苏·麦考伊，总经理助理，德比和棱镜委员会秘书
我很自豪能成为英国员工资源组织Prism委员会的成员。但是很多人问我，为什么我，一个独联体的异性恋女性，加入了LGBT+网络的委员会。
在我意识到之前，我想我成为一个盟友。我一直是一个非常强大的信徒，每个人都有权利他们真正来自一个非常年轻的时代。也许这源于目睹欺凌 - 我总是在各种形式中讨厌欺凌，我将永远讲述它。我已被众所周知，在学校操场上发生战斗，很多人的孩子的尴尬！
我从两岁和四岁开始独自抚养我的孩子，早在20世纪80年代，单亲家庭就有着明显的耻辱感，我记得在很多场合，我在操场上都被人看不起。我之所以分享这一点，是因为知道这么多LGBT+的人仍然因为他们是谁而受到欺凌、骚扰和歧视，这让我心碎。
I can remember the day that I really became an ally to Prism – it was on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) in 2018, the day that many in the company were tasked with creating a ‘Human Rainbow’ from our employees. I remember being involved in a team meeting and the chair of the meeting talking about IDAHOBIT and the Human Rainbow and I had no idea what that was, but I wanted to get involved and saw I could help. I set up a working group to help plan and deliver all the elements for IDAHOBIT for our department, organising meetings and allocating tasks. I was responsible for promoting the Human Rainbow and arranging the drone for the photos and the whole thing was a great success. On that same day, I had organised a cake sale with the proceeds going to Derby Pride. I asked people to bake or buy rainbow-coloured cakes and my department, Rotatives, ended up raising the most money – a proud moment!
我们还请了一位trans员工到我们部门来谈谈她的旅程，房间里挤满了人。她的演讲太精彩了，太鼓舞人心了，我们至今仍是朋友。
第二天，我上班了，我正在嗡嗡作一，我认为我们非常强烈地觉得我们应该每年不止一次地做这些事情。我联系了棱镜，说如果他们需要任何帮助+的任何帮助+ - 密布，请告诉我。第二天，我发现自己是担任棱镜委员会的秘书！我今天仍然举行这个职位，我喜欢它。
我认为这是一个重要的信息。你不需要成为LGBT+来支持LGBT+人群，就像你不需要成为黑人来挑战种族主义，也不需要成为女性来挑战性别陈规定型观念一样。如果你真的支持多样性和包容性，如果你真的相信平等对待所有人，如果你真的想消除欺凌和歧视，那么就参与进来。是的，我一点也不后悔。