It’s Transgender Day of Visibility today, a day dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by the transgender community worldwide.
It aims to increase transgender equality and empower transgender people to live their lives freely and confidently. It began in 2009 and has grown rapidly each year since. Now thousands of trans people, their loved ones, families, friends, colleagues and allies take part in celebrating International Trans Day of Visibility each year.
We Create Space asked five trans and non-binary change-makers to share their lived experiences of professional spaces. Watch the video to learn more:
Share your pronouns
One of the ways you can show your support for Transgender people is to share your pronouns and recognise the pronouns of your colleagues. Even if you are cisgender (cis) – your gender identity matches your sex assigned at birth – if you are comfortable with sharing your pronoun we need your support to start normalising the practice at Carnival UK. By doing this you’ll help others accept that everyone is unique, and we should never make the default assumption that someone uses a ‘she’ or ‘he’ pronoun.
Find out more and follow the simple steps to add your pronouns to your email signature.
Everyone should feel welcome at Carnival UK however they identify, and our Transgender and Shore Equality and Inclusion Policy make sure all colleagues feel valued and that they belong.
We also have gender-neutral toilets in Carnival House; gender-neutral toilets are inclusive for transgender and nonbinary people as many are forced to make a choice that doesn’t align with their gender-identity, and fear confrontation for being perceived to be in the ‘wrong’ toilet. Read more here.
We also have gender-neutral toilets in Carnival House; gender-neutral toilets are inclusive for transgender and nonbinary people as many are forced to make a choice that doesn’t align with their gender-identity, and fear confrontation for being perceived to be in the ‘wrong’ toilet. 
Spectrum, Carnival UK’s LGBT+ & Friends employee-led network, supports belonging and inclusion by championing, challenging and celebrating the LGBT+ agenda. Encouraging colleagues to be curious, we drive allyship to promote positive change across Carnival UK and the communities we are a part of, creating a feeling of belonging for everyone. Find out more about Spectrum here