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Date

23 September 2017 2:00am–2:00am

Location

Across the UK

Join UNISON in celebrating Bi Visibility Day

Last year nearly 5,000 UNISON members took part in our equality survey. Take part this year and you might win a holiday.

The South East Region LGBT Group met on Saturday 20th May at UNISON Centre in London. Dr Jasna Magic from ILGA – Europe spoke about the challenges facing many LGBT people across Europe including the appalling situation facing LGBT people in Chechnya. ILGA-Europe – the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and […]

This Wednesday evening (17 May) the Penshaw Monument in Sunderland is to be lit up in rainbow colours by UNISON Northern region’s LGBT group and Sunderland City Council to mark international day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The day is celebrated every year to remind people of the huge number of hate crimes and […]

Date

28 June 2017 1:00pm–6:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

National Disabled Members Caucus Network Days

All welcome let’s make this a colourful, peaceful protest and show that love and community spirit is the way to defeat hate. When: Wednesday 19th of April at 6pm Where: Times Square, next to the Centre for Life – Newcastle Please join UNISON Newcastle Hospital Branch and UNISON Northern as we protest the current persecution […]

Date

15 May 2017 2:00pm–5:00pm

Location

UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

Date

25 March 2017 9:00am–4:30pm

Location

Hilton Garden Inn Sunderland, Vaux Brewery Way, Sunderland SR5 1SN

Date

17 – 19 November 2017

Location

Brighton Centre

The annual conference for all UNISON LGBT members

“[Alan Turing] was and is a hero of all time…a man who is a gay icon, who didn’t deny his nature, his being, and for that he suffered. … This is a story that celebrates him, that celebrates outsiders; it celebrates anybody who’s ever felt different and ostracized and ever suffered prejudice.”

“I ask those [homosexuals] to show their thanks by comporting themselves quietly… any form of public flaunting would be utterly distasteful… [And] make the sponsors of this bill regret that they had done what they had done” – Lord Arran (quoted during Royal Assent of the bill by The Times newspaper on 28 July 1967)

The union represents staff across the service, including administrators, technicians, fire prevention officers and many others. “Our […]

As featured in the film Pride (2014)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are facing long waits for appointments at gender identity clinics and being denied specialist mental health counselling because of cutbacks, says new research published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Sexual health and youth support has also been scaled down. This has resulted in reduced opening hours, cuts to the […]

Delegates look back at a tumultuous year – and forward to building the community of the union