In this special Pride Month edition of Impact Talks, host Tara Geoghegan spotlights powerful LGBTQIA+ stories, voices and campaigns from across Haymarket’s global network, spanning the UK, US and India.

From brand allyship and rainbow-washing to representation in media, leadership and the workplace, this episode features five brilliant Haymarket journalists unpacking the stories behind the headlines:

• PRWeek UK's Siobhan Holt on what makes a winning, authentic LGBTQIA+ campaign and industry perceptions around Pride
• Autocar's Mark Tisshaw on the automotive world’s progress in embracing diversity and what's still to be done
• Campaign India's Vinita Bhatia on the complex dynamics of Pride campaigns in India
• PRWeek US's Jess Ruderman on five years of Pride in PR and why visibility still matters
• CIPD People Management's Mahalia Mayne on the challenges LGBTQIA+ employees continue to face in the workplace, according to recent research

It’s a global, educational conversation about progress, pitfalls, and the power of showing up. Enjoy!

Links to content discussed during the episode:

• Autocar, Autocar Drivers of Change
• Campaign India, Pride is over - now it's culture or bust
• People Management, Nearly half of LGBTQ+ staff feel unsupported at work, study finds
• PRWeek UK, Purpose Awards EMEA 2025: Winners revealed
• PRWeek UK, Do LGBTQ+ pros think bands will 'show up' for Pride in 2025?
• PRWeek US, Five years of Pride in PR

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As part of Haymarket’s celebration of Pride Month 2024, and in alignment with UN SDG 4: Quality Education, UN SDG 5: Gender Equality, our commitment to DEI, we hear from a selection of journalists around the world, to delve into some of their LGBTQIA+ related content. Tara finds out more about their work, its impact, the inspiration behind it and any stereotypes of misconceptions they challenged.

Pride Month a dedicated time to recognise and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, acknowledging their contributions, culture, and history. At the same time, it is a powerful reminder of their resilience and strength. So many have fought, and continue to fight for their rights and acceptance in society. While progress has been made that should be celebrated, there are still many challenges and injustices that the LGBTQIA+ community faces worldwide, as our interviewees will delve into shortly.

We have a fantastic selection of guests sharing their stories and work, spanning Haymarket’s UK, US and Asia teams. Thanks to Steve Barrett, VP, Editorial Director, PRWeek US and Campaign US, Pat Anderson, Editor of MIMS Learning, Bailey Calfee, Premium Reporter at Campaign US, Jenny Roper, in our Wonderly division and editor of Work. magazine produced on behalf of the CIPD, Shawn Lim, tech and media editor at Campaign Asia Pacific, and Matthew Eck, Medical Editor of Endocrinology Advisor. This episode was produced by Nav Pal, Studio Manager at Haymarket.

Interested to learn more about any of the content discussed in this episode? Links to the content are here for you to read at your leisure:

1. PRWeek US 'Pride in PR' content
2. MIMS Learning module: Transgender healthcare: why is it important?
3. Campaign US Pride Meter
4. Endocrinology Advisor, Reconceptualising Women’s Health: Trans Inclusive Language Fosters Care
5. Work. magazine's coverage of Disney's treatment of LGBTQIA+ rights and ex-CEO Bob Chapek
6. Campaign Asia Pacific, Pride Month: Hilton champions LGBTQIA+ empowerment through youth programs
7. Campaign Asia Pacific, Perspective: Why being trans is not the reason I'm a male ally

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The theme for this year’s International Women's Day is inspire inclusion. There shouldn’t be just one day a year to shine a spotlight on the power of inclusion in driving positive change for women everywhere, but International Women's Day serves as a really important moment to reflect, educate and learn about the ongoing journey towards gender equality and inclusivity. Because unfortunately, we really still aren’t there yet.

At Haymarket, we have just celebrated the one year anniversary of our revamped global sustainability agenda - Impact, which is centred closely around the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In just a year we’ve managed to achieve some pretty big milestones, including a global content audit of our 70+ brands, to measure how our external voice is aligned with our Impact agenda.

One of the SDGs Impact aligns closely with is Gender Equality - and our content audit has captured various pieces of work relating to this.

Whether it’s written articles, campaigns, events, awards or educational resources, they cover everything from celebrating women, recognising female talent, breaking down stereotypes, calling out inequalities and much more.

In our final instalment for the week, Tara Geoghegan, Impact Manager, is joined by Rahat Kapur, editor of Campaign Asia-Pacific, Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and Lauren Burke, Vice President of Content for Haymarket Medical Network.

Then in part two, Haymarket's global CTO, Richard Harding is joined by the wonderful Lexie Papaspyrou, Head of Product at the Tech Talent Charter, which Haymarket is a proud member of.

Lexie references it, so make sure you have a read of the Tech Talent Charter's latest Diversity in Tech report.

And of course, Happy International Women's Day 2024 to you all!

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The theme for this year’s International Women's Day is inspire inclusion. There shouldn’t be just one day a year to shine a spotlight on the power of inclusion in driving positive change for women everywhere, but International Women's Day serves as a really important moment to reflect, educate and learn about the ongoing journey towards gender equality and inclusivity. Because unfortunately, we really still aren’t there yet.

At Haymarket, we have just celebrated the one year anniversary of our revamped global sustainability agenda - Impact, which is centred closely around the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In just a year we’ve managed to achieve some pretty big milestones, including a global content audit of our 70+ brands, to measure how our external voice is aligned with our Impact agenda.

One of the SDGs Impact aligns closely with is Gender Equality - and our content audit has captured various pieces of work relating to this.

Whether it’s written articles, campaigns, events, awards or educational resources, they cover everything from celebrating women, recognising female talent, breaking down stereotypes, calling out inequalities and much more.

So we thought, why not dive into some of the stories behind the headlines?

In episode two, we’ve gone a bit car mad, and you'll be hearing from our automotive teams in the UK and India.

I don’t think many people would contest the claim that there’s still work to be done with achieving gender parity in the automotive industry. But that makes it all the more important to celebrate and raise awareness of the progress that has been made.

We hear from Mark Tisshaw, Editor of Autocar, Ayisha Gharu, Social Media Manager for What Car?, Georgia Patmore, Social Media Executive for Autocar and Renuka Kirpalani, Host and Editor of the Autocar Show in India.

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The theme for this year’s International Women's Day is inspire inclusion. There shouldn’t be just one day a year to shine a spotlight on the power of inclusion in driving positive change for women everywhere, but International Women's Day serves as a really important moment to reflect, educate and learn about the ongoing journey towards gender equality and inclusivity. Because unfortunately, we really still aren’t there yet.

At Haymarket, we have just celebrated the one year anniversary of our revamped global sustainability agenda - Impact, which is centred closely around the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In just a year we’ve managed to achieve some pretty big milestones, including a global content audit of our 70+ brands, to measure how our external voice is aligned with our Impact agenda.

One of the SDGs Impact aligns closely with is Gender Equality - and our content audit has captured various pieces of work relating to this.

Whether it’s written articles, campaigns, events, awards or educational resources, they cover everything from celebrating women, recognising female talent, breaking down stereotypes, calling out inequalities and much more.

So we thought, why not dive into some of the stories behind the headlines?

In this episode, part one of three, we hear from Alison Weissbrot, Editor-in-Chief of Campaign US, Gideon Spanier, Editor-in-Chief of Campaign UK, Sophie-Marie Odum, Editor of Motability's Lifestyle magazine, Matt Lizzimore, Editor for Wonderly and Kate Magee, Editor of Management Today, who all delve into their different - yet equally inspiring and interesting - gender equality related content.

We hope you enjoy it!

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