August 8, 2026

The Out & Equal Workplace Summit, billed as the world’s largest LGBTQ+ workplace-equality conference, comes to Seattle this October with four days of programming that includes a focus on transgender inclusion at work.
The summit features more than 100 sessions and speakers on LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion, including belonging at work, employee resource group best practices, active allyship, public-policy alignment, AI and the workforce, and inclusive talent development.
This is a professional gathering aimed at employee resource group leaders, HR and diversity practitioners, executives, and employees. It is a broad LGBTQ+ event, with transgender-inclusion programming woven across its tracks.
October 12–15, 2026, at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Standard registration is $2,349 through September 30, 2026, rising to $2,649 afterward; an optional Leadership Lab day costs an extra $599.
It is a broad LGBTQ+ workplace-equality summit that includes transgender-inclusion programming across its tracks, aimed at workplaces and professionals.
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