In today's culture, businesses and organizations spend a lot of time and resources on building up their brands and external appearances to the public, primarily through social media and other online platforms. One of the main things we see businesses and organizations promote nowadays is their inclusivity of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. However, while they may be promoting inclusivity externally, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are promoting and acting upon inclusivity internally. For example, during LGBTQIA+ pride month, large corporations such as Target may change their logo on their website or on social media to include rainbows and sell pride-related merchandise for the month. From the public eye, this looks like a great business move to show that the company values diversity and inclusion, but within large corporations such as Target, internal racial and sexual discrimination toward employees and consumers is still quite prevalent. With that in mind, something that businesses and organizations need to figure out is how they can promote equity, diversity, and inclusion from within on a consistent basis, not just during pride month. As you'll learn about in one of the readings, some organizations are moving away from promoting LGBTQIA+ pride and inclusion during the month of June and making it clear that one of their overall business missions is to further the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals indefinitely by using a variety of methods. This moves them away from the pride month "publicity stunt" many corporations seem to follow and makes it known to the public that the corporation is holding themselves accountable to support equity, diversity, and inclusion as part of their business models, which includes developing and empowering LGBTQIA+ leaders, providing consistent diversity training sessions, and communicating the importance of diversity from the top to bottom levels of the organization. . After reading Reading #1, did you develop a different perspective on the companies that promote LGBTQIA+ inclusion only during pride month? If so, what part(s) of the reading changed your perspective? If not, what was your already existing perspective? 2. In regard to Reading #2, select one of the 7 Ways to Recruit Transgender and Non-Binary Talent that stands out to you. Now, imagine you are a business owner on a mission to further the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals within your organization. Using the one method you selected, come up with 1-2 creative ways you could implement that method into your own business. 3. Once you have read the material, think about what new insights have you gained about promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion on an organization-wide level. From those new insights, what are a couple of ways you can be a leader in carrying out equity, diversity, and inclusion in your life (whether it be in your social relationships, workplace, school, etc.)? Questions How would you respond