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Celebrating International Women’s Day – 10th March 2012 0

Celebrating International Women’s Day – 10th March 201201/03/12

 

Derby will celebrate International Women’s Day on 10thMarch 2012 at the Assembly Rooms, Derby  at 10am-4pm.  There are lots of exciting things on offer for all who will attend. Guest speakers include: ...

New Transgender Equality E-Bulletin 0

New Transgender Equality E-Bulletin18/04/11

 

On 14 March 2011 the Government launched Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality: Moving Forward, which sets out the actions Government is taking to tackle lesbian, gay, bisexual ...

Derby City Council Defends Foster Ban On Christian Couple 0

Derby City Council Defends Foster Ban On Christian Couple24/03/11

 

Derby city council has defended its decision to ban a Christian couple from fostering because of their views on homosexuality. Pentecostal Christians Eunice and Owen Johns were turned down as ...

New Government Strategy For Engaging And Listening To Women 0

New Government Strategy For Engaging And Listening To Women28/01/11

 

Following the closure of the Women’s National Commission, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has embarked upon developing a new approach to enable women and women’s organisations to interact more closely ...

Public bodies asked to find out about gay and trans staff 0

Public bodies asked to find out about gay and trans staff17/01/11

 

Large public employers are being encouraged to find out how represented lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are in their organisations. As part of the Equality Act, all public bodies ...

Derby City Council Climbs The Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 0

Derby City Council Climbs The Stonewall Workplace Equality Index14/01/11

 

Derby City Council’s position as one of the country’s best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff has been confirmed in the latest Top 100 list compiled by lesbian, gay ...

DF Survey On The Experiences Of Trans People 0

DF Survey On The Experiences Of Trans People13/01/11

 

Rainbow Vision is currently conducting an online survey about Gender Reassignment Services and providers in the East Midlands. The survey will remain open for 2 months by which time we ...

EDF Leaflet For The VCS On How To Use The Equality Act 0

EDF Leaflet For The VCS On How To Use The Equality Act13/01/11

 

Russian Gay Activists Hold First Legal Demonstration 0

Russian Gay Activists Hold First Legal Demonstration30/11/10

 

Gay rights activists in St Petersburg held Russia’s first legal pro-gay demonstration last Saturday. Around a dozen people gathered in the city centre with placards calling for gay rights, following ...

Socio-Economic Duty To Be Scrapped 0

Socio-Economic Duty To Be Scrapped25/11/10

 

Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped. ...