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Grosvenor's LGBTQ+ network event explores transgender visibility and allyship
Category: Gender (Equality & Identity)
Our latest LGBTQ+ network event explored how businesses and the built environment can be more inclusive.
With Freehold, our LGBTQ+ network Pride@Grosvenor hosted suppliers, occupiers and property owners to answer many common misconceptions around being transgender and explore how the built environment can make a positive impact and improve inclusivity, and how we can personally be allies to the transgender community.
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Attendees heard first-hand experiences and reflections from transgender spokespeople including:
- Maxine Heron (she/her) – Writer, model, trans advocate and marketeer at Jecca Blac
- Dr Ellie Cosgrave (she/her) – Director of research and community interest at Publica
- Gaynor Wright (she/her) – Sole principal at Warren Wright Associates and Freehold member
- Ella Slade (they/them) – Global LGBTQ+ leader at IBM
Trans visibility and allyship in property
Increasing transgender visibility is crucial in helping provide role models, allies and community for people who are exploring their gender identity. The panel highlighted positive experiences in companies like CBRE and IBM who provide support for individuals, managers and teams going through this experience.
The panel also commented on the importance of allyship due to the relatively small size of the trans community in the UK, particularly in the property sector (In the 2022 census, just 0.5% of the population had a different gender identity to the one assigned to them at birth). This can make it difficult to create change and be accepted.
Our buildings, workspaces and places, play an important role in either including or excluding people with different gender identities. As built environment professionals we can address this by engaging a diverse group of people early in the design and creation of places to address factors such as safety, signage and creating a sense of belonging.
Publica’s work with the GLA on inclusive spaces was created to help designers and place-makers do just that. Ten projects across London are trialling their new framework.
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