“My wish: more acceptance for diversity in human lives, attitudes, and behaviours”. Caption and image [new tab] under CC-BY by Rosmarie Voegtli [new tab] from Flickr [new tab].

What is diversity?

Diversity can be defined by the differences in the lived experiences and perspectives of people that may include:

• age
• ancestry
• appearance
• body size
• ethnicity
• family status
• gender identity or expression
• language
• marital status
• mental health
• neurodiversity
• physical disability
• place of origin
• political belief
• race
• religion
• sex
• sexual orientation
• social class

Pause and think for a moment: What is the most diverse environment you have ever encountered? What is the least? What made it so? What factors contributed to it?