Blaque/OUT Equity & Inclusivity Architects offers dynamic, experienced speakers to engage your participants, staff, board, team, or organization in meaningful conversations about equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Our speakers bring lived experience, professional expertise, and cultural insight to every engagement — creating space for learning, reflection, and transformation.

Available Topics Include:

Understanding Implicit Bias: How unconscious bias impacts your mission, decision-making, and community relationships.

Respectful Use of Pronouns: Building affirming environments through inclusive language and everyday practices.

LGBTQ+ & Trans Rights/History: Exploring the roots, resilience, and ongoing fight for equality and representation.

Creating Safe Spaces for QTPOC: Strategies to support Queer and Trans People of Color across client, staff, youth, and family interactions.

Intersectionality in Action: Recognizing how race, gender, sexuality, and identity shape lived experiences and organizational culture.

Allyship & Accountability: Moving beyond awareness to active, sustained inclusion.

Format Options:

In-person presentations and workshops

Virtual sessions via Zoom or preferred platform

Keynote addresses, panels, or facilitated discussions

Each session is tailored to your organization’s goals, audience, and level of readiness — ensuring an impactful and relevant experience.

For booking or inquiries, contact info@blaqueoutmag.com

Blaque/OUT offers dynamic, conversation-driven workshops and educational sessions designed for boards, staff, educators, and organizations committed to building equitable and inclusive environments. These sessions go beyond theory—centering real dialogue, lived experience, and practical application in everyday work settings.

Each workshop is facilitated by an experienced educator who presents content, engages participants in open discussion, and provides direct feedback throughout the session. This is a space where participants can ask honest questions, explore complex topics, and gain tools to create meaningful change within their teams and communities.

Workshops can be tailored to address a single focus area or developed as a series over time. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Pronoun Usage in the Workplace – Understanding gender identity and fostering respect through inclusive language.

Creating Safer Spaces for Trans Staff and Students – Building affirming environments that support belonging and safety.

Implicit Bias and Microaggressions – Identifying, addressing, and interrupting bias in professional and educational settings.

Inclusive Leadership and Policy Development – Embedding equity into organizational culture and decision-making.

Intersectionality in Practice – Recognizing how overlapping identities shape experiences and access.

Blaque/OUT’s workshops are designed to meet participants where they are—encouraging growth, accountability, and transformation through authentic conversation.

Tamara Leigh meets with Leadership, Administration, and Board members to assess existing forms, policies, procedures, marketing materials, and physical environments through an inclusionary QTPOC/LGBTQ+/BIPOC lens. Following this evaluation, she develops tailored recommendations designed to help your organization advance and achieve its Equity goals.

It is imperative and socially responsible to ensure that BIPOC, LGBTQ+, QTPOC, and specifically Trans voices are present and empowered in the creation of any plans that impact the community. Blaque/OUT serves as a subcontractor for grants, community-based projects, and strategic planning initiatives—working alongside primary contractors to provide authentic BIPOC, QTPOC, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. Through this work, Blaque/OUT ensures that these communities are not only heard but meaningfully represented and reflected throughout the planning and implementation process. 

Blaque/OUT designs and delivers educational trainings that are written as new and relevant content for each specific audience. Every session is customized to meet the unique needs, experiences, and goals of the participants, ensuring meaningful engagement and lasting impact.

In 2023, Blaque/OUT developed and was granted a U.S. Copyright for its DEI Guided Self-Reflection Tool — a framework that helps organizations and individuals strengthen community engagement by identifying and addressing the implicit biases that often influence behavior and decision-making.

Tamara Leigh, Founder and Editor of Blaque/OUT Magazine, is a Black, Queer advocate, activist, educator, and public relations specialist. She has consulted on the creation of university curriculum inspired by The 1619 Project from The New York Times Magazine and contributed to the development of LGBTQ+ History curriculum as part of New York State’s Anti-Racist Curriculum initiative for high school students.

For organizations ready to move beyond performative gestures and truly weave equity into their foundation, this immersive opportunity brings our lead consultant, Tamara Leigh, directly into your organization — for a week, a month, or a quarter.

During this residency, Tamara becomes part of your team, engaging deeply with your culture, systems, and people. Through interviews, staff and board assessments, equity workshops, crisis management, and policy reviews, she works to elevate your organization’s equity quotient — providing actionable recommendations and hands-on guidance every step of the way.

What sets this experience apart is Tamara’s unique blend of DEI expertise and Public Relations strategy. With her extensive background in communications, she not only helps you build equitable structures internally but also supports the strategic rollout of your initiatives — ensuring your message resonates authentically both within your organization and throughout the communities you serve.