrepresented in education and formal employment. Caste based discrimination also exists amongst South Asian diaspora living in other countries. See: Kyriarchy, South Asian < Back to Glossary

Confidence Confidence comes from a Latin word 'fidere' which means "to trust"; therefore, having self-confidence is having trust in one's self. The concept of self-confidence is commonly defined as self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc. Self-confidence involves a positive belief that in the future, one can generally accomplish what one wishes to do. Self-confidence is not the same as self-esteem, which is an evaluation of one's own worth, whereas self-confidence is more specifically trust in one's ability to achieve some goal. Many LGBTQ+ people lack confidence because of ingrained and internalised beliefs, often instilled from childhood. See: Affirmation & Belief. < Back to Glossary

Breathwork Breathwork is a New Age term for various ancient breathing practices in which the conscious control of breathing is said to influence a person's mental, emotional or physical state, with a claimed therapeutic effect. < Back to Glossary

Safe Space A place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any other emotional or physical harm. See: Belonging, Community and Psychological Safety. < Back to Glossary

Empathy The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. We often go through similar experiences, or have similar challenges. When we are going through a rough time, having someone in our corner who understands what we are going through can often be invaluable, and validates the challenges we are grappling with. Equally, receiving some form of acknowledgement from other people is important even if they haven't been through what you are going through - simply understanding something is tough can help colleagues, friends, and chosen family feel seen and supported. There are three types of empathy experts have identified: 1) Cognitive: empathy by thought only, not feelings. 2) Emotional: feeling the other person’s emotions. 3) Compassionate: feeling the other person’s pain and taking action to help. See: Compassion and Belonging < Back to Glossary

East Asian East Asian culture and heritage is typically associated with the region made up of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. < Back to Glossary

Visibility (See Representation) < Back to Glossary

Stonewall The Stonewall Riots were a series of protests that began in response to the raiding of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, on June 28 1969. The riots were a historic turning point for the Gay Liberation Movement and the first Pride marches were held on the one year anniversary of the riots. < Back to Glossary

(she/her) Nicole Nicole is a natural community builder who found her passion for collaboration early in her career as a paralegal. After working as a “master connector” at Omnicom Health Group, she created The Black Collective, Omnicom's first Black talent resource group, where she championed diversity and inclusivity. As Director of DE&I at RAPP , Nicole brings her aptitude for building equitable paths forward to success for all marginalized communities, ensuring that all voices are seen and heard. She's a passionate speaker on topics such as community building, leadership, workplace allyship, intersectionality, LGBTQ+ discrimination, mental health, well-being, body positivity, faith, self-empowerment, culture change, activism, parenting, and trauma. Nicole Simpson 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

Humanistic A person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity. < Back to Glossary