13 – 15 November 2015
The Brighton Centre
A full list of decisions taken at this conference will appear here soon.
The national conference of UNISON’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members self-organised group.
Registrations and enquiries
If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch, who can register you as a delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System.
If you have any queries about the conference, contact our conference office (see details below).
Venue and accommodation
The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2GR
The venue
For more than 30 years, the council-run Brighton Centre has been a favourite UK venue for exhibitions, conferences, trade fairs, public shows, product launches, banquets and live entertainment. For more information, see the Brighton Centre’s website.
Travel arrangements
Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel. Travel application forms will be attached to the forthcoming conference bulletin.
Wherever possible, please ensure train tickets are delivered to you directly as collecting them from stations incurs an extra charge.
Travel costs for delegates will be funded nationally; travel costs for visitors must be paid for by the branch.
Branches are responsible for funding their delegates’ and visitors’ attendance at conference. Subsistence should cover the cost of accommodation, meals, childcare, dependent care and facilitation.
Accommodation
Branches are encouraged to arrange accommodation through VisitBrighton. Using VisitBrighton supports the work of our members in local government and ensures our continuing ability, as a not-for-profit organisation, to secure preferential rates for our conference venues. For full details of current availability you can book direct on: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/lgbtu15.
You can also telephone 01273 292 626.
Who should attend
Full details on who can attend, branch representation, proportionality and fair representation are available in the conference bulletin below.
Contact the conference office
Contact the conference office
UNISON Conference Office, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY
Tel: 020 7121 5123
Resources
Conference Motions
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For the union makes us strong!
Carried
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Defending our human rights and equality protections
Carried
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My union, Your union, Our union: encouraging engagement
Carried
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After the general election….
Carried
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Black LGBT people and Domestic Violence
Carried
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Disabled LGBT Members Caucus Development
Carried
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HIV AND THE AGEING POPULATION
Carried as Amended
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Social Model of Disability
Carried
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Access to Work
Carried
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Raising the bar on bargaining for LGBT equality
Carried
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Don’t let the Tories get away with it again!
Carried as Amended
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Post-general election: don’t mope – mobilise
Carried
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Strengthening branch LGBT self-organisation
Carried
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Why we do international work
Carried as Amended
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Tory Housing Policy and its Impact on the LGBT Community
Carried
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Attacks on Facility time
Carried as Amended
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Fighting against the cuts
Carried
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Giving young trans people a decent start in life
Carried
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Trans Health Matters!
Carried
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Bi not binary
Carried
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Improving services for bisexual people
Carried
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Raising Awareness for LGBT Police Staff
Carried as Amended
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Pride in our past and our future
Carried as Amended
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LGBT and sex worker organising and the fight against HIV
Carried as Amended
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Building the challenge to the Tories and UKIP in our regions and nations
Carried as Amended
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Developing and supporting new activists
Carried
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LGBT+ Mental Health
Carried as Amended
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Same Sex Parents
Carried as Amended
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The Inhuman & Undignified Treatment Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asylum Seekers
Carried as Amended
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The Scottish LGBT Equality Report
Carried
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Gendered Dress Codes in the Workplace
Carried as Amended
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Transphobic Feminism
Carried as Amended
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FORTY YEARS ON: CONTINUING THE PUSH FOR LGBT EQUALITY WITH LGBT LABOUR
Carried as Amended
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YOUNG, LGBT AND FACING HOMELESSNESS
Carried
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Election of Retired Members’ Representatives to Self-Organised Group Conferences
Carried
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Prioritisation
Carried
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Equal Pensions (2)
Remitted
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The high risk of homelessness
Carried as Amended
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Alan Turing and Gross Indecency Convictions
Carried
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Sex and Relationship Education Lessons (SREL)
Carried
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Amendment to SO6, 6.1
Carried
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Amendment to SO3, 3.3.4
Carried
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Sharer Delegates to Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Conference
Carried
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EQUAL PENSIONS: END DISCRIMINATION IN SURVIVOR PEN
Carried
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SOCIAL CARE IN ENGLAND
Carried as Amended