We’re proud to be a signatory supporting this Stonewall campaign, along with over 100 other companies to urge the UK Government to make progress for the trans community.

As an inclusive university we fully support the public statement to say trans rights are human rights.  We’re proud to show our support for trans people in our university community, and more widely in our local communities and across the UK.

The campaign aims to redress reports that the government may be slowing progress on trans rights here in the UK, you can read Stonewall’s response: Statement on reports that key Gender Recognition Act reforms are set to be dropped. 

What you can do

You can consider writing a letter on behalf of your organisation to the Prime Minister and Women and Equalities Minister to outline your concerns about recent press reports, show your support for trans equality and urge the Government to give trans people the support and recognition they deserve.  A template letter is included should you wish to use this.

You can find out more on Stonewall’s website and social media.

Dear Colleagues

Would you like to have a say in how the University promotes and celebrates equality, diversity and inclusion for LGBT+ staff and students?

If yes, then how about joining our LGBT+ Staff Network. We welcome all new members who identify as LGBT+ and Allies. 

Our aim is to:

• Support all LGBT+ staff to enable them to achieve their potential in their careers.
• Help make the university environment more diverse and inclusive for all staff and students.
• Raise awareness with colleagues about various needs of LGBT+ staff and students and how to support them.

The LGBT+ Staff Network will play a pivotal role in the University’s submission for the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

The network has direct communication channel to Senior Management through the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Interested?

If you are interested in being a part of this inspiring group, please contact Naseer Ahmad in the EDI Team on: n.ahmad@greenwich.ac.uk .

Best Regards

Gail Brindley

Director of Human Resources

“I got a lot of people just patting me on the back and saying ‘well done, it doesn’t matter that you are gay’.”

In August 2017, Ryan Atkin became the first man refereeing in England’s professional leagues to come out as gay.

Since then, he has gone from working as an assistant referee in the English Football League to refereeing in the National League this season.

From running the line to being the man in the middle, he has been nominated has been named as one of Stonewall’s Sport Champions for 2019.

Before the charity’s Rainbow Laces campaign, which started on Friday and is aimed at tackling homophobia in sport, Atkin spoke to the BBC’s LGBT Sport Podcast and says he hopes that others can follow in his footsteps. More

Penguins in same-sex relationships at London Zoo have had their beach transformed as they prepare to celebrate Pride next week.

Banners reading “some penguins are gay, get over it” have been propped up at the beach, home to the zoo’s most famous gay couple, Ronnie and Reggie.

The pair in 2015 famously adopted a chick abandoned by another couple.

London Pride-inspired Zoo Nights will start on 5 July.

The signage honouring Stonewall’s Get Over It campaign will be erected at the 93-strong penguins’ beach in Regent’s Park.

Ronnie and Reggie, a couple since 2014, live on the beach with fellow gay couples Nadja and Zimmer and Dev and Martin. More

The UK’s first permanent homeless shelter for LGBT people has opened in London. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme met residents, who explained why having a dedicated facility was so important.

About one in four homeless people is thought to be LGBT.

But Chabahn, who became homeless last year aged 51, said it was very, very, dangerous to be open about being LGBT on the streets.

“In some places where I stayed you could hear it in some people’s conversation – it’s almost hatred and it’s almost disgust, in their jokes and their conversation,” he said.

In fact, he said, he had heard that in one hostel, four men had been raped because it had been discovered that they had been gay. More