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“Age of Authenticity” Interview with Chris Decker
EPISODE SUMMARY Today we spoke about changing the narrative about the transgender community in the United States and globally. Seeking a more welcoming and inclusive environment for transgender and gender ...
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Stephanie adds her voice to the release event for the HRC’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)
In a global live event that aired on January 28th, the Human Rights Campaign released the results of the 2021 Corporate Equality Index and asked Stephanie to lend her voice ...
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Joe Biden needs to push the Equality Act through in his first 100 days as President
Despite our victory in the Supreme Court last year in the Title VII cases (Rest in peace, Aimee Stephens), the only clear path to true workplace equality for transgender and ...
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Reflections
A Reason for Hope In any other year, in any other decade, in any other century you might not necessarily need to have a reason for hope. In the “before ...
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Cool People with Katie Neeves
It was a real pleasure getting to spend some time with a fellow trailblazer, Katie Neeves, Trans Ambassador (She/her)!! Thank you so very much for having me on, my sister!
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The Fragility of Elliot Page and the Transgender Community
Thank you, John Casey, for being so vulnerable in your commentary piece in The Advocate. My wife Mari and I are blessed to have a number of gay friends who ...
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Supreme Court hands victory to transgender students in locker room case
This is a huge deal and a momentous development for transgender youth! Call me an idealist, but perhaps, just perhaps, we can move away from the bathroom as the flashpoint ...
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The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity
This piece by Jack Turban in Scientific American does a wonderful job of speaking to how the research community must evolve in developing and fielding scientifically sound research – free ...
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Transgender America: 30 Killed And Fatally Shot Already In 2020
Will this epidemic of senseless violence ever stop? Will we ever have a Transgender Day of Remembrance service WITHOUT any new names being read? Trans people of all stripes are ...
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Misgendering in Health Care and How to Improve
Although written for healthcare professionals, the concepts of misgendering and microaggressions are universal in that their occurrence cuts across all businesses - regardless of size - and industry segment. Please ...
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LGBTQ+ voices: Learning from lived experiences
If you haven't read this report from McKinsey & Company, you really should. I have spoken and written at length about how companies must evolve from "policy to practice" in ...
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What I Learned as a Parent of a Transgender Child
I absolutely love this story, which to be quite candid, connects so well with what PFLAG National/Straight for Equality was founded on - a parent's love for their LGBTQ+ child. ...
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Transgender Rights in the Workplace
Attention California-based companies of all sizes! Wonderful and useful information for trans people in California, from my friends at SoCal ACLU and the State of California Department of Fair Employment ...
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Two Steps Back — Rescinding Transgender Health Protections in Risky Times
A timely and detailed report from the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine which rightly points out, " In Donald Trump’s United States, transgender people apparently do not have the ...
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Talking About Your Pronouns Is One Easy Way To Be A Transgender Ally
Always beginning a conversation with a trans person by identifying your pronouns first is a great way to demonstrate your allyship, of course, but it also tells that person you ...
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Her death sparked Transgender Day of Remembrance. 22 years later, still no answers
If you want to better understand the history of the transgender community and the violence that many face every day of their life - especially my brothers and sisters of ...
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Fatal violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people is spiking
Thank you for finding the words that elude me in my anger Charlotte Clymer: “There are systemic barriers in place that enable this epidemic of violence against trans people, particularly, black ...
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What Zone are YOU living in right now?
Be honest with yourself. Living in harmony means growing and being uncomfortable with how that growth feels. {Chart was adapted by Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc}
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We Are All Connected
I have been trying to process all the events of the last 10 days and I find myself struggling mightily with my emotions and the words to express them. I am ...
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What’s Going On??
To say that 2020 has not been a banner year thus far for the transgender community might very well go down as the understatement of all time. But to me, ...
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What’s Your Pronoun? Strategies for Inclusion in the Workplace
As more and more companies move from "policy to practice" and imbue their cultures with a greater degree of inclusivity, the listing of preferred pronouns in company-related communication vehicles such ...
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LGBTQ Employees and the COVID-19 Pandemic
My dear friends at Out & Equal (thank you Deena Fidas!) have produced a wonderfully comprehensive guide designed to assist companies in navigating the COVID-19 crisis for their LGBTQ employees. ...
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Know Your Rights during COVID-19
From my friends at the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), a very timely guide for transgender and non-binary people who may find themselves having to navigate the COVID-19 ...
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We’re in a Pandemic So the Feds Plan to Revoke Trans Healthcare Protections
Once upon a time, in an administration long ago & far away, the Dept. of Justice and the Dept. of Health & HUMAN Services could be counted on to protect ...
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Over 300,000 transgender people at high risk of serious COVID-19 illness
As we all struggle as individuals and businesses to deal with the effects of this unprecedented global pandemic - and if we truly live the values of #weareallinthistogether - then ...
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Virginia Gov. Signs First LGBTQ-Inclusive Civil Rights Law in South
At last, some GOOD NEWS for the transgender community! A big thank you to the legislature and the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia! Let your leadership and your humanity ...
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Supporting Transgender Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
It is beyond safe to say that "at-home" life has changed radically for all of us as we cope with the challenges of the day-to-day in the midst of a ...
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Guide to being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
I have posted a number of resources of late regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the LGBTQ, and particularly transgender, community. While that is extremely important, it is ...
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Transgender Rights Are Under Attack: A Useful Visual Depiction
In the wake of the simply horrendous anti-transgender bills signed earlier this week by the Idaho governor, I was asked by one of the awesome allies in my network, Rebecca ...
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Public Opinion of Transgender Rights in the United States
On this, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, I wanted to share some important information from the Williams Institute at UCLA. While many states, like Idaho most recently, seem determined ...
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Transgender Americans Belong: An Open Letter to America’s Employers By Aimee Stephens
Tomorrow, March 31st, is Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), and while our country - and the world - adjusts to life that is very different from anything we have ever ...
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Five Ways to Stay Connected, PFLAG-Style
Courtesy of my wonderfully amazing colleagues at PFLAG, a few timely suggestions for staying connected - at a time when we most need it.
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Four Major Employers Join 40 Others Opposing State-Based Anti-Transgender Legislation
Is your company on this list? If it isn't, why not? Perhaps it is time to ask: how committed is your company to ensuring the rights and well-being of transgender ...
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MAPPING LGBTQ EQUALITY: 2010 TO 2020
We have come a long way in ten years concerning LGBTQ equality in the workplace. HOWEVER, as you will see in this report from the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) there ...
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The Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand Transgender People
And this is my biggest concern as we wait until June (!!!) for SCOTUS to rule. I have concerns that the ACLU's argument that Aimee Stephens is an "insufficiently masculine" ...
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Stephanie Honored to be included in the 100 Important Transwomen List
Supremely honored that my friend and fellow activist, Monica Helms, who is the creator of the transgender flag, included me on this list with such awesome trans women, most of ...
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You Can Learn a Lot About Workplace Equality from a Map (originally published in Sept., 2019)
Last summer I had the pleasure of presenting a workshop at the Gender Health Conference: Inland Region held on the UC Riverside campus in Riverside, California. To those that are familiar with ...
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Transgender Day of Visibility is Coming Up on March 31st
From my friends at Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. Did you know that the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is coming up on March 31st? Perhaps you did, or perhaps ...
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When it Comes to Transgender Workplace Inclusion Are You Resting on Your CEI Laurels?
So, the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index for 2016 (CEI) has been out for a few months now and there are a number of companies that are newly minted “100’s” – ...
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Meet Stephanie Battaglino
After decades of living my life on terms other than my own, of running from my true self, of enduring waves of shame, guilt and denial, I decided enough was ...
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We Are All Orlando
I feel so utterly deflated and numb by the hateful and horrendous events that have unfolded in Orlando. I am in pain. The wind has been taken out of my ...
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Watch Stephanie’s Highlight Reel
For those of you that have never seen me speak or teach, please take a moment to watch. This reel was compiled from some of my most recent speaking engagements. ...
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Stephanie Set to Return to the Forum on Workplace Inclusion
As she did last year, Stephanie will be returning to speak at the 2016 edition of the Forum on Workplace Inclusion sponsored the University of St. Thomas Opus College of ...
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Stephanie Attends The Official White House Welcome Ceremony for the Pope
I had the honor, this past September, to be invited by The White House to attend the official Welcome Ceremony for Pope Francis’ first – ever visit to the United ...
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Stephanie On Caitlyn Jenner – & Other Women’s Topics – On Huff Po’s #WMN
Earlier this month on June 4th I had the pleasure to appear as a live in-studio guest on the the Huff Post Live show "#WMN," hosted by the wonderful Carol Modarressy-Tehrani. ...
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Stephanie Serves as Consultant to Diane Sawyer & ABC News on Groundbreaking Bruce Jenner Interview
As I settle in to write this, 48 hours have passed since the airing of the Diane Sawyer interview with Bruce Jenner. 17 million viewers, over 675,000 tweets and innumerable ...
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Stephanie Meets the Creator and the Star of the hit series Transparent
Stephanie with Transparent series creator Jill Soloway, who received the SFE in Entertainment Award at the PFLAG National Straight for Equality Gala, March 30. Just last month I was fortunate enough ...
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Stephanie Set to Appear at the 27th Annual Forum on Workplace Inclusion – Making Waves
On March 18th, Stephanie will be presenting an updated version of her signature talk “The (R)evolution of the Transgender Workplace Inclusion Conversation” in an interactive workshop format. If you live ...
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Stephanie Adds Her Voice to The Huffington Post
Over the course of a mere two weeks, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to add my voice on the Huffington Post website: as a new blogger in their ...
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Stephanie Named to PFLAG National Board of Directors
Earlier this month, I was voted on to the PFLAG National Board of Directors at the Board's most recent meeting in Washington, D.C. PFLAG National is the nation's largest organization uniting families, ...
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See Stephanie’s Video Interview in The New Republic
I recently was asked to share my personal story of transition - not only from a workplace perspective, but also from a personal perspective for "The Next Republic" series on The New ...
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Stephanie’s Capital Pride Media Appearances Highlighted by Interview on CBC Radio One Ottawa
As a special guest of the United States Embassy, Stephanie’s appearances during Capital Pride garnered quite a bit of coverage by the local Ottawa media outlets. Of particular note was her ...
Read More My Love Letter to Ottawa
The U.S. Embassy displays it's Pride! Where to begin? Over the course of a mere three days in this lovely city I experienced the warm embrace and graciousness of an ...
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See Stephanie’s Keynote from the Network and Affinity Leadership Congress (NALC)
Stephanie responding to a question posed by Brain Baker,the General Manager of Diversity Best Practices On June 19th I had the extreme pleasure of keynoting at the NALC event held ...
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Stephanie to Headline Major Events at Ottawa, Canada’s Capital Pride 2014
I am deeply honored to be representing the United States as a Special Guest of the U.S. Embassy and United States Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman at this year’s Capital ...
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Stephanie Headlines the Voices of Diversity Event at PECO in Philadelphia
Stephanie answering questions from the attendees after her appearance at the Voices of Diversity event As part of my Pride Month engagements, PECO, the utility company for the greater Philadelphia ...
Read More Tipping the Scales of Acceptance – A Pride Month Reflection
As the month of June – Pride Month – comes to a close, I feel compelled to pause and reflect for a few moments on where the transgender community finds ...
Read More It’s a Very Busy Pride Month!
Pride Month is always a busy month for me, but even more so this year. It began in late May at the TLDEF Annual Gala fundraiser honoring Laverne Cox and ...
Read More Mother’s Day . . . Redux
Nearly a week has passed since Mother’s Day, and I must admit that it has always been a rather strange and sometimes difficult day for me. But before you start ...
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Individual Acts Of Courage
Baseball and Running. Running and Baseball. For those that know me well, these two things are major aspects of my life. Important and interchangeable. They color my world in many ...
Read More My Journey Through the Gates – Revisited
For my first blog post from my website - I wanted to share a piece that I originally wrote back in 2005 when "The Gates" installation was in Central Park. ...
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Getting the Language Right – The Transgender Conversation
By: Jennifer London, Leader, Member Experience, Diversity Best Practices Transgender, or trans, does not mean just one thing but rather is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or ...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Sermon 2012
This is a very special video to me. This was recorded at a sermon I was asked to give at my former church, The Church of the Redeemer, in Morristown, ...
Read More A Question of Velocity
My friend Rachel and I were running a few weeks back along the top of the parking deck next to the hotel we were staying in for one of the ...
Read More An Absence of Compassion, An Absence of Humanity
So I suppose I’m one of the “lucky ones.” Not only did I get caught up in the traffic hell of the George Washington Bridge “traffic study” last September, but ...
Read More A Different Kind of New Year’s Resolution . . . .
I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions – but with good reason. Permit me to explain by painting a picture of what they were like for so many years for ...
Read More The Kids Are Alright
“Behold the children and imitate them . . . They are interested in the present moment, in being curious and in learning, in showing and in sharing, in making and ...
Read More And So It Begins . . .
For those of you who know me and the contributions I've made to the movement for transgender equality - in particular with regard to workplace equality and inclusivity - I've ...
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