How myGwork celebrated Lesbian Visibility Week 2026

Lesbian Visibility Week is a key time to recognise queer women’s experiences, celebrate their achievements, and push workplaces to do better. This year, myGwork took part through community events, thought-leadership panels, and practical resources designed to create real change for queer women at work.

Below is a round-up of what myGwork did to commemorate Lesbian Visibility Week 2026 - and how you can build on this work by downloading our guide, Supporting Queer Women in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Leaders, HR Professionals, and Colleagues.

Sponsoring the Lesbian Visibility Week Closing Party

For the third year in a row, myGwork sponsored the official Lesbian Visibility Week Closing Party.

This annual sponsorship helps:

• Bring together queer women, non-binary people, and allies from across sectors
• Create space for connection, networking, and community-building
• Support wider LGBTQ+ organisers who put in the work behind the scenes

By returning as sponsor each year, myGwork is committing to long-term support for lesbian and queer women’s community spaces, joy, and professional connections.

Sponsoring and Attending the DIVA Awards

As part of the week, myGwork also sponsored and attended the DIVA Awards- one of the UK’s leading events celebrating LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people in media, business, sport, politics, and activism.

Through this sponsorship, myGwork helps to:

• Celebrate role models who are changing their industries
• Highlight organisations that are making progress on LGBTQ+ inclusion
• Connect inclusive employers with LGBTQ+ professionals and talent

The DIVA Awards create visibility for queer women’s leadership and impact, while myGwork’s presence bridges that recognition with opportunities in inclusive workplaces.

Joint Virtual Panel with the Financial Times

To coincide with Lesbian Visibility Week 2026, myGwork partnered with the Financial Times on a virtual event, Pride at Home & at Work: LGBTQ+ Family Life at the Financial Times.

This session focused on LGBTQ+ parenting and family life in today’s workplace. LGBTQ+ professionals at the FT shared:

• How they are building families while growing their careers
• The practical challenges they face, including fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and legal and financial barriers
• The importance of supportive managers, HR teams, and colleagues
• How policies like parental leave, healthcare coverage, and flexible working operate in real situations
• What an environment that truly includes and respects LGBTQ+ families looks like

For lesbian and queer women, these conversations reflect how both gender and sexuality shape their experience of work, benefits, and career progression. The panel offered real stories and lessons that employers can adapt to their own contexts.

You can read a reflection on the panel here.

myGwork Panel: Queer Women in Leadership

Within the myGwork community, we hosted a dedicated Lesbian Visibility Week panel, Queer Women in Leadership, featuring influential queer women across sectors.

The discussion explored:

• Representation: How seeing queer women in senior roles changes who feels they can lead, and which issues are taken seriously
• Mentorship & Sponsorship: Ways queer women leaders support others coming up behind them—and how companies can formalise that support
• Breaking Glass Ceilings: The structural and cultural barriers queer women still encounter, including bias around leadership style, perception, and “fit”
• The Impact of Visibility: How being open about identity can build trust, attract diverse talent, and strengthen decision-making

Participants came away with practical ideas for how individuals and organisations can clear pathways for queer women into leadership, and make sure they thrive once they get there.

Read a recap of this panel here.

Supporting Queer Women in the Workplace guide

Events are powerful, but real change relies on what organisations do every day. To help leaders, HR teams, and colleagues put inclusion into practice, myGwork has created Supporting Queer Women in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Leaders, HR Professionals, and Colleagues.

This guide is designed to help you:

• Understand the specific barriers lesbian and queer women face at work
• Review and improve policies, benefits, and processes with queer women in mind
• Build team cultures where queer women can be out, respected, and progressed
• Give managers and coworkers clear, actionable steps to become better allies

If your organisation is serious about improving the experience of queer women - during Lesbian Visibility Week and throughout the year - this guide is a practical place to start.

Download the guide: Supporting Queer Women in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Leaders, HR Professionals, and Colleagues.