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Episode 31: Lets Talk About Gender! with Ashton O'Brien of Kamloops Pride
More and more commonly, workplaces and institutions are adopting the usage of pronouns in email signatures or in classrooms, and this is a really important step to ensure that all gender identities are welcomed and supported! However, discrimination against 2SLGBTQIA+ community is still extremely prevalent, and transgender people face epidemic levels of violence. It is more important than ever to discuss gender, identity, and preferences with our friends and family to create safer experiences for those who are nonbinary.
This week on the podcast, we couldn't be more excited to welcome a guest who has had their own journey coming to be proud of who they really are, and is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with our listeners!
Ashton O’Brien (they/she), a 32 year old non-binary person, is the current President of Kamloops Pride Society, being involved with the organization since 2019. Alongside their work organizing inclusive and fun events for the Kamloops community, Ashton also does countless hours of work off the side of their desk to help make their workplace more inclusive at BCLC, where Ashton has worked as an IT professional for 11 years.
Through this interview, Ashton and I actually realized we not only work together, but in the same department, and at the time of the interview, were both working on putting on BCLCs International Women's Day event! - so throughout the episode you’ll hear us mention our workplace and IWD.
This interview could have gone forever, and we touched on so many topics - from Ashton's experience with their own gender and identity growing up in BC interior, ways to talk to those people in your life who are not as understanding of different gender identities or preferences, how workplaces can take action to be more inclusive, and how to be better feminists!
Follow Kamloops Pride on Instagram and Facebook at @kamloopspride
Check out www.kamloopspride.com for educational and community resources.
Follow the Boss Chicks on Instagram: @thebosschickproject @cassandramilk and @kenn_gabrielle_
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By The Boss Chick ProjectMore and more commonly, workplaces and institutions are adopting the usage of pronouns in email signatures or in classrooms, and this is a really important step to ensure that all gender identities are welcomed and supported! However, discrimination against 2SLGBTQIA+ community is still extremely prevalent, and transgender people face epidemic levels of violence. It is more important than ever to discuss gender, identity, and preferences with our friends and family to create safer experiences for those who are nonbinary.
This week on the podcast, we couldn't be more excited to welcome a guest who has had their own journey coming to be proud of who they really are, and is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with our listeners!
Ashton O’Brien (they/she), a 32 year old non-binary person, is the current President of Kamloops Pride Society, being involved with the organization since 2019. Alongside their work organizing inclusive and fun events for the Kamloops community, Ashton also does countless hours of work off the side of their desk to help make their workplace more inclusive at BCLC, where Ashton has worked as an IT professional for 11 years.
Through this interview, Ashton and I actually realized we not only work together, but in the same department, and at the time of the interview, were both working on putting on BCLCs International Women's Day event! - so throughout the episode you’ll hear us mention our workplace and IWD.
This interview could have gone forever, and we touched on so many topics - from Ashton's experience with their own gender and identity growing up in BC interior, ways to talk to those people in your life who are not as understanding of different gender identities or preferences, how workplaces can take action to be more inclusive, and how to be better feminists!
Follow Kamloops Pride on Instagram and Facebook at @kamloopspride
Check out www.kamloopspride.com for educational and community resources.
Follow the Boss Chicks on Instagram: @thebosschickproject @cassandramilk and @kenn_gabrielle_
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