Stonewall has launched it’s latest campaign Come Out For Trans Equality. SIGNAL proudly supports this campaign as it directly impacts the work we doing through the network & the Allies. Half of trans people (51 per cent) have hidden their identity at work for fear of discrimination More than a third of trans students (36 per cent) in higher education have experienced […]
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Fear, Outrage, Love & Hope: Protecting LGBT+ rights in Africa & the Middle East Dr Rebecca Wright, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at SHU, International Human Rights Lawyer Want to know more about the reality of protecting LGBT+ rights across Africa and the Middle East? Want to hear first-hand accounts of the discrimination faced by LGBT+ people, including the people she’s […]
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Exploring LGBT spaces and communities: LGBT people’s perceptions and experiences of ‘gains’ and ‘losses’ in the UK Eleanor Formby, Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University In this talk I’ll draw on UK-wide research which explored understandings and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) ‘communities’ (a term frequently used in policy and practice arenas), and which examined the […]
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A Part of Sheffield History: Friends Of Edward Carpenter (FoEC) Insight Steve Slack SAYiT CEO & Chair of FoEC Edward Carpenter (1844 -1929) formed a strong bond with the people of Sheffield, living openly as a gay man in Millthorpe, his writings and example laid the foundation for the gay liberation movement of the 20TH century. Attend this talk by […]
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You can sign up teams of 5 & we are raising money for SAYiT. The Sheena Amos Youth Trust is an LGBT+ charity based in Sheffield. We will be asking for a £1 donation per team member. Refreshments will be provided. Please look out for the internal email to sign up.
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Please look out for the internal email to sign up to the quiz A Part of Sheffield History: Friends of Edward Carpenter – http://bit.do/FoEC Exploring LGBT spaces & communities – http://bit.do/LGBTspaces Fear, Outrage, Love & Hope: Protecting LGBT+ rights in Africa and the Middle East – http://bit.do/LGBTrights
Read moreSAYiT have organised a great free event for Sheffield Services. A one day workshop on Developing Future LGBT+ Leaders. For more information please read below & to sign up follow the link. http://sayouthtrust.org.uk/event/developing-future-lgbt-leaders/ February 26 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Leadership is about developing skills, knowledge and self-awareness; about feeling empowered to take action in one’s own life; and about positively influencing one’s […]
Read moreANNOUNCEMENT We have now created a resources section on the SIGNAL site. This can be found under the Allies tab. This is an evolving page & will be updated as new resources are used. If you have any you would like to share please do email them to lgbt@shu.ac.uk and we will upload. https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/signal/resources-2/
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Happy New Year from all of us at SIGNAL! We are excited to think about what we will be able to achieve over the next year through the work of both the LGBT network and the Allies programme. It is not too late to make your New Year’s Resolutions and this great article by indy100.com has inspired us when making ours! See […]
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Please save the date – the next meeting of the LGBT+ Hub will be on Thursday 11 January 2018, 5.30pm to 7.30pm, Town Hall. Refreshments and networking from 5pm. The Hub is open to anyone interested in LGBT+ issues. Agenda and papers will be sent closer to the date. Please let us know by Tuesday 2 January if you’ll be […]
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