Trans Community Let Down in Same Sex marriage Vote
Trans campaigners feel let down by Government and LGB campaigners alike over the Same Sex Marriage Bill debate. Although...
The launch of a new venture in sport
HER Rugby League Association A new organisation has been set up to celebrate and support the women who work...
Gendered Intelligence Showcase
GI’s Anatomy: Drawing Sex, Drawing Gender, Drawing Bodies is a life drawing project where 30 transgender and intersex people...
US Immigration Policy Rejects Equality for Same Sex Couples
US LGBT rights activists were dismayed and angered by new immigration legislation which liberalises and rationalises US immigration policy...
Birmingham Pride: May Bank Holiday Weekend 2013
Birmingham Pride, the UK’s largest 2 day LGBT event, Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of May. To...
We Remember
Paul Patrick, co-founder of LGBT History Month, died five years ago today, on the 22nd of May. We hope...
The Face of Homophobia
London’s LGBT Community was left with another reminder that hate crime is alive and well in the capital at...
Marriage Bill Saved
The Same-Sex Marriage Bill has been passed in the Commons by 366 votes to 161. Mirroring its passage in...
LGBT Friendly Workplaces Have Better Productivity, Says China
LGBT-friendly working environments would help boost productivity, said an employment expert in China. Zhou Haibin, a project officer of the International Labor Organization, said that a recent research project conducted in 130 companies showed that staff mobility was reduced 7.7 percent and productivity increased 6.5 percent after the companies implemented anti-homophobia policies. “If LGBT, or lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender, employees feel more comfortable about their sexual orientation in the workplace, their overall performance will be better,” he said. According to the report, released by the Aibai Culture & Education Center - a Beijing-based gay rights organization - only 6.29 percent of gay people in China choose to be open about their sexuality in the workplace. About 53 percent of the interviewees have been verbally abused and 32.35 percent have witnessed or experienced physical attacks due to people’s sexual orientation at their workplaces, resulting in a lack of interest, inability to focus, low efficiency and even resignations, it said.
May 22 is Harvey Milk Day
May the 22nd is an opportunity to celebrate Harvey Milk Day in memory of the USA’s first elected gay councillor. Although...
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