Delegates hear that proposed rule change will ensure that UNISON’s LGBT group is fully inclusive
Delegates hear that proposed rule change will ensure that UNISON’s LGBT group is fully inclusive
But until then, he had been an active member of UNISON’s lesbian and gay network (it became LGBT slightly later than his active involvement). He was […]
Citing the importance to UNISON of international solidarity, Anu Prashar for the national committee raised the particular problems faced by LGBT […]
Assistant general secretary tells LGBT delegates of the challenges facing the union in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’
One delegate told conference of a situation of a female local councillor going around a workplace, putting up anti-trans […]
LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. Currently, LGBT History Month is a month-long celebration that is specific to the United States and the United Kingdom. LGBT History Month was initiated in the UK by Sue Sanders, […]
World AIDS Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with the millions of people living with HIV worldwide.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, the new policy will help workers and employers, and challenge transphobia in the workplace
Assistant general secretary stresses the importance of unions
Vice-president opens LGBT conference with thanks to delegates for all they’ve achieved
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 […]
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 […]
The local gay community took exception to this and fought back against police thus starting the launch of the gay civil rights movement throughout America. As a general rule of […]
“[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)