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Blog posted by: GDS team, 3 July 2017 – GDS team, People and skills.

It’s LGBT+ Pride until 9 July and people from GDS will be joining the Pride in London march to mark the event.

Pride is important because it’s an annual celebration of openness and inclusion. But at GDS, building an open and inclusive culture is something we work on continually.

We do this through talking regularly and publicly about diversity – as well as having policies on the issue. We do this through initiatives like encouraging more women to feel confident in public speaking. And we even use our physical environment to send out a message of inclusivity.

All this work is important, because it helps create an environment where people can feel confident to be themselves at work. Where they can bring their whole selves to work.

For this blog post – and to mark this year’s Pride – we asked LGBT+ people and allies working at GDS to tell us why it’s so important to build an open and inclusive culture and what it means to them.