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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø to launch LGBTQ+ Equality Implementation Group

17 February 2022

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is in the process of setting up an LGBTQ+ Equality Implementation Group (LEIG), to ensure that we provide a fully inclusive and equitable environment for all members of our LGBTQ+ community.

The Progress Pride flag on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's Portico during LGBT+ History Month 2022

The group will be tasked with understanding the concerns and priorities of members of the LGBTQ+ community at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø in its diversity, and with developing a set of recommended actions and a plan to deliver them.

It will establish accountability for work in this area, underpinning a sustained institutional focus on promoting equity, diversity, and inclusivity. This will include tackling inequality, marginalisation, and discrimination experienced by LGBTQ+ staff and students at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, with particular attention given to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming members of our community.

LEIG will report directly to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, and via that to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s University Management Committee (UMC).

Professor Sasha Roseneil, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s Pro-Provost (Equity and Inclusion), is currently in discussions with LGBTQ+ staff groups and representatives from Students’ Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø to confirm the aims and membership of the group.

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