Presentations
In our words
This year, Disability and LGBTQ+ advocates Wayne Herbert and Yenn Purkis released their book In Our Words. The book brings together a large number of stories from Queer and Disabled folks which take the form of letters to their teenage selves.
In this session, Wayne and Yenn will join Alastair McEwin, former Disability Royal Commissioner and member of the LGBTQ+ community, in a conversation where they will discuss some of the challenges faced by Queer and Disabled people, as well as looking at ways to include and empower them at work and the importance of allyship. Drawing on selected examples from the book, the session will look at workplace experiences around intersectionality and how organisations can make a difference and support people to enable their ‘letter to themselves’ (metaphorically) to be positive, confident and inclusive.