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#RainbowLaces Campaign To Help Kick-Out Homophobia From Sport

Australian sporting teams and their fans are being urged to make the sporting environment a more inclusive place for all by helping to address one of the last great taboos of sport – homophobia. Teams and individual athletes have been invited to show their support for booting-out homophobia from sport by
31 Mar 2016 Continue Reading

Major Sporting Codes Sign Up For New System To Measure LGBTI Inclusion

In a world first, six major Australian sporting codes, including all professional football codes, have signed up to a national benchmarking framework to evaluate their efforts to better include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people within their organisations. Launched today, the Pride in Sport Index (PSI) – the only
16 Mar 2016 Continue Reading

‘Rainbow Round Of Sport’ To Help Kick Out Homophobia In Sport

The major sporting codes have been invited to show that there is no place in sport for homophobia with the inaugural ‘Rainbow Round of Sport’ (RROS) to be held later this month. Australian sportswear company SKINS and ACON’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) workplace inclusion program, Pride in Diversity,
9 Mar 2016 Continue Reading

ACON’s LGBTI Workplace Inclusion Program Signs Its 100th Member

Pride in Diversity, Australia’s first and only national not-for-profit employer support program for all aspects of LGBTI workplace inclusion, today announced that it had signed the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) as its 100th member. Pride in Diversity is a social inclusion program of ACON, NSW’s leading HIV prevention, HIV
26 Aug 2015 Continue Reading

Australia’s Top 20 Employers for LGBTI Employees Announced

PwC has been named Australia’s Employer of the Year for 2015, the first time an employer has picked up the coveted title twice, at a special event recognising workplace support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The Australian arm of the global professional services firm topped a list
15 May 2015 Continue Reading

Australia’s Top Organisations for LGBTI Inclusion Announced

ANZ has been named Australia’s 2017 Employer of the Year for the first time at the sell-out Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, a special event held today in Sydney by ACON’s national not-for-profit program, Pride in Diversity. The Employer of the Year heads an annual list of top employers for LGBTI inclusion
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