Pride Month Programming Guide
Discover how to celebrate Pride Month at work and demonstrate your company's support for the LGBTQ+ community with our comprehensive Pride Month Programming Guide.
5 Inclusive Ways to Celebrate Pride Month at Work
Written by Kaela Sosa and Susie Silver
Pride Month – also known as Gay Pride, LGBT Pride, or LGBTQ+ Pride – is celebrated throughout the world. Celebrations include pride parades, marches, art exhibits, concerts, picnics, workshops, and street parties. Frequently, these celebrations are seen as bold, exuberant, and joyful, offering all people an opportunity to participate by dressing up, flying flags, creating posters, and more.
June is Pride Month in the United States, Britain, Australia, and Brazil. In Canada, Pride events are held throughout the summer to amplify LGBTQ+ voices, remember LGBTQ+ history, support LGBTQ+ rights, and honor LGBTQ+ culture.
Today, Pride Month is arguably the most emblematic and most visible diversity celebration of the year, with hundreds of thousands of people showing up to celebrate in cities across the globe. Pride festivals in New York and São Paulo, for instance, attract crowds of more than 2 million people every year, with equally impressive festivals in San Francisco, London, Madrid, Paris, Taipei, Montreal, Johannesburg, Sydney, Tel Aviv, and Mexico City.
Given the prominence of Pride celebrations throughout the world, it’s important that your organization takes time to recognize the historical marginalization of the LGBTQ+ community, the contributions of LGBTQ+ employees, and the importance of equity in the workplace and society at large.
In the spirit of inclusion, everyone in your organization should be invited and encouraged to participate. Also remember, it shouldn’t be the sole responsibility of LGBTQ+ employees to organize their own recognition, and you’ll find that it’s transformative to have employees of every background participating in and learning during Pride Month. At the same time, you should not assume that someone wants to be involved simply because of their sexuality or gender identity.
The guide below will provide you with some tips and ideas for creating your own Pride Month Programming.
