Birmingham schoolchildren celebrate LGBT History Month
Schoolchildren in Birmingham have been taking part in workshops to celebrate LGBT History Month with Elly Barnes (includes video footage from ITV News)
February 2014
Durham University Signs Sports Charter
DURHAM students are leading a campaign to axe discrimination in sport. The city’s Students’ Union has signed the Government-led charter aiming to eliminate homophobia and… Read More »Durham University Signs Sports Charter
Carry On star Kenneth Williams granted blue plaque
Carry On star Kenneth Williams granted blue plaque – Comic and Carry On star Kenneth Williams has been honoured with a blue plaque in central London on what would have been his 88th birthday.
Letter from London Director of the National Trust signals new interest in the roles of LGBT lives in UK Heritage
Letter from London Director of the National Trust signals new interest in the roles of LGBT lives in UK Heritage – “Dozens of brilliant staff through our 119 year history have come and will continue to come from the LGBT community – we would be lost without them. It is perhaps time that all this and all of them were better acknowledged.”
Desmond Tutu: Uganda’s anti-gay bill is as evil as Nazism and Apartheid
Desmond Tutu: Uganda’s anti-gay bill is as evil as Nazism and Apartheid – The former Archbishop of Cape Town, Nobel Peace Prize winning Desmond Tutu has compared Uganda’s new anti-gay law to Nazi and Apartheid discrimination.
‘Wow, you really do have two mums!’: What it's like when the children of lesbian mothers go to school
‘Wow, you really do have two mums!’: What it’s like when the children of lesbian mothers go to school – As the debate around Putin’s homophobic stance rages around the Sochi Winter Olympics; as gay people in Nigeria arebeaten to death in the streets as the police stand by; and with the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales only 38 days away, Anna Carlile feels the need to talk about how her family, and other families with lesbian mums, experience school. The fact is, things are better in the UK than they are in many other places around the world, but there is still a long way to go.
Call The (Gender) Police!
Call The (Gender) Police! – Brynn Tannehill, Director of Advocacy with SPART*A writes for Huffington Post: ‘Even people who should know better police gender and define what is masculine and feminine enough. There are still therapists out there who won’t give recommendation letters for HRT to transgender women unless they show up to every appointment in a dress and heels’.
‘We need an ‘It Gets Better’ for today’ says panel debate on LGBTI issues
‘We need an ‘It Gets Better’ for today’ says panel debate on LGBTI issues – A summit in London called for more support to make young LGBTI people’s lives better today, and not have to wait years for them to improve. Speakers included LGBT HM Co-chair Sue Sanders.
Profit before morals? How Nokia, Citi, Coca-Cola and Nike Treat Gay Employees in Russia
Profit before morals? How Nokia, Citi, Coca-Cola and Nike Treat Gay Employees in Russia – An investigation into whether multinational companies treat LGBT employees with the same equality principles as in their home countries yields surprising results. Many companies just do not want to talk about it
Opinion: Celebrating 28 special people in LGBT History Month
Opinion: Celebrating 28 special people in LGBT History Month – Mathew Hulbert. “As a gay man and, therefore, a proud member of that community, I wanted to mark this very special month in my own way. So I decided that every day in February I would write a daily tweet and Facebook post about someone I look up to in our community…an LGBT Hero.”