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Activists everywhere hit the floor running, signing up new members around the regions. Stalls were staged, floors walked and dogs nominated as Grovember mascots – […]

Scotland and the North West also pick up trophies as the annual LGBT recruitment awards are announced in Harrogate

Adding the ‘+’ sign to LGBT would take into account the way in which people identify in different ways – such as viewing […]

UNISON president Gordon McKay praises delegates for all the work they do

And there are also problems faced by elderly LGBT people – particularly in care homes. Dementia and create situations where unsupportive relatives […]

Delegates also hear emotional debates on ‘conversion therapy’ and the lack of marriage equality in Northern Ireland

Conference hears of treatment of the Palestinian people, plus the plight of LGBT workers in Colombia, Turkey and Jamaica

Assistant general secretary tells LGBT delegates of the challenges facing the union in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’

Delegates speak of the rise in bigoted language and praise UNISON for leading the fightback among trade unions