As part of LGBTQIA+ History Month we share a short message from the charity Switchboard who have been supporting the community for over 50 years. Switchboard provide details of the training they can offer in the workplace to help your team become more LGBTQIA+ aware.
Every year in February, the rainbow flag is raised to celebrate the community and highlight the issues it faces. This article from Oakwood Solicitors looks at why February was chosen to celebrate the community and practical steps you can take if you are being discriminated against in the workplace.
With National Coming Out Day (11th October) this week Bob Hughes of Switchboard LGBTQIA+ Support Line provides us with an update of the training sessions they have available to help support you in making your workplace more inclusive.
Switchboard launched this report in early July, giving insights into the current needs and challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community, and sharing these with other organisations across the LGBTQIA+ charity and media landscape, enabling these organisations to continue to tailor their support services more effectively and address the needs shared by LGBTQIA+ people across the UK.
Paul Maddock, associate in DWF’s commercial litigation team and LGBT+ Lawyers Division committee member, gives an overview of some of the social and legal issues faced by older LGBT+ people.
Chronicle Law is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within the legal sector. By collaborating with professionals and organisations to advocate these values, we aim to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.
Although the world appears to be more inclusive now than ever before, figures show that the LGBT+ community still suffers from terrible hate crimes and abuse.
This insightful article by Bridget Garrood, Lawyer and LGBT+ Lawyers Division Committee Member, provides personal viewpoints, gleaned from 29 years of lived experience as a lesbian lawyer, talking to / mentoring others, plus their own curiosity and research.
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