Conference welcomes the establishment in June 2015 of the All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rights, which “aims to support and enhance LGBT rights around the world and to ensure that the UK, other governments and civil society collectively adopt the most effective policies to champion and protect […]
The higher profile of LGBT human rights at the last Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in 2015, with two sessions on LGBT issues included in the People’s Forum - the […]
And here lies a dangerous hole for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers and service users. The funding for our small local services is increasingly being […]
Members of these communities who voted to leave the EU were not voting for increased austerity or cuts to public services and benefits. Conference notes the impact on […]
It found the UK government’s austerity measures and social security reforms were in breach of their obligations to human […]
The Bill is now ready for any future Manx Government to pass into law. The concern, however, is that the next Manx Government may not consider the Bill […]
The report found that LGBT young people are at a significantly higher risk of exposure to a range of experiences that are […]
Share good practice and promote the innovative ways that local and regional SOGs are using to organise; 3. Ensure there is up to date guidance on recruitment […]
In July 2016, the Government published their response to the inquiry report and its recommendations. Although there are some […]
Authoritative research carried out for UNISON in 2013 found: 1)LGBT people were facing greater financial hardship, problems finding safe accommodation and increased […]
The higher profile of LGBT human rights at the last Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in November 2015, with the inclusion in the People’s Forum (the civil […]
Conference the LGBT community is not immune to hate crime having experienced it in all its ugly forms for centuries. We understand the feelings of being helpless and scared and intimidated […]
Conference welcomes the wealth of policy, good practice, advice and resources that we have built up over the past decades of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organising. These include much policy and good practice in organising, bargaining and campaigning on Black LGBT equality. However, conference notes the continuing challenge of disseminating information and resources, […]
Directly lobby the UK and Scottish governments, and the Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies to make HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) […]
Conference is concerned that some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland still suffer the injustice of having a criminal conviction based on homophobic […]
