“The biggest gap I’m trying to close up is this myth that there’s such a big difference between the transgender and cisgender experience,” said Lightner, who stresses that regardless of their alignment with the binary, everyone has faced “some sort of gender exploration. “If we close that gap and have understanding across communities, that is where progress is going to happen.
Refusing to discount the basics, he said the first step is moving people away from the gendered and heteronormative language that stops LGBTQ+ employees from coming out.”
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