Many of us are aware of the term LGBT (or even LGBTQ\/LGBTQI and LGBT+) which refers to someone identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans. Here in the UK we have one of the highest degrees of LGBT liberties in the world, but these changes have been very recent and\u00a0much later developments than other protected characteristics, such as race or gender. Let’s have a brief look at how this has changed across the years.<\/p>\n
With the 2010 Equality Act sexual orientation was protected against in the UK, alongside the 8 other protected characteristics<\/a>, but it is not protected in all countries. At the time of writing 79 countries have anti-homosexuality laws with the death penalty still active for any homosexual relations in 9 of those countries. Russia and Lithuania, two countries that do not have laws against homosexual acts, but do\u00a0have laws against ‘propaganda of homosexuality’. This particularly came to light at the recent 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trans rights have also seen a boost in attention in the media, with Caitlyn Jenner <\/a>coming out as a transgender woman and the adoption of a progressive gender recognition law by the Irish Senate in July 2015, allowing trans people in Ireland\u00a0over the age of 18 years\u00a0to self-declare their gender <\/a>by way of a statutory declaration.<\/p>\n There are still many LGBT+ issues to be addressed. This post does not pretend to cover all the detail of LGBT history or current struggles, instead it provides a snapshot view.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> What do you<\/strong> think about the events captured in history about the LGBT struggle for equal rights? Do you feel it’s reflective? Have you experienced LGBT successes or struggles yourself or know someone that has?<\/p>\n If you’re a student<\/strong> at Sheffield Hallam and you would like LGBT support or advice please contact either the Students’ Union advice centre<\/a> on 0114 225 4148 or by emailing advicecentre@shu.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n If you’re a Sheffield Hallam member of staff<\/strong> and you would like LGBT support or advice please contact either the equality and diversity team <\/a>on 0114 225 6287 or diversity@shu.ac.uk<\/a>. If you would like to join the LGBT staff network SIGNAL\u00a0<\/a>please also do this by contacting the equality and diversity team.<\/p>\n If you’re a prospective student<\/strong> you would like LGBT support or advice please contact either the Students’ Union advice centre<\/a> on 0114 225 4148 or by emailing advicecentre@shu.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many of us are aware of the term LGBT (or even LGBTQ\/LGBTQI and LGBT+) which refers to someone identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans. Here in the UK we have one of the highest degrees of LGBT liberties in the world, but these changes have been very recent and\u00a0much later developments than other protected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,1,5,16,8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-blast-to-the-past","category-equality","category-lgbt","category-marriage-and-civil-partnership","category-sexual-orientation","category-trans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6g7R2-16","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/thebigpicture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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