The day began with Bev Miller, UNISON National Black Committee member, delivering a quiz on Black LGBT+ history. Lucy Power, Regional and National LGBT+ Committee member, and Mitch Coe, UNISON National […]
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In 1976 NALGO, one of UNISON’s founding unions, was urging negotiators to seek to add sexual orientation to […]
Trans Equality IS UNISON business. During an amazing Branch Development day at Somerset Local Government & Community Branch Michael Duffy raised awareness to all the Activists present about being a Trans Ally. Michael also mentioned they want to start actively engaging with the employer to ensure local workplaces are implementing changes to implement a trans […]
The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world.
The motion pointed activists toward #HubofHope, a resource to signpost the right support that LGBT+ people need. A motion on the climate crisis for the national committee saw Penny Smith explain […]
Taiwo Owatemi MP – a UNISON member – addressed UNISON’s LGBT+ conference and thanked members for their work in the pandemic
Christina McAnea took to the rostrum at UNION’s LGBT+ conference in Brighton this morning, to deliver a message of hope, of pride and of gratitude, mixed with anger at the antics of the Tory government in Westminster. After a very warm greeting for what was her first live speech to a conference since becoming UNISON’s […]
UNISON meets with some of our trans members to mark Transgender Awareness Week
This is our chance to state our opposition plainly and ensure all LGBT+ people are safe from this abusive practice. You can find the link to the UK government […]
Pride Month may be over but for Collina Angus, UNISON learning rep at Loughborough University, equalities are a year-round passion. That’s something that she’s combined with learning to create a dynamic, engaging series of online events, inviting experts to share their knowledge with members at the university. She began last October with an event for […]
After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is “more important than ever” to celebrate LGBT+ History month this February, according to Lucy Power, co-chair of UNISON’s national LGBT+ […]
UNISON says the government’s response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation is a missed opportunity and has, once again, let down the trans community
Disabled and LGBT+ members are invited to remotely attend a series of events organised specifically for them – online and live
Get set to join UNISON’s virtual Pride is a protest event this weekend
Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers