for some reason I had a look at the bear & squirrel brewing Co who sent a supportive tweet to the Five Clouds Brewery - doing so suggests that their definition of a 'female-led brewery' is not one that most people would agree with. The same person pops up in all the photos
and to save you the trouble of googling - because i've already done it - the name of that person is Erica Deuso who is a very vocal trans rights activist
theellereport.blogspot.com/2013/03/pgns-people-to-watch-regions-emerging.html
Erica Deuso
The transgender flag soared high over Drexel University on Transgender Day of Remembrance this past fall, largely a product of the work of alum Deuso.
Deuso, 32, earned her bachelor’s in biological sciences and chemistry in 2003 and, last year, her master’s of business administration in pharmaceutical management from Drexel.
In addition to leading the way for trans inclusion on Drexel’s campus, Deuso, who identifies as intersex, has worked as a lean deployment analyst at a local Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company for about four years, where she focuses on enhancing operational excellence by maximizing productivity and minimizing resource output.
She also serves as the company’s gender-transition liaison, working with trans-identified employees to navigate their workplace transitions. She also works to advance education initiatives both in and outside the company and for two years has sat on the trans advisory committee of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates.
At her workplace, she spearheaded the creation of guidelines for workplace transitions, transforming a brief document into a 17-page guidebook.
“It’s very comprehensive and focuses more on working with the other employees and management than on the trans individual themselves,” she said.
She also worked with the company’s benefits group to expand its trans-related health coverage from items such as gender-reassignment surgery and hormone therapy to breast augmentation, laser-hair removal and facial procedures.
“I think I’ve been able to help remove some of the fears and stigma that trans employees have about transitioning on the job,” she said. “Before I transitioned, there had been I think five or six employees here who were ready to come out, but nobody had the courage to. But by going through and making these new guidelines and making the changes that needed to be done, I wanted to show other people that you can transition on the job, that you can make changes without feeling stigmatized for being who you are. I think that opened a lot of doors for other people.”