Webinar
LGBTQ+ Travel
On-demand
LGBTQ+ Travel
About this session:
It's easy to want to see the world, from backpacking through Central America to eating your way through the market stalls of South East Asia, many of us are eager to get out there and explore the world near and far. But it's important to understand that some travelers face challenges that many others don't. These could include outright discrimination to unconscious bias, especially if you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit, androgynous, or asexual – we abbreviate this into LGBTQ+. Travelers of color, disabled, or even women can face difficulties in some locations. During this session, we will dive into some of the challenges LGBTQ+ travelers may encounter unique challenges abroad. Joining us in this conversation is Gregg Potter. His latest project is The LGBTQ+ Interchange looks at how we travel more intentionally while also sharing knowledge, experiences, and culture through different intersections. Gregg has recently launched a two-week program in South Africa, to further develop participant’s transformational leadership skills while also providing a trip of a lifetime.
About the Speaker:
Gregg is a connector. This gift and skill set of connecting has created many opportunities to expand educational and work experience in different sectors. He worked in upper management and community engagement for Starbucks in Los Angeles. He has worked in the restaurant industry as general manager, district manager, and consultant. Potter is also a trained facilitator and futurist often getting hired to consult and facilitate strategic planning. He has also been trained in conflict resolution by Bob and Alice Evans. Potter has a BFA in Theatre Performance from University of Nevada Las Vegas and a Masters in Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service.
Gregg is the Founder and CEO of Project Kinect; a marketing and logistics firm in Madison, WI, USA. He is also the Regional Field Director of Southern Africa for Peacework International. Additionally, he serves as a Lead Facilitator and Marketing Specialist for Step Up: Equity Matters in the Workplace.
Click here to read more about The LGBTQ+ Interchange's two-week program in South Africa.
Shona Smith is the founding partner of Out Travelling , a LGBTQ focused global travel partner. As a member of the LGBTQ community and with a deep love and passion for travel, Shona has used her experience of twenty years within the travel industry to establish a travel agency that doesn't just take pride in what it does, but also understands the unique complexities associated with travelling to a foreign country as LGBTQ+.
About the 2021 KILROY Travel Festival:
This session is part of the 2021 KILROY Travel Festival – 3 days packed full of online inspirational travel talks and hacks focused on inspiring your next big adventure! Our interactive sessions are free to attend and there is no limit to the number of sessions you can join! To review our full festival line up, click HERE.
Session type: Travel Talk
Session duration: 45 minutes
Gregg Potter
Gregg is a connector. This gift and skill set of connecting has created many opportunities to expand educational and work experience in different sectors. He worked in upper management and community engagement for Starbucks in Los Angeles. He has worked in the restaurant industry as general manager, district manager, and consultant. Potter is also a trained facilitator and futurist often getting hired to consult and facilitate strategic planning. He has also been trained in conflict resolution by Bob and Alice Evans. Potter has a BFA in Theatre Performance from University of Nevada Las Vegas and a Masters in Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service.
Gregg is the Founder and CEO of Project Kinect; a marketing and logistics firm in Madison, WI, USA. He is also the Regional Field Director of Southern Africa for Peacework International. Additionally, he serves as a Lead Facilitator and Marketing Specialist for Step Up: Equity Matters in the Workplace.
His latest project is The LGBTQ+ Interchange looks at how we travel more intentionally while also sharing knowledge, experiences, and culture through different intersections. This two week program, launching in South Africa, will further develop participant’s transformational leadership skills while also providing a trip of a life-time.
Mirza Cirkinagic - Session Moderator
Mirza was born to a family of travelers and got the love of travel in straight through the DNA. Arriving in Denmark in the 90s as a refugee, Mirza quickly integrated himself into Danish society. Once his citizenship to Denmark was granted, and his high school finished, he left Denmark and didn’t come back for two and a half years, having traveled from the top of North America to the bottom of South America and doing a year in Australia. Since then, Mirza has been to all seven continents and 68 countries and counting. Among his favorites escapades: driving a Citroen Berlingo from London to Mongolia with three friends (18.000 km over 43 days), doing the Trans-Mongolian railway from Beijing to Sct. Petersburg, visiting Antarctica as his last continent with his future wife and kayaking there, doing the Mirza and the Explordinary Journey project; he went traveling for five weeks, and the destinations and activities were all voted on by KILROY customers. Current project: dragging his kids across the world with him.
Shona Smith
Shona is the founding partner of Out Travelling, an LGBTQ focused global travel partner. As a member of the LGBTQ community and with a deep love and passion for travel, Shona has used her experience of twenty years within the travel industry to establish a travel agency that doesn't just take pride in what it does, but also understands the unique complexities associated with travelling to a foreign country as LGBTQ+.