
UCU LGBT+ charter
30 November 2022
LGBT+ people and rights have endured increasingly negative attacks and negative press attention in recent years. UCU is strong in our support of all LGBT+ rights backed by years of policy passed by UCU members at our annual Congress.
There are many UCU reps and members interested in doing something to support our LGBT+ members, and students. However, UCU members and reps report patchy understanding of, and action to support, LGBT+ members at branch level. So, we need to find constructive ways of organising and campaigning for LGBT+ rights at branch level.
This is even more the case in the context of ongoing challenges faced by LGBT+ people.
The aim of the charter is to identify actions that branches can take to promote LGBT+ equality and liberation.
UCU LGBT+ forum
Branches will be provided with a way of feeding into the national UCU LGBT+ support for this charter by way of a UCU LGBT+ forum. This forum will be open for branch LGBT+ reps or, where there is no specific LGBT+ rep, another rep who is leading on LGBT+ equality.
The forum will enable us to establish what actions branches are taking and what questions/barriers branches have in their LGBT+ work.
For branches that sign up for the charter there are some UCU LGBT+ lanyards and a section on the charter site that notes what branches have signed up. To sign your branch up to the charter please complete this form.
Trans and Non-Binary awareness: experiences and issues
This November 2023 webinar saw presenters talking about research and action in areas relating to experiences and issues around Trans and Non-Binary awareness.
Count me in: LGBT+ data now
Held in October 2023, the second in the series of UCU LGBT+ webinar looked at issues related to LGBT+ data collection.
Moving beyond the binaries of sexual attraction: bi, pan and queer sexualities
Held in September 2023, this was the first in a new series of UCU LGBT+ webinars.
UCU guidance
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