Pride and Prejudice: Managing Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Issues in the Workplace

Most companies pride themselves with commitment to valuing diversity. But beyond compliance with laws that guarantee equal employment opportunity, is your organization truly committed to your gay, lesbian and transgender employees?

June 2009 is Pride Month. Join us as we talk with Brian McNaught, named "the godfather of gay sensitivity training" by The New York Times, and gain insight on:

1. How to proactively create a safe and productive work environment that supports the goals of gay, lesbian, and transgender employees

2. How managers, executives and supervisors can respond to gay, lesbian and transgender issues effectively

3. How to foster a culture of understanding and mutual respect in an environment with multiple perspectives and various moral values

4. How to use proper terminology in issues that involve sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression

"No one has done a better job of chronicling what it is like to be gay in America [than Brian McNaught]."

– U.S. Representative Barney Frank

Who Should Attend:

1. HR Professionals
2. Managers and Supervisors
3. Executives
4. Employees committed to diversity

 
Don’t Miss this Free Teleseminar!

Register now and learn how to make allies of all employees in the company's goal of empowering a diverse workforce!

Teleseminar : Pride and Prejudice: Managing Gay, Lesbian and Transgender ___________Issues in the Workplace
Date ______: June 26 (Friday)
Time ______: 12:15-1:00 PST



Named "the godfather of gay sensitivity training" by The New York Times, Brian McNaught is considered the world's leading corporate diversity consultant dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in the workplace. He is also the best-selling author of four watershed books on gay issues, all of which are used as college texts.

Since 1974, McNaught has drawn on his personal experiences and his skills as a sexuality educator to help audiences understand what it's like to grow up gay and to deal with the common, daily challenges faced by gay and transgender people at work, at home, in their churches, and in their neighborhoods around the globe. He has addressed hundreds of professional and university audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including those at Merrill Lynch, Toronto Dominion Bank, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Chrysler, Ford, Morgan Stanley, Merck, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, S.C. Johnson & Sons, Chubb, SONY, St. Paul Cos., Credit Suisse - First Boston, AT&T, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Lucent, Avaya, Agilent Tech., NCR, the National Security Agency (NSA), Brookhaven National Labs, Battelle, and over 200 Colleges/Universities, including Harvard, Vanderbilt, Indiana University, Holy Cross, Penn State, MIT, and UCLA.

He has produced and/or is featured in six critically-acclaimed educational videos and DVDs – "Understanding and Managing Gay and Transgender Issues in the Workplace," "On Being Gay," "Gay Issues in the Workplace," "Growing Up Gay and Lesbian," "Homophobia in the Workplace," and "Gay/Straight: Can We Talk?" He is the author of A Disturbed Peace – Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic Homosexual (1981), On Being Gay – Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love (1988), Gay Issues in the Workplace (1993), Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do? (1997), "Sex Camp" (2005), and Are You Guys Brothers? (2008), all of which are used as college texts on campuses throughout North America. He wrote a syndicated column in the gay press for 12 years and has contributed to numerous national publications. His work appears in six college textbooks and in several anthologies of gay/lesbian non-fiction literature. He was also the co-host of a seasonal radio program in Provincetown, MA.

During the early 1980's, McNaught served as the Mayor of Boston's Liaison to the Gay and Lesbian Community. As such, he conducted a citywide study of constituent needs, initiated and coordinated the city's response to the AIDS epidemic, and trained police, health and other service providers. Today, Brian serves as an advisor to former Surgeon General David Satcher at Morehouse School of Medicine on his national sexual health initiative.
McNaught earned his B.A in Journalism from Marquette University. He is certified by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as a sexuality educator. He and his life partner Ray Struble live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Provincetown, MA.
Always fun and never too serious, Jerry Ervin, is the bouncing ball of energy behind Paragon Strategies. He is a skilled trainer, coach and consultant, driven by a desire to help organizations and individuals reach their highest potential. As a widely-sought after trainer, he makes sure that his customized instructional style is always a dynamic fusion of fun, theory and experiential learning – the key elements that guide the philosophy of Paragon Strategies.