Lived experience guides Tate Smith's trans and DEI consulting firm
Tate Smith started his eponymous consulting firm to help companies address trans and DEI policies in the workplace.
LGBT+ History Month: This is the one thing we wish allies would do more of
This year we are celebrating 20 years of UK LGBT+ History Month. As we celebrate the milestone, here’s what some people wish that heterosexual and cis-gendered people would do more of.
11 Incredible Activists Working To End Male Violence Against Women And Girls
Activist Tate Smith describes his trans identity as his “super power” – and often uses his experiences to advocate for women's safety.
How HR can promote male allyship at work
Tate has penned an op-ed for HR Magazine, exploring how employers can encourage men to reduce gender bias, tackle sexual harassment, call out misogyny, promote language training and support equal parenting policies inclusive of all genders.
Saoirse Ronan Reacts To Mic Drop Moment
ITV News shared Tate’s comments on Saoirse Ronan’s viral moment on The Graham Norton Show with their Instagram audience of 533,000 followers.
‘My life had no future’: How it felt to come out as trans in the 70s
Metro spoke to Tate Smith and other transgender people about their experiences for Trans Awareness Week.
Top 10 Trans & Non-Binary Role Models
Tate was selected for 'blazing new trails for LGBT+ DE&I across financial services and business' by LGBT Great, an LGBT+ membership community for the financial services industry, representing companies such as BlackRock, HSBC Asset Management, and others.
Brands & Pride 2024: Serving LGBTQ+ Customers
Reacting to 2023’s backlashes and boycotts, some brands have avoided Pride 2024 despite a clear commercial and moral imperative: globally, LGBTQ+ spending power rose by 20.5% between 2019 and 2023 (see Key Stats). But others are winning fans by digging in, surfacing hidden histories, creating sanctuaries, centring family (biological and chosen) and taking an educative role.
Tips For Developing A Transitioning-At-Work Policy
Tate Smith develops transitioning at work policies alongside consulting inclusive language, gender equality, allyship and rethinking masculinities.
They spoke to me about their top tips for putting together or improving your existing transitioning at work policy.
Tate Smith Consulting Advises Anglo American On Their First Transgender Policy
Tate Smith recently advised the UK London Corporate Office of Anglo American, a global mining company, on their first Transgender Policy.
Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift
They could benefit from a diversity of hormones, empathy about their experience, and a frank approach to sexuality—all hallmarks of trans health care.
Empowering Perspectives: Tate Smith on trans visibility and allyship
To mark International Trans Day of Visibility, activist and role model Tate Smith talks to myGwork's Pepi Sappal about his experience of transitioning at work and how he is using his recently acquired male privilege to encourage other men to be better allies to women at work.
10 trans and non-binary entrepreneurs making waves in business
In celebration of International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), we highlight some of the influential trans and non-binary entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders making waves in their industries.
Tate Smith: Don’t ignore the trans male experience
As a trans man, all Tate Smith wanted was to be treated as male. But as the former legal secretary soon learned, the privilege of being perceived as male was often to the detriment of his cis female colleagues.
2023 Diversity Power List names Lenny Rush, Emma Watson and Rose Ayling-Ellis alongside community champions
Champions of diversity and inclusion across the UK have been named in the 2023 Diversity Power List. An honours-style list, it highlights and recognises individuals who are working tirelessly to make a tremendous difference to other people’s lives.
The winter of discontent for queer representation
In Campaign's last ever print edition, I was invited to write about the future for LGBTQIA+ people in our industry. I mused that "we'll see light shone on parts of our community underserved by ad creative" and that representation will become more usualised and incidental. We Are Social's Think Forward Global Trend Report predicts the same – with "post representation" being one of its top three trends for 2024.
Meet & Greet: Tate Smith, Founder of Tate Smith Consulting
Rainbow Role Model Tate Smith talks to myGwork about his transitioning journey, with insights on some of the challenges that trans people face at work and the importance of allies to improve workplace inclusion to mark Trans Awareness Week.
Trans+ People Are Under Attack. Here's What You Can Do
The Conservative conference in Manchester made one thing known above all else. Trans+ people are under attack.
The Government is no longer hiding its contempt of Trans+ folk. During a now infamous speech, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said, “We shouldn’t be bullied into believing people can be any sex they want to be, they can’t. A man is a man and a woman is a woman.”
Tate Smith: “I’m Incredibly Proud to Be Transgender and Brighton Trans Pride Helps to Remind Me Each Year”
“I finally felt at home and couldn’t have been happier than to be surrounded by people just like me. Brighton Trans Pride has provided me with joy and a growing support network ever since.”
Activist Tate Smith warns businesses aren’t ‘thinking ahead’ on trans inclusion
Ahead of the PinkNews Trans+ Summit next Thursday (11 May), legal secretary and activist Tate Smith is sharing his insights on navigating the legal space and activism, how Gen Z will impact inclusion strategies and how trans and non-binary people are supported at work.