Men as Allies: Shared Responsibility for Leadership Holds the Keys to Gender Equality
Engaging and sustaining allies for the LGBT community.
Jennifer Brown shares her "diversity story."
To be a trans ally is powerful and necessary—especially in the wake of the above-mentioned stories of violence—but not a role without its own challenges and journeys. Here are a few ways to get started in your efforts to become more actively inclusive of people who are transgender.
The touchstone for successful gender ally development is this: a man is an ally when a woman says he is.Allies listen, co-create opportunity, and build a personal brand for accountability and trust. For us men, we aren’t allies to women because we aspire to be, or because we say we are. We’re allies only when specific women are willing to say to us and others: “Here’s an example of how you are collaborating with me, supporting me, making and keeping promises,...
