Celebrate Pride Month at work with intention, impact, and inclusion.
This June, honor the LGBTQ+ community by creating space for authenticity, reflecting on ongoing inequities, and taking meaningful steps toward a more inclusive workplace.
Whether you’re just getting started or building on existing efforts, these 30 Pride work ideas will help your team show up with purpose.
30+ Pride Month Celebration Activities & Ideas for Work
What is Pride Month?
Pride Month is a time for the LGBTQ+ community and allies to come together in celebration, solidarity, activism, reflection, and support of all LGBTQIA+ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual).
While a Pride Parade or Pride March are often part of Pride celebrations, there’s more to this holiday than parades! Pride can be a meaningful time to learn about the historical and present struggles and exclusion of LGBTQ people.
With the ideas in this post, your team can learn, grow, and have fun together while celebrating Pride Month.
Celebrate Pride with these Innovative Ideas
A few of our favorite Pride Month work ideas:
- Book an engaging Pride virtual team building event
- Play Pride trivia with your team
- Create a Pride Month playlist
- Learn about the history of Pride
- Explore LGBTQ+ historic sites and monuments
Pride Month Virtual Team Building Experience: Pride: Origins
Bring Pride Month to life with the Pride: Origins virtual team building experience from Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training.
Don’t miss out – limited dates available during June! Watch a brief preview of this program below.
Led by a live-streaming guide, this one-hour journey explores iconic locations in New York City while uncovering powerful stories of LGBTQ+ history and resilience. From Albert Cashier to Randy Wicker to Marsha P. Johnson, you’ll discover how queer individuals have always shaped American history and continue to do so today.
Watch the short video preview above, then connect with Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training to reserve your team’s spot!
Pride Month Virtual Team Building Experience: Queer Science
The Queer Science Virtual Tour invites your team to see science through a new lens. From Sir Francis Bacon, founder of the scientific method, to Florence Nightingale, statistician and mother of modern nursing, scientists from the LGBTQIA+ community have long shaped the way in which we understand our world.
This is not a lecture, but an interactive experience. Through powerful storytelling, live-streamed tours, and trivia games, your team will explore how figures like George Washington Carver and Alan Turing pushed boundaries and reshaped entire fields.
Led by a live-streaming guide in San Francisco, California, this experience brings history to life with visits to iconic sites like Castro Camera and the Rainbow Honor Walk.
Limited dates are available during June – book your team’s Queer Science session today!
Donate to a Meaningful Cause
Make a tangible impact this Pride Month by supporting organizations that serve the LGBTQ+ community. Whether you choose a local nonprofit or a national or global organization, your support can help advance equity, provide vital resources, and uplift LGBTQ+ individuals and youth.
Look for organizations doing meaningful work in LGBTQ+ areas like advocacy, housing, healthcare, or education. Then take it a step further: consider matching employee donations or making a corporate gift to amplify your impact. This gesture can help your company fulfill your philanthropic goals while also demonstrating a clear commitment to putting your company’s values into action.
Before giving, check with the organization about recognition opportunities and tax-deductible options so you can maximize both impact and transparency.
Attend a Virtual Pride Parade
Your remote and hybrid teams may not be able to attend a Pride parade in person, but you can still share in the experience together.
Check with your local Pride organization to see if a live stream is available for your team to watch, or explore recordings of past celebrations.
For instance, you can watch last year’s NYC Pride March here with a 10-minute video from Live Walking NYC. Or, stream a 5-minute video of the San Francisco Pride Parade from ABC7 News Bay Area.
Be Mindful of People Who Aren’t “Out” or Don’t Want the Spotlight
As its name implies, Pride Month is all about – well, pride! That being said, many LGBTQ+ people do not feel comfortable or safe sharing their sexual orientation with others. Some people may not be “out” or may be questioning their sexuality.
For these reasons, avoid putting the spotlight on specific employees to share about their experiences unless they volunteer to do so. For example, you might see some companies hosting a “Pride Month Panel” with LGBTQ+ employees as speakers. While this can be successful when done right with enthusiastic employees, it can also put people on the spot or make them feel singled out and uncomfortable.
When employees do wish to participate in Pride Month activities, make sure that they are compensated for their time and energy and that your special initiatives happen on company time. If necessary, offer a “flex day” to account for after-hours events or activities.
Volunteer with a Nonprofit that Supports LGBT Causes
Don’t have the budget to cut a check? Plan a corporate volunteer day instead! There are plenty of worthy causes to support with your time, no matter your skills or area of expertise.
A few LGBTQ+ organizations seeking virtual volunteers:
- YPA (Youth Pride Organization) offers a variety of remote volunteer opportunities, from helping with social media to facilitating virtual support programs and more.
- The Trevor Project accepts virtual volunteers to help with thier crisis support hotline. Over the last year, volunteers helped them answer over 65,000 calls, chats, and texts.
- The LGBT National Help Center works with virtual volunteers to help with hotline support, serve as youth chatroom moderators, and amplify queer voices through media and communications.
- Rainbow History Project enlists the help of volunteers to process oral history interviews (writing transcripts and summaries), to help run their social media pages, and to research information for timelines and social geography projects.
- Point of Pride offers letter writing opportunities for volunteers to write affirming notes of support and encouragement.
Use a Fun Pride Zoom Background
Encourage your team members to celebrate Pride Month with a fun video call background! You can opt for a Pride-themed background during your weekly team call, or throughout the month of June.
If your company has an in-house designer, they may be able to create some Pride video call backgrounds using your company’s logo and other brand elements.
Browse Canva’s library of Pride Month video call background templates for an easy starting point.
Learn About the History of Pride
Learn about Pride together with your team. For this activity, we recommend choosing a video between 10-20 minutes long on the topic of Pride history and watching it on a video call together.
Then, guide a discussion with your team about what you learned. For example, you could ask: “Did you learn something new from this video? If so, what?” “Did anything in this video surprise you?” “How did you feel as you watched this?”
This 6-minute-long video from Buzzfeed is a great introduction to Pride Month: Why do We Have Gay Pride Month in the United States?
Create a Pride Playlist with Your Team
Invite your team to contribute to a Pride Month music playlist! Everyone can share a favorite song by an LGBTQ+ artist. Or, pick a song that embodies the themes of Pride Month to you.
Musical artists who are proudly LGBTQ+:
- Frank Ocean
- Chappell Roan
- Brandi Carlile
- David Bowie
- Lil Nas X
- Kehlani
- Freddie Mercury of Queen
- Janelle Monáe
- Troye Sivan
Looking for more ideas? Explore this list of 65 Gay Pop Stars and Rising Icons.
Plan a Pride Month Reading Club
We love the idea of a temporary book club. Experience all the joys of a book club, without the long-term commitment!
For instance, you can host a Pride Month book club that meets virtually during the month of June. Then, everyone is relieved of the commitment until the next opportunity comes up to host a month-long reading session.
One of our favorite Pride Month reads is “The Well of Loneliness,” the first mainstream novel about lesbianism. This book has been censored and banned in many places since its publication. Published in 1928, this safe-for-work novel by British author Radclyffe Hall examines the feelings of isolation and loneliness that LGBTQ+ people can feel in a heteronormative society.
Another great read: “Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.” This book by Rachel Hope Cleves details the history of two women who married during the early 1800s. By examining diaries, letters, poetry, and other original documents, the author traces the lives of these two women and their 44-year-long marriage.
For more Pride Month reading ideas, browse Good Housekeeping’s list, 25 of the Best Books that Tell LGBTQ+ Stories.
Watch LGBT Movies with Your Team
Planning a virtual social with your team? Make it a movie night!
With an online streaming service, you can play a movie on a video call with your team. Use the chat box or your microphones to share commentary, questions, jokes, and insights in real time.
Get started with Mashable’s list of the 75 best LGBTQ films to stream right now. Movies of all genres are included; be sure to check ratings to select a film that’s appropriate for your workplace.
Plan a Day of Solidarity with the Trans Community
Supporting trans people and your trans employees has always been important, but it feels especially critical and timely this year. Across the United States and around the world, it takes an incredible amount of courage simply to exist as a trans person.
Show your allyship with the trans community by planning a corporate day of solidarity.
Ideas for a corporate day of solidarity with the trans community:
- Match employee donations to organizations serving transgender youth.
- Encourage employees to wear light blue, white, and/or pink in solidarity – the colors of the Trans Pride Flag.
- Hire an expert to host a transgender-inclusive training, if this isn’t something you’re already offering to new hires and employees.
A day of solidarity is a great catalyst to examine your internal processes year-round, too. For example, re-examine dress code policies that may reinforce gender stereotypes, as well as HR forms that only offer male and female gender identity checkboxes.
Get started with this article from the Human Rights Campaign: Understanding the Transgender Community.
Host a Pride Month Lunch & Learn
Get your team together for a Pride Month virtual lunch and learn. Encourage everyone to log on with their lunch for meaningful conversation around Pride Month topics.
During this call, you might hire a speaker or facilitator to educate your team on the history of Pride, followed by a group dialogue and questions. Or, you might use this time to plan some of the other activities in this list collaboratively with your team.
You could also use your Pride Month Lunch & Learn to examine your company’s policies and how they relate to issues of equity and equality. For instance, do your employees have ideas about how your company can show its support for the LGBTQ community?
Browse the LGBT Speakers Agency to find Pride Month speakers. You’ll find authors, teachers, humanitarians, athletes – and even Antoni, food and wine expert from Netflix’s Queer Eye!
Encourage Employees to Share their Pronouns
These days, there’s a lot of talk about pronouns in society and in the news. Everyone has pronouns, and sharing them can help create an inclusive environment while making communication easier for everyone. Fortunately, modern technology makes it easier than ever to learn and respect everyone’s pronouns.
Here are a few places to list your pronouns:
- Email signature
- LinkedIn profile
- Slack and other messaging apps
- Zoom and videoconferencing platforms
- Business card
- Social media profiles
- Just about anywhere you list your name
Including your pronouns in your communications can help create a culture of inclusion for nonbinary and trans coworkers. Additionally, it can prevent confusion for people who have gender-ambiguous names, such as Jordan or Alex. It also supports psychological safety for everyone at work.
Useful Article: Here’s a great article from Medium on how to input pronouns on different technology tools.
Throw Your Own Pride Party
Foster connection and collaboration across your organization by hosting a virtual Pride party your whole team can take part in.
To bring it to life, divide responsibilities across departments so employees can help shape the experience – from food and drink coordination to entertainment, activities, and giveaways. Building the event together helps strengthen engagement and makes the celebration more meaningful.
Encourage creativity along the way with thoughtful touches like themed invitations or short educational moments about Pride Month and its significance. The goal is to create a shared experience that’s both fun and intentional.
You can also extend your impact by supporting LGBTQ-owned businesses, such as ordering catering or drinks for employees or sourcing party favors and gifts from LGBTQ vendors.
Watch an Inspirational Speech & Discuss Together
The namesake inspiration for the 2008 film “Milk,” Harvey Milk (1930-78) was a gay rights activist as well as the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California.
“The Hope Speech” is Milk’s most famous speech, which he first delivered in 1978 at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade on the steps of San Francisco City Hall. This inspiring address emphasizes the importance of hope combined with action.
Milk shared, “Unless you have dialogue, unless you open the walls of dialogue, you can never reach to change people’s opinion…Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.”
Listen to this inspiring speech with your team and discuss it together. You might prompt your team with questions like: “How do you think the fight toward LGBTQ rights has or hasn’t changed since Milk’s time?” “What in this speech resonated most with you?”
Hear Sir Ian McKellen deliver Harvey Milk’s “The Hope Speech” in this video. You can also read the speech transcript.
Work with LGBTQ+ Businesses
Another meaningful way to celebrate Pride Month is by intentionally supporting LGBTQ-owned businesses. As a team, review the vendors and partners you currently work with and consider where you can expand your network to include companies with LGBTQ representation.
On a larger scale, this may mean incorporating LGBTQ-led businesses into your vendor portfolio or including them in consideration for upcoming projects and ongoing needs. On a smaller scale, even simple shifts like sourcing employee swag from LGBTQ brands or purchasing office supplies from LGBTQ-owned vendors can make a difference.
Working with LGBTQ-owned businesses is a direct way to invest in LGBTQ communities. When those choices become part of your ongoing business practices, they create lasting, meaningful impact beyond Pride Month.
Expand Your Inclusivity & Belonging Training
Looking to celebrate Pride Month for the first time? Start with training.
Training is a powerful way to open dialogue and build shared understanding across your team. Consider offering LGBTQ+ inclusion training for your employees as a way to reinforce your organization’s commitment to belonging while creating space for meaningful learning.
These sessions can cover topics such as gender identity, sexual orientation, pronoun usage, coming out in the workplace, and how to support colleagues who are transitioning.
It’s also important to ensure the experience is inclusive and respectful. Remember to avoid singling out LGBTQ+ employees or placing them in the position of speaking for the entire community.
Ready to get started? Book a custom training session with Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training
Explore LGBTQ Landmarks & Historic Sites
Give your team a day off to explore an LGBTQ monument or site close to them. Then, get everyone together on a video call to share photos and discuss your visit.
You can find LGBTQ monuments and sites across the world, which means that no matter where your virtual team members live, they can most likely find someplace close to them to explore.
For employees who don’t live near any LGBTQ historic sites (or who have mobility challenges or other barriers that prevent them from visiting), encourage them to take a virtual tour of a significant site. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is a great place to get started. Or, take a virtual field trip to important LGBTQ+ sites during Pride Month programs with Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training.
Get started with Advocate’s guide to the 20+ best LGBTQ+ historic sites and artifacts to add to your bucket list.
Avoid Stereotypes
In today’s climate, there is often increased public conversation about the LGBTQ+ community. As with any group, these conversations can sometimes be shaped by stereotypes or oversimplified narratives.
As part of your Pride Month programming, make it clear that stereotyping or bias of any kind is not acceptable in the workplace. Build in opportunities for learning that help employees recognize and move beyond assumptions about LGBTQ+ individuals.
By deepening understanding and creating space for education, your organization can help dismantle stereotypes and reduce bias over time.
Ready to take the next step? Book “Cultivating Emotional Intelligence” Work Culture Workshop with Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training to help your team build self-awareness, strengthen emotional intelligence, and foster a more inclusive workplace.
Play Pride Month Trivia With Your Team
Gather your team on a video call to learn and connect together with Pride Month trivia! This activity is on the honor system; no Googling the answers!
Pride Month trivia questions for work:
- When did the Stonewall Riots take place? June 1969
- When was the first Pride parade in the U.S.? June 1970
- When did homosexuality become federally legal in the U.S.? 2003
- What was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage? The Netherlands
- Which U.S. state became the first to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples? Vermont
Pro tip: use a service like Kahoot to streamline your trivia game. Be sure to gift the winner(s) a small treat, like a gift card for a coffee or even a few hours off.
Find more Pride trivia questions here: 55 Pride Month Trivia Questions & Answers to Test Your LGBTQ+ Trivia Knowledge & Honor Queer Communities.
Send Postcards & Notes to LGBTQ Communities
Encourage your team members to celebrate Pride Month by sending postcards or handwritten letters to the LGBTQ community! This is a heartfelt way to show support and encouragement to local LGBTQ people in your area.
As a not-so-common form of communication today, a handwritten note can be very impactful. Dedicate time as a team to write notes to LGBTQ people of their choice.
Consider partnering with a local nonprofit organization that supports LGBTQ+ people or youth and writing letters to their clients. You can also spark employee creativity by crafting handmade postcards on a virtual call together!
No matter your style, this activity will spread support, love, and encouragement to the LGBTQ community during Pride Month all while promoting team bonding!
Launch an Employee Resource Group
Does your company have an employee resource group for LGBTQ staff? If not, form one for interested employees during the month.
Employee resource groups give staff with similar experiences or perspectives a space to be empowered, share, and find support. Plus, resource groups create an inclusive and safe environment for employees in your workplace.
Ensure that the employee resource group aligns with your company values and incorporates company policies and the interests of your LGBTQ employees. The group should be led and represented by interested LGBTQ staff members.
Publish Pride Month Blog Articles
Does your company post blog articles on your website? If so, incorporate Pride Month themes into your June blog posts!
Publishing Pride-themed articles is a great way to show your support for the LGBTQ community and inspire your readers to support the community as well.
Pride Month blog topic ideas:
- How your company is promoting Pride Month at work
- How your company has expanded your inclusion and belonging policies to support LGBTQ+ employees
- Highlight LGBTQ+ leaders in your company and industry who wish to be featured
- LGBTQ+ organizations you support and ways your readers can join in supporting causes
By incorporating this activity into your Pride Month plans, you can not only continue promoting visibility for your company but also share your support for the LGBTQ community.
Avoid Performative Actions
It’s important to approach Pride Month with authenticity when showing support for the LGBTQ+ community. Without meaningful action, some company efforts can come across as performative or driven by marketing alone.
To avoid this, focus on building genuine, year-round support for LGBTQ+ employees and communities through your culture, policies, and practices.
True allyship shows up in consistent, thoughtful action – both internally and externally – rather than limited engagement during Pride Month alone.
Share Pride Quotes on Social Media
This Pride Month, highlight the voices of LGBTQ+ activists, historians, celebrities, and community leaders through meaningful quotes.
A powerful quote can educate, inspire, and create connection. It’s also highly shareable when it resonates with your audience!
Use your company social media platformsto uplift LGBTQ+ voices and demonstrate visible support for LGBTQ+ issues in a thoughtful, intentional way.
You can also incorporate your brand colors and fonts to design quote graphics that feel cohesive with your overall visual identity across platforms like Instagram.
To get started, explore our guide: 70+ Pride Month Quotes.
Host a Pride Month Happy Hour
Does your team love a good happy hour? If so, bring people together with a Pride-themed virtual cocktail party.
Provide employees with a simple ingredient list ahead of time so they can prepare a featured drink or mocktail. You might also consider inviting an LGBTQ mixologist to guide the experience, or highlighting LGBTQ-owned companies where participants can purchase ingredients and supplies.
Add a colorful twist with rainbow-inspired cocktails and mocktails to make the experience feel festive and engaging. For even more connection and learning, pair your happy hour with one of Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training’s Pride Month team-building programs to create a well-rounded celebration that blends fun with meaningful engagement.
Evaluate Your Company Discrimination & Inclusion Policies
While your organization is focusing on LGBTQ+ inclusion, take the opportunity to review your policies around inclusion and belonging for LGBTQ+ employees. If your company does not yet have a formal anti-discrimination policy, consider working collaboratively to establish one.
Clear anti-discrimination and inclusion policies are essential for creating a safe, supportive workplace where employees feel respected and able to show up as their authentic selves. These frameworks help set expectations and reinforce your organization’s commitment to equity.
Whenever possible, invite employees to participate in the process of creating or updating these policies. Encouraging input from a variety of viewpoints helps ensure the policy reflects a broad range of experiences and perspectives.
This activity not only brings important policies to the forefront; it also empowers employees to play an active role in shaping the culture of their workplace.
Don’t Force Participation
It’s important to avoid requiring employee participation in Pride Month or other inclusion-focused activities. While offering opportunities to engage is valuable, participation should always remain optional.
Some employees may choose not to participate for personal reasons, including not being “out” at work or concerns about safety, depending on their location. Making involvement mandatory can unintentionally create discomfort or risk for members of your workforce.
As you share Pride Month programming, create space for those who want to participate while respecting the privacy and choice of those who do not. Avoid drawing attention to individuals based on whether or not they engage.
You can still reflect your company’s values and culture while ensuring all participation remains voluntary and inclusive of different comfort levels.
Highlight LGBTQ+ Voices in Your Industry
Pride Month is an opportunity to intentionally elevate and amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ professionals within your industry. Consider how your organization can create space for these perspectives – not just during June, but throughout the year.
This might include featuring guest speakers in internal or public-facing events, sharing employee stories that reflect a range of lived experiences, or spotlighting LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders through your company blog, newsletter, or social media channels. When doing so, ensure participation is voluntary and centered on individuals who are comfortable sharing their stories.
By actively showcasing diverse voices, your organization helps broaden understanding, foster inclusion, and highlight the contributions of LGBTQ+ professionals who are shaping your field. These efforts can also inspire others across your industry to do the same.
Partner with LGBTQ+ Organizations for Mentorship Programs
Another meaningful way to extend your impact during Pride Month is by partnering with LGBTQ+ organizations to support mentorship and career development initiatives.
These collaborations can help create pathways for LGBTQ+ professionals at all stages of their careers, from students exploring their first opportunities to seasoned professionals seeking growth and leadership development. Mentorship programs can include one-on-one guidance, networking opportunities, workshops, or structured career support, depending on the partnership.
Working alongside established nonprofits or industry organizations ensures these efforts are rooted in community expertise and can lead to more sustainable, long-term impact. Beyond Pride Month, these partnerships can help build stronger professional networks, increase representation, and foster ongoing opportunities for growth and connection.
Frequently Asked Questions about Pride Month
When is Pride Month?
Pride Month is celebrated during the month of June each year.
Where is Pride Month celebrated?
Pride Month is primarily observed in the United States, but Pride celebrations and events take place around the world. Even in countries where it is not officially recognized, LGBTQ+ communities and allies continue to organize meaningful celebrations and visibility efforts.
Regardless of location, organizations can support inclusion by fostering respectful, affirming workplace cultures across all regions where they operate.
Why is it important to celebrate Pride Month at work?
Celebrating Pride Month at work is an important way for organizations to recognize and support LGBTQ+ employees while reinforcing a culture of respect, belonging, and equal opportunity. It signals that your workplace values people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions – not just during June, but as part of an ongoing commitment to inclusion.
When companies actively acknowledge Pride Month, they help create an environment where employees feel safe to show up authentically and are more likely to feel supported, respected, and included at work.
Key benefits of celebrating Pride Month at work:
- Strengthens workplace inclusion and belonging: Pride Month programming helps reinforce a culture where all employees feel welcomed and valued, regardless of identity.
- Supports education and reduces bias: Intentional learning opportunities can help address stereotypes, challenge assumptions, and increase awareness of LGBTQ+ experiences.
- Creates safer, more supportive environments for LGBTQ+ employees: Visible support from leadership and peers helps foster psychological safety and reduces the need for employees to hide aspects of their identity.
- Improves employee engagement and retention: Forbes reports that inclusive workplaces are more likely to see higher levels of employee engagement and satisfaction, innovation and creativity, enhanced decision-making, and other benefits.
- Demonstrates company values to current and future employees: Public and internal Pride Month initiatives help communicate that your organization is committed to inclusion, which can strengthen employer brand and attract talent.
How did Pride begin?
Pride originated as a celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising (sometimes called the Stonewall Riots). In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police conducted a raid on a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
Unfortunately, during this time, raids on gay bars were standard procedure, but this raid would go down in history as the birth of the Pride movement.
Led by courageous transwomen, people at the Stonewall Inn protested the raid, leading to a six-day-long resistance. By just the second evening, thousands of protestors had gathered. Confrontation, violence, and escalation ensued for nearly a week. In the aftermath of Stonewall, many people became more engaged in activism and advocating for the equal treatment for LGBTQ+ people.
The first Pride march was held one year later, on June 28, 1970.
Learn more about the Stonewall Uprising from the Library of Congress.
Is Pride Month the same as LGBT History Month?
Pride Month and LGBT History Month are two separate and distinct events.
LGBT History Month specifically celebrates the achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the history of gay rights and related movements. Pride Month is dedicated to celebrating community visibility and the ongoing movement toward equality.
The U.S., Canada, and Australia celebrate LGBT History Month in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day on October 11. The date is also a nod to the 1979 and 1987 October marches on Washington for LGBT rights.
A high school history teacher named Rodney Wilson created LGBT History Month in 1994. A year later, the General Assembly of the National Education Association passed a resolution that included designating October as LGBT History Month.
Will it be uncomfortable or inappropriate to discuss sexual orientations at work?
There’s a big difference between “talking about sex at work” and “talking about sexual orientation at work.” While the former certainly is uncomfortable and inappropriate, the latter is simply part of creating an inclusive workplace.
For many of us, our sexual orientation is integral to who we are. After all, there’s typically nothing scandalous about a heterosexual employee discussing their spouse or family, or an upcoming wedding. It’s important to ensure all employees feel comfortable bringing their whole, authentic selves to work. Inclusive activities like Pride Month virtual events can help ensure everyone feels welcome, included, and supported.
Pride Month Glossary
Language is ever-evolving – and that’s a good thing! Below, we’re sharing a brief glossary of a few commonly-used words related to Pride Month.
- LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Questioning, Intersex, Asexual & Agender
- Queer: Once used an an insult, “queer” has been reclaimed as a descriptive adjective that many people use proudly. The dictionary definition of queer as “strange; odd” is becoming much less common and can be demeaning to people who identify their sexual orientation as “queer.”
- Cisgender: Sometimes referred to as “cis,” a cisgender person is someone who identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth.
- Transgender / Trans: A transgender or trans person is someone whose gender identity does not align with the gender they were assigned at birth. Trans people may or may not take steps to transition. Learn more about transgender people with this FAQ post from the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Want to learn the meaning of additional Pride Month words and phrases? Check out a more complete glossary of terms from the Human Rights Campaign.
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