LGBTQIA+ people face multiple layers of systemic discrimination. We seek to coach people to maintain and use their agency, to decide how they want to be at work to maintain psychological safety.
Challenges in the Workplace
Research demonstrates that institutional homophobia creates expectations in people to assimilate to heteronormativity.
Challenges in the Workplace
The LGBTQIA+ people we work with manage many systemic challenges in their workplaces and strive to:
share and explain their own stories
feel psychologically safe in all spaces
feel heard and seen
explain alternative family structures to people who don’t yet understand
explore the rights of LGBTQIA+ people
resist, manage and identify institutionalised homophobia
Research demonstrates that institutional homophobia creates expectations in people to assimilate to heteronormativity.
LGBTQIA+ Coaching: What We Do
We give space for you to talk
We listen
We have LGBTQIA+ experiences too
We reflect back what you are saying and feeling
We ask you questions about your lived experiences
We understand concepts around LGBTQIA+ discrimination
We support you to reflect on your experiences
We help you decide your next steps
We can support others in your life too, such as family members who need support