Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to share with you an outline of what is coming for Pride 2025. In the current global context, we choose to use this opportunity to emphasize the importance of allyship, under the banner of “Proud to be The Real Us, always, in all ways”.

Date: Pride runs for the month of June

Global communication:

• A global email will go out to countries tomorrow, from the Global D&I email address. You can find the content of the email here. The email will be sent directly to countries using the country email addresses here. If the country email address is moderated in your country, please ensure your moderator releases the email.

  Countries that will not receive the global email are:
  Algeria
  Kazakhstan
  Russia
  Saudi Arabia
  Tunisia
  UAE 

• The email will appear as an article on My Ipsen Hope page at the start of June

Live events: 

• Workshop: June 16 at 14h CET: LGBTQ+ inclusion & allyship in the workplace with Stonewall  
• Spectra event on June 12 at 15h CET: LGBTQ+ history and allyship throughout time with Mason Dunn (he/they), Director of Education and Research for the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce & Spectra leads Courtney Anderson (she / her) & Sam Baily (he / him)

Supporting information: 

The following resources will be shared as part of the launch email; we ask that you also make them visible on site, whether in a printed format or via the screens. You can access the resources here.

• LGBTQ+ Glossary to familiarise ourselves with the key terms linked to the gender identities and sexual orientation – full version available as a poster, shortened version available for screens
• A guide to pronouns to familiarize ourselves with the importance of understanding and respecting someone’s pronouns – available as poster and screen infographic
• Key findings from the Ipsos 2024 LGBT Pride survey to help us gain a broader view of the LGBTQ+ experience –  available as poster and screen infographic
• Ipsen’s Pride Tapestry captures employees’ experience of what Pride means to them – available as a poster
• The meaning of allyship: quotes from DEI ambassadors on what being an ally means to them (under construction)

Promotional materials:

Team backgrounds, posters, screen animation and banners are all available here.

Let’s stand proud, together, always, in all ways!