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ABC wins at LGBTQ Inclusion Awards

ABC wins several awards for its workplace inclusion.

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ABC has won several awards at the Australian LGBTQ Inclusion Awards, announced yesterday at Hyatt Regency, Sydney.

The awards are based on the Australian Workplace Equality Index, which measures the impact of LGBTQ inclusion initiatives in organisations.

ABC was one of 20 ‘gold employers’ for its achievements in creating a more inclusive place to work and more diverse content.

ABC was also named Most Improved Employer for substantially increasing the visibility of people of diverse sexualities and genders which recognise Australia’s top organisations for LGBTQ workplace inclusion.

It also won the award for Best External Media Campaign for ABCQueer, an Instagram channel about and for young, queer Australians.

David Anderson, ABC Managing Director, said he was proud to lead a public broadcaster that enables everyone to feel safe, welcome and able to bring their whole selves to work.

“Diversity, inclusion and acceptance are not just buzzwords at the ABC, they are at the heart of everything we do,” he said. “The ABC’s LGBTQ Inclusion Awards recognise the multiple initiatives and programs we have introduced to promote inclusion and acceptance among staff, including mentoring programs and gender transition leave. We support our people, no matter who they are or who they love.

“Such initiatives are not obligations but opportunities. A broad range of perspectives, people and stories makes us all stronger, more creative and better able to engage with each other and the wider Australian community.”

The ABC’s annual score out of 200 in this year’s AWEI increased significantly from 105 to 177.

This year, the ABC released Diversity & Inclusion Commissioning Guidelines for screen content, to provide greater access and opportunity to under-represented people and perspectives – including the LGBTQI+ community – on and off screen.

The guidelines form part of the ABC’s commitment under its Five-Year Plan 2020-25 to look and sound like contemporary Australia. The guidelines also support and reflect the ABC’s Elevate Reconciliation Plan 2019-22 and Diversity & Inclusion Plan 2019-22

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