Building a Trans-Inclusive Workplace with Ames Simmons

<p>This episode discusses how legal organizations can create an inclusive workplace for transgender employees and potential recruits. The measures suggested in this episode by Ames Simmons (he/him) of the National Center for Transgender Equity will also foster a welcoming environment for clients and community members. <br/><br/>Check out resources like:</p><ul><li><a href='https://transequality.org/'>The National Center for Transgender Equality</a></li><li><a href='https://lms.alanet.org/products/ala-virtual-master-class-a-framework-for-deia'>ALA&apos;s Virtual Master Class: A Framework for DEI&amp;A recording bundle</a></li><li>&quot;<a href='https://www.legalmanagement.org/2020/july-august/features/5-ways-to-make-your-law-firm-more-inclusive-for-the-transgender-community'>5 Ways to Make Your Law Firm More Inclusive for the Transgender Community</a>&quot; from <em>Legal Management</em> magazine</li><li><a href='https://lms.alanet.org/products/a-transgender-experience-a-personal-account'>A Transgender Experience: A Personal Account</a>, an ALA webinar</li></ul><p>Also, you can look forward to the following sessions this October at <a href='https://www.alanet.org/events/annual-conference/agenda/download-agenda'>ALA&apos;s 2021 Annual Conference &amp; Expo</a> in Austin, Texas:</p><ul><li>LGBTQ 101 for Legal Administrators</li><li>LGBTQ: Allies and Inclusivity in the Workplace</li><li>You Belong Here: Creating an Inclusive Environment Where Everyone Belongs</li><li>A Law Firm Built for 2021 and the Future: Examining Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and Barriers to Implicit Bias</li></ul><p><b>Speaker Bio </b></p><p>Ames Simmons (he/him) is a queer white trans man serving as Policy Director at National Center for Transgender Equality. He provides vision and direction for NCTE’s policy strategies and approach, including federal and state advocacy to achieve NCTE’s mission of empathy, opportunity, and justice for transgender people. His work is grounded in community-based antiracism, antiviolence and antipov