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The Rainbow Alliance and Inclusion Network (RAIN), Washington State’s LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group, is excited to announce our development of a guide for supporting individuals transitioning in the workplace.
This guide is intended to support discussions around transitioning in the workplace, but the safety and wellbeing of the employee transitioning should be the center of this process. This document is not all-inclusive nor is it legal advice. There may be updated resources and changes that should also be consulted when engaging in this process.
When using and distributing this guide center folks with lived experiences and consider the following:
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Distributing to and connecting with affinity groups in your agency
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Building your process before you need it
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Sharing this across your agency, including any supplemental agency specific information your organization has
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Adding to onboarding and regular agency wide updates
Please distribute this document to your entire agency. We encourage everyone to keep this document somewhere that is accessible to all employees. There are people in every agency who can benefit from this information, especially those who may be assumed to not need it.
RAIN will be facilitating training on the content of this guide to support a thorough understanding of all the information. We would love to hear any feedback from employees regarding the guide so that we can continue to improve it. The RAIN Best Practices subcommittee is also available to provide feedback on policies and procedures at your organization, not just to do with this guide. You can check out RAIN trainings to see what opportunities we have for you coming up.
Transitioning can be one of the most stressful and wonderful time of someone’s life. The goal and intention of this guide is to support anyone on this courageous and beautiful journey.
In love and solidarity,
The RAIN Best Practices Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Ariel Kay-Barto & Rueben Otero
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Washington State Employees' LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group
rain@ofm.wa.gov
https://lgbtq.wa.gov/rain
The Rainbow Alliance & Inclusion Network (RAIN), Washington State Employees’ LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group (BRG) is an equal opportunity resource group. RAIN does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, color, national origin, religion, creed, military status, veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.
We welcome all Washington state employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or other diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression groups, and their allies. RAIN encourages all members to bring their authentic selves to the BRG.
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