Allyship & Advocacy at Work

Missed our Pride event with PowerToFly? Catch the replay.

We partnered with PowerToFly for an engaging Pride event focused on moving past performative allyship and creating the conditions to advocate for yourself and others, all year long.

Watch the full recording below to hear how to amplify your voice and visibility, ways to lean in as an ally to create space for others, and how to unlock professional growth opportunities — plus strategies and actionable insights you can start using in your daily life today.

What You'll Walk Away With

After watching the session, you will gain the following insights and actionable steps:

Allyship gaps often come from good intentions without an understanding of power dynamics — not a lack of care.

• Action: Before stepping in to advocate for someone, ask them directly: "What do you want me to do?" Let them keep agency over the outcome.

Performative allyship is a tokenistic gesture without meaningful action underneath it — like a Pride logo with no inclusive leave policy behind it.

• Action: Before adopting a visible symbol of allyship (a pin, a badge, a bio update), ask yourself what concrete action you're backing it up with.

Pay and opportunity gaps are often invisible until you compare notes with peers.

• Action: Have transparent conversations with colleagues in similar roles about access to raises, bonuses, and development programs — not from resentment, but to understand what's happening more broadly.

Advocating for yourself isn't always safe, and that's okay — safety comes first.

• Action: If your environment doesn't feel safe enough to advocate for yourself directly, identify one ally with more organizational influence and loop them in instead. Document key conversations in writing.

Disability and accessibility are frequently left out of LGBTQIA+ inclusion efforts, even in well-meaning gestures like rainbow crosswalks.

• Action: When you're part of planning or advocating for an inclusive space or event, explicitly ask whether it's accessible — don't assume someone else has checked.

Visibility should always be a personal choice, just like coming out — no one should feel pressured to perform their identity to be seen as valid.

• Action: Decide intentionally how visible you want to be at work, and give yourself permission to say no to opportunities that feel like tokenization rather than genuine growth.

Rushing into action without self-reflection can do more harm than good.

• Action: Take 30 minutes this week to reflect on your own biases and any positions of power or privilege you hold — it's the first and most powerful step toward showing up for others.

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