National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

Mindy Halasz, Co-Chair of  (LGBTQIA+ Brand Employee Group- BRG) of Designer Brands (that includes brands such as DSW), invited us -- aka Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Rini Das of  Zettabytes.Today team and Stacy Drake of PFLAG Columbus to speak at their annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon.

The Leaders of MySELF BRG are:

• Mindy Halasz  – Co-Chair
• Sonya Voronkova – Co-Chair
• Erica Melton – Community Committee Chair
• Kimberly Hensley – Communications Chair
• Margaret Kluk – Business Committee Chair
• Todd Roudabush – Talent Committee Chair
• Jared Poff ( EVP CFO) – Executive Sponsor

Panel:

We were delighted to speak and we discussed many topics including

• Coming out can be a lifelong journey. How do you manage coming out in different situations? 
• Coming out as "Transgender or Non-binary" at your work-place
• How to be an ally for those who are "coming out" at your work-place?
• How to support as a parent or a grandparent or relative when a child or grandchild or young relative comes out?
• How to support someone in their journey in coming out in a virtual work environment
• What resources can we provide?

There were more than seventy globally-dispersed attendees at the virtual event. Some of the attendees and speakers and the MySELF leaders are included in the photo below.

 

Come out when you are in a safe environment and at your time-table.

#VisibilityMatters
#NationalComingOutDay

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"Coming Out" Resources:

1. From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingout
2. From Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out
3. The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/
4. The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students  
5. Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/
6. Coming Out as Trans at Work -- A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta, and Sandra J. Sucher, Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2021
7. 13 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves