In March 2021, we all completed the national 10-yearly Census, and one of the questions asked was: which sex you are, female or male?  But for the first time in the history of the Census it then went on to ask a voluntary question “Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?”

Most male-bodied people are happy to use the gender category man, and most females use woman, but some people are not comfortable with these binary-gendered terms, and they will have inserted on the Census something else, for example, trans woman, trans man, genderfluid, non-binary, gender queer, agender, pangender, gender diverse, and many many more.

These gender diverse people work for you now and many will be keeping their true gender identity a secret because of the fear of ridicule, abuse, harassment and victimisation at work.

In this two-hour presentation, I will uncover the real meaning of the word gender and why it is incorrectly used as a synonym for sex in modern society, I will show that there are more gender categories than just binary man or woman, and that many cultures around the world historically have 3 or more gender categories. 

I will identify what gender identity means and why a person does or does not feel it. I will talk about the science of gender, including the concept of female and male brains, I will look at the UK laws that allow for people to legally express their gendered authentic selves.

I will identify gender authenticity principles and management techniques that you can adopt in your place of work, embedding them into  processes and policies that will enable you and your workforce to firstly accept and respect gender diverse people, and secondly how to enhance and maximise their productivity and your profitability.