Sexuality & Gender Facts
This is the meaning of the acronym LGBTQA
What is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Queer or Questioning , Ally?
In which city did the first German Christopher Street Day take place, back in 1979?
Berlin
True or false: Diversity initiatives in companies makes them more profitable.
True
This is the meaning of the acronym DEIB
What is Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging?
What is the name for the prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized?
Racism
These pronouns should be used for non-binary / gender neutral people
What is They/Them?
This is the linguistic phenomenon in which speakers switch back and forth between two languages or dialects within a conversation or setting.
What is Code-Switching?
True or false: diversity initiatives help solve employee turnover, absenteeism, and low productivity problems
True
The verbal, nonverbal environmental slights, snubs, insults or actions, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory or negative messages to target persons bases solely upon discriminatory belief systems.
What is the name an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic?
Stereotypes
In the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), this person is someone who supports and advocates for marginalized groups, even though they are not a member of those groups
What is Ally?
In which year did the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which is a tipping point for the gay liberation movement take place?
1969
Name two dimensions of diversity
race/ethnicity, gender, physical/mental abilities, age, sexual orrientation, veterans.
The range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs.
What is Diversity?
What is the name of a group that is culturally, economically and politically subordinate; a racially or culturally self-conscious population, with hereditary membership and a high degree of in-group marriage, which suffers oppression at the hands of a dominant segment of a nation-state.
Among other things, this ensures that employers cannot discriminate against individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity with respect to: hiring, firing, furloughs, or reductions in force.
What is Title VII?
Until which decade were married women in West Germany not allowed to work without the permission from their husband?
Until the 70s (1977)
What is the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously, in the context of the allocation of resources or employment?
Positive Discrimination or Affirmative Action
A shared belief held by members of a team that it’s OK to take risks, to express their ideas and concerns, to speak up with questions, and to admit mistakes — all without fear of negative consequences.
What is Psychological Safety?
What is the name for discriminating against someone based on their age?
Ageism
An Executive Order Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
What is Executive Order 13988?
Of the countries we live in today -> where did the Pride parade take place first?
England 1972 (London)
Germany 1979 (Westberlin)
Sweden 1998 (Stockholm)
Poland 2001 (Warszawa)
This so-called invisible barrier prevents women and minorities from advancing to the top jobs in organizations.
What is Glass ceiling?
Performative presence without meaningful participation. For example, a superficial invitation for participation of members of a certain socially oppressed group, who are expected to speak for the whole group without giving this.
What is Tokenism?
What is the name for a policy or rule in place that governs everyone, but separates a few individuals based on the prohibited grounds?
Indirect discrimination