Microsoft celebrates Delight by donating to LGBTQIA+ nonprofits and welcoming everybody to make Delight with open-source marketing campaign

This yr we’re celebrating the 30^th anniversary of the World LGBTQIA+ Staff and Allies at Microsoft (GLEAM) worker useful resource group that may be a driving pressure for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and Delight at Microsoft world wide.

At a time when LGBTQIA+, transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive communities want assist, Microsoft invitations everybody to maintain and make extra Delight by sharing tales, open-sourcing the whole Delight marketing campaign design, contributing to LGBTQIA+ organizations, and creating a large product launch.

Our efforts to assist and advocate for LGBTQIA+ individuals don’t begin or finish at Delight. By supporting our workers by way of international advocacy, charitable giving and higher office practices, we hope to make a distinction for LGBTQIA+ communities and past, as our drive for optimistic international impression continues.

Uncover all the things Delight at unlocked.microsoft.com/pleasure.

Making Delight open-source

At a time when Delight is getting tougher to arrange and have a good time, we’re empowering organizers world wide by open-sourcing the whole Delight marketing campaign design and welcoming everybody to remix, share and make extra Delight. We’re releasing marketing campaign belongings in the present day on GitHub and including ready-made templates to Clipchamp.

Final yr, we open-sourced our  Delight flag design representing 40 LGBTQIA+ identities. Our flag replace launched in the present day displays nearly 50 identities, expands illustration of Asexual, Aromantic and Trans identities, and is obtainable in new designs and sizes.

Our Delight expression displays on the open, inviting, grass-roots nature of Delight. Brush strokes, shiny colours and a wide range of flag combos have a good time a neighborhood that’s huge, international, and ever-growing.

That is Delight

Our Delight facilities on easy truths in regards to the LGBTQIA+ expertise shared by workers world wide. Hugging your beloved one is Delight. Brazenly serving your nation is Delight. Mutual respect is Delight. And rather more. By sharing their tales, LGBTQIA+ individuals at Microsoft hope to ask everybody to make extra Delight.

12 months-around, we acknowledge the various methods this various neighborhood continues to contribute and affect innovation at Microsoft and past. Be part of us in celebrating with highly effective worker tales of power, neighborhood, and management by visiting Inclusion Is Innovation.

Extra LGBTQIA+ storytelling and illustration on Xbox

Final yr, we made a press release of LGBTQIA+ visibility by releasing the Xbox Delight controller. This beloved and viral design is obtainable year-round on Xbox Design Lab.

This yr, we’re taking it a step additional. Xbox Recreation Studios Publishing is saying a long-term partnership with the Homosexual and Lesbian Alliance In opposition to Defamation

(GLAAD) to extend LGBTQIA+ illustration and storytelling in Xbox video games. By this partnership, we’re hoping to deliver extra LGBTQIA+ tales, characters and lived experiences to Xbox in methods that may resonate with players world wide.

Throughout June and past, Xbox is that includes a wide range of recreation collections that showcase LGBTQIA+ creators, lead characters and video games with inclusive gender and relationship choices. These collections will exist year-round as a part of our ongoing work to create extra inclusive gaming ecosystems and elevate content material that resonates with communities.

These are simply among the many celebrations on Xbox. Uncover extra on Xbox Wire.

Make Delight with us – tune in to our stay occasion on June 16 at 10 a.m. PDT

This yr, LGBTQIA+ communities at Microsoft invite everybody to hitch our stay “Make Delight” occasion on YouTube to be taught in regards to the state of LGBTQIA+ rights from organizers, gamers, and advocates from LGBTQIA+ communities at Microsoft and past. Uncover how we are able to bridge borders and convey about collective change for all.

We hope you’ll be able to be a part of us on June 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT to look at the livestream at aka.ms/talkpride 

Our Delight assortment

For the reason that introduction of our first Delight merchandise in 2018, they’ve been a visual celebration of the intersectionality and power of the LGBTQIA+ communities.

• Microsoft Unlocked – Uncover all issues Delight at Microsoft.
• Xbox – Discover nonprofit partnerships, neighborhood tales, in-game content material, and extra – all created by and with LGBTQIA+ communities.
• Xbox Gear – Put on your Delight with limited-edition T-shirts, totes and extra.
• Xbox video games – Have a good time Delight with LGBTQIA+ creators on Xbox.
• Xbox Design Lab Delight controller – Customise the Xbox Wi-fi Controller with Xbox Design Lab and present your Delight with the brand new daring design. Obtainable year-round in all Xbox Design Lab markets.
• Microsoft Retailer – Discover collections of video games and films curated by the LGBTQIA+ communities at Microsoft.
• Home windows – Deliver your Delight to your Home windows with new wallpapers celebrating Delight and lots of LGBTQIA+ communities.
• Microsoft 365 – Flip in your Delight in choose Microsoft 365 apps* and have a good time with a particular theme impressed by the flags of the LGBTQIA+ communities.
• Microsoft Groups – Present the place you stand with over 50 digital backgrounds representing completely different LGBTQIA+ flags.
• Outlook cellular – Embrace your Delight year-round in Outlook cellular on iOS and Android with everlasting themes impressed by the Delight, Trans, Lesbian, Bisexual and Nonbinary flags.
• Microsoft Rewards – Be part of Microsoft Rewards to assist OutRight Worldwide by merely looking out on Microsoft Bing.
• Bing – Discover the tales of people that’ve contributed to the continued progress for LGBTQIA+ equality.
• Microsoft Life – Discover the tales of our workers from world wide.
• Inclusion is Innovation – Discover LGBTQIA+ tales year-round.
• Clipchamp – Unleash your creativity on Clipchamp with Delight templates, filters, stickers and extra.
• Microsoft Create – Select from dozens of simply customizable templates with Microsoft Create.
• Microsoft Designer – Create distinctive Delight designs and get advised textual content to match, powered by AI.

Appearing on the message – donating $200,000 to LGBTQIA+ nonprofits

We’re persevering with our long-standing assist of LGBTQIA+ organizations. To acknowledge the launch of our 2023 Delight marketing campaign and merchandise, we’re contributing a complete of $200,000 to Outright Worldwide, Stonewall, SAATHII, Casa Rara and GLAAD to assist within the battle for LGBTQIA+ fairness and equality. That’s along with the $1.4 million we’ve donated along with our workers since final yr, and over $30 million we’ve donated within the final 30 years.