{"id":36677,"date":"2022-02-01T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inclusiveemployers.co.uk\/?p=36677"},"modified":"2024-05-07T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:55:55","slug":"our-lgbtq-role-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inclusiveemployers.co.uk\/blog\/our-lgbtq-role-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Our LGBTQ+ role models at Inclusive Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Travis Alabanza (they\/them)<\/h2>\n

Travis is a performance artist, writer, poet and theatre-maker originally from Bristol. They beautifully fit this year\u2019s theme of LGBT+ History Month<\/a> theme of Politics in Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They take moments of transphobia they’ve experienced themselves and from those in the community and turn it into art to explore the fear-mongering of trans identities in society and media.<\/p>\n

I was honoured to interview Travis once in a previous role and I was so excited to invite them to speak because I seek out every opportunity I can to hear Travis speak or their work.  <\/p>\n

I have never heard someone speak so eloquently and poetically about transphobia and other intersecting identities of race and class. They manage to make a very daunting and complicated topic into something poetic.<\/p>\n

Ted talk: Travis Alabanza: Who is allowed to be a victim? | Travis Alabanza | TEDxBrum | TED Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Edenbrow<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rosie Jones<\/h2>\n

My role model is Rosie Jones.<\/p>\n

She is a comedian who is gay and has Cerebral Palsy. I find her approach to disability and intersectionality refreshing and inspiring.<\/p>\n

Rosie Clarke<\/em><\/p>\n

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