Equality: the big picture

This week sees the start of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) History Month. In this guest post, Tom Reaney (Alumni Information Officer and member of SIGNAL! – Sheffield Hallam University’s LGBT staff network) tells us about the background to the month and looks at what’s going on on campus and in the city to celebrate it. […]

Friday 20 November 2015 will see Sheffield’s annual commemoration of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day is a vital opportunity for transgender communities and their allies to unite and make their voices heard against the injustices that are still levied at transgender lives. So far in 2015, more than 20 transgender people are […]

Guest Post by Dave Darwent, Associate Lecturer in Sheffield Institute of Education’s Post 16 & F.E. PGCE team I knew I was gay long before I knew the vocabulary to identify or define myself. Looking back as an adult, I knew I was gay aged 5 and I still have vivid memories of things I said […]

  As part of the submission to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, all staff are encouraged to complete a short survey that goes directly to Stonewall so organisations’ efforts towards creating a safe and inclusive space for LGBT+ staff to work can be evaluated. The survey itself takes a couple of minutes to complete, and […]

There’s a whole day dedicated to raising awareness of the issues and stigma still faced by bisexual people. But what is it, and why is it needed? Bisexuality is still widely misunderstood, misrepresented and stigmatised. Bisexual people are too often perceived as uncertain, confused or simply ‘greedy’. These offensive myths are often perpetuated to such […]