Homophobia isn’t over yet
Peter Tatchell writes this Guest Blog Britain has made great strides towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality since the turn of the century. We have gone from being the country with the largest number of anti-gay laws in the world to being one of the world’s most progressive nations in terms of […]
Activate Shopping
by Penny Barber, Sports Activator Does the childhood thrill of a big parcel being delivered with your name on it ever fade?! I’ve done quite a bit of shopping over the last week, so when I get the delivery text, I’m not quite sure what’s going to appear! I can recommend having your Monday morning […]
‘Inclusivity’ – Supporting BAME Trans People – Guest Blog
In the first of a series of guest blogs, GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society), talks about a new guide they have commissioned. For the first time in the UK, a 28-page guide with practical tips, guidance, and resources dedicated to supporting the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) trans population of Britain: ‘Inclusivity – […]
Peer Mentoring
Here at Birmingham LGBT we are very excited at the response we have had to launching the New LGBT & MSM Volunteer Sexual Health Peer Mentor role. From my own experience of attending and then being trained up as a facilitator of the Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP) and Expert Patients Program (EPP); I have firsthand […]
LGBT domestic violence campaign launched
A campaign was launched yesterday (September 22) to promote a new service providing help and support to members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community suffering from domestic violence. The campaign launched today and supported by Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, hopes to promote this service to encourage more members of the LGBT community to […]
New Year Thoughts 2016
Wellbeing: New Year Thoughts from Birmingham LGBT Thinking about what changes you might want to make in the year ahead? Here are a few of our ideas for those New Year’s resolutions. Birmingham LGBT are dedicated and passionate about improving the wellbeing of LGBT people. What’s wellbeing? Well-being is simply seeing your life in a […]
HIV National Testing Week
On the 1st of December is World Aids Day and this week is National HIV Testing Week (22-30th November). Over the past few months the media has been raising awareness about HIV as HIV diagnoses are still climbing year on year in most age categories for men who are having sex with men (MSM). The […]
Don’t let them get you to you – An anti-bullying poem
“You’re a f***ing faggot!” “He’s a f***ing gay!” These words echo forever, they follow me every day. I took five years of this and maybe a few years more. Each time it happened I kept my head up and continued walking down the corridor. Words can really get to you and they might even cut […]
Is it Real Love?
Is it ‘Real Love’? It’s that time of year where the remarkable John Lewis have released their nostalgic romance-filled very quintessential British Christmas advert – which you can’t help but fall in love with! This year’s star is Monty the Penguin, who acts out the imagination of the little boy in the advert and yet […]
Some people are gay, some people can’t get over that?
Assistant Headteacher Andrew Moffat reportedly resigned from his job after being targeted by parents with religious beliefs that did not want him to teach their children ‘that it is OK to be gay’. I’ve known Andrew for many years and he is a keen advocate of equality and diversity in the classroom and he has […]