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-- WikiGregory 16:15, March 1, 2012 (EST)

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates (commonly known as “Out & Equal”), founded by Executive Director Selisse Berry, is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. Out & Equal is committed to ending employment discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. We believe that people should be judged by the work they do, not by their sexual orientation or gender identity. Every day, we work to protect and empower employees to be productive and successful—so they can support themselves, their families, and contribute to achieving a world free of discrimination for everyone.

For more than a decade, Out & Equal has been working with organizations to create places of employment whose cultures embrace the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and those who support them.

Out & Equal provides widely recognized value to individuals and organizations through a range of programs designed to educate and empower, including our Building Bridges LGBT Diversity Training, and Out & Equal University webinar series. Out & Equal mobilizes tens of thousands of professional staff, managers and executives in Out & Equal regional affiliate networks and our Employee Resource Group Registry. Through LGBTCareerLink, an online job search and career development portal, Out & Equal serves diversity friendly employers and LGBT job seekers.

Out & Equal has earned the trust and respect of LGBT employees and employers for producing the best attended, most informative and most inspiring summit on LBGT workplace issues.

Out & Equal's Mission
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates educates and empowers organizations, human resources professionals, employee resource groups, and individual employees through programs and services that result in equal policies, opportunities, practices, and benefits in the workplace inclusive of all of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions, and characteristics.

Out & Equal's Vision
Workplace equality for all inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions, and characteristics.

Out & Equal Online
Out & Equal Website

Out & Equal on Facebook

Out & Equal Workplace Summit on Facebook

Out & Equal on Twitter

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Out & Equal's YouTube Channel

Get Your Story Out

Business of Change

Get Your Story Out - LGBT in the Workplace: Story Sharing Website
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates and NoDumbQuestions.org launched Get Your Story Out, a website devoted to personal stories of coming out, and being out, in the workplace, in February 2012. The site http://getyourstoryout.wordpress.com.

The telling of our personal stories is one of the most powerful ways we can communicate, make personal connections, and create change. Coming out, and being out, as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) in the workplace can be daunting, and that everyone has a different experience.

This website is a virtual center where people can share their experiences, address challenges and find sources of support. By telling their personal story, participants can help others on their own path to being out–and equal–in the workplace. Out & Equal believes that this type of sharing, in addition to training and education, is the best way to keep the conversation about equality going, and can move us all towards safer, more supportive workplaces.

Submissions Have a story to share? Out & Equal invites you to submit a short video or written story to our Get Your Story Out project. Those interested in submitting a video can do so via their YouTube account. Use the title “Get Your Story Out ” and include your name – ex: “Get Your Story Out – John Doe.” Use tags to describe your video so that other people can find it. Email us at jbaker@outandequal.org to let us know your video has been posted. It will then be added to the Get Your Story Out website.

Those interested in submitting a written story via email, or that are open to being interviewed by a member of the Out & Equal staff, please email ahawkins@outandequal.org.

Questions to Consider for Submissions If you are out at work: what steps did you take to come out, and stay out, at work? What were your challenges, and how did you overcome them? Did your Employee Resource Group (ERG) or Human Resources (HR) department support you, and if so, how? How has Out & Equal impacted you? If you are not out at work: what roadblocks or challenges are you experiencing? Have you approached your ERG or HR departments? Have you experienced resistance or harassment? How can others help support you?

About Out & Equal Out & Equal Workplace Advocates™ educates and empowers organizations, human resources professionals, employee resource groups, and individual employees through programs and services that result in equal policies, opportunities, practices, and benefits in the workplace inclusive of all of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions, and characteristics.

About NoDumbQuestions.org Inspired by the HBO / PBS Sundance award-winning documentary film No Dumb Questions, NoDumbQuestions.org is an innovative online global network and outreach campaign to support anyone asking their own "dumb questions” and telling their own stories about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and "ally" experiences. Led by Sundance award-winning filmmaker Melissa Regan, NoDumbQuestions.org partners with leading LGBTQ equality organizations, foundations, and corporate sponsors to create safe, equal, “no dumb questions” environments in workplaces, schools, colleges, faith communities and families.

Contact NoDumbQuestions.org: Melissa Regan, Producer / Director, melissa@NoDumbQuestions.org Out & Equal / Get Your Story Out Project: Judi Baker, Senior Communications Associate, jbaker@outandequal.org

Sorry about accidental block
Sorry about the accidental (very temporary) block - was an accidental bot error. My apologies. Please let me know if there's anything we can do to help with Out & Equal's page! :) --Gregory Varnum (WikiGregory), Lead Admin 16:34, March 2, 2012 (EST)