The Invisible Veterans: The 1 Million LGBTQ+ Folx Who Have Served
There are an estimated 1 million LGBTQ+ Veterans in the United States. It’s important to remember: ▪️It was less than a decade ago that...
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There are an estimated 1 million LGBTQ+ Veterans in the United States. It’s important to remember: ▪️It was less than a decade ago that...
At Knotch, we encourage brands and consumers to own their voice online. Today, we are calling on our employees to own their vote. "Vote...
Today is #NationalImmigrantsDay. The holiday was popularized during the Reagan administration, when immigration was still widely...
I haven’t spoken about this publicly, though I’ve alluded to it here. I was raped two months ago. While I have been working through the...
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I came out a decade ago. I’ll never forget the coming out tour I took, telling each person in my life. The fear I felt that they would...
For the companies that are shifting from an in-office culture to a remote-first workplace, there are some crucial cultural adjustments...
My mom went to law school because of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As the single mom of two kids under five (my older siblings), she worked to...
My partner is bisexual, & it still amazes me the lack of bi inclusion by both heteronormative folks and within the queer community...
We lost my brother to suicide when I was 15. He was only 20 years old & had just come out to me the year prior. One of my biggest regrets...
In high school, I would stare at my razor for minutes that felt like hours, thinking about harming myself to feel better — or rather to...
PAY ATTENTION to change happening around you. IDENTIFY OPENINGS & WEAK SPOTS within your current organization. DETERMINE OPPORTUNITY...
My grandmother was a cafeteria worker turned senior citizen center manager. She worked until she died — not because she had to, but...
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Positive feedback is great. We all want to hear we are doing a good job. But, I have learned (the hard way) that if you don't start from...
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put the *resourceful* back in human resources. how are you helping the business grow? how are you helping accomplish the goals of the...
Rejection. I faced a lot of it growing up. From kids growing up, for being feminine and suspected as gay. From my dad, for not seeing eye...