The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is hosting a debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media, later this month.
It will take place on Tuesday 16 April at 6.30pm inside the NUJ’s head office on Gray’s Inn Road in the London Borough of Camden.
A slideshow, 30 Years of LGBT Protest and Dissent, by NUJ photographers who have documented LGBT rights protests and demonstrations will be shown on the night as well.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, NUJ General Secretary Michelle Stanistreet, and Helen Belcher of Trans Media Watch will be on the panel.
The debate, which is being organised by NUJ Pride, comes at a very appropriate time, with the campaigns to sack the Mail’s right-wing commentator Richard Littlejohn over the death of teacher Lucy Meadows and Julie Burchill over her transphobic remarks in The Observer.
The NUJ has a tradition of battling homophobia and transphobia in the press; the Union being shackled in its reportage by the right-wing press barons that control most titles and maintain editorial control.
To find out more about the evening go here