Prism - Glasgow City Council’s LGBT+ Colleague Network

To mark LGBT History Month Scotland, members from our network today attended a special guided tour of The Burrell Collection showcasing LGBTQ+ histories from within the collection. Absolutely fantastic to see and learn more about these fascinating items. Thanks to Laura, our amazing tour guide 💜

We are celebrating with our LGBT+ colleagues and allies.

To remember our past but look forward to our brighter, stronger future.

The Council Family Equalities Outcomes 2021-25 are now online 👉 http://ow.ly/kaA450EBTKM

These have been developed in partnership with staff & citizens to provide focus for our actions over the next 4 years, & will help us provide support to the greatest diversity of citizens.

We’re very pleased to report that the Scottish Parliament has just passed the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, by 82 votes to 32. The SNP, Labour, the Greens and the LibDems voted for the bill, while the Conservatives voted against, plus we think 2 or 3 MSPs in other parties who voted against their party position. (The list of who voted which way will be available later)

The bill was very much improved by amendments at stage 2, and again at stage 3 yesterday. Those included removing section 12 from the bill, which was seen as encouraging sexual orientation conversion therapy.

We were pleased to see that all the amendments that we supported were passed yesterday, and all the amendments that we opposed were rejected, including ones that would have undermined the bill for trans people. You can read our briefing on that here:https://www.equality-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hate-Crime-Bill-Equality-Network-Scottish-Trans-Alliance-briefing.pdf

It will be a while before the bill comes into effect. Meanwhile the Working Group on Misogyny and Criminal Justice has started meeting and will consider how to address misogynistic harassment, abuse and other crime. We strongly support rapid action on that.

Of course legislation is only part of the answer to hate crime. We also need public awareness raising, police training, effective prosecution and sentencing, and monitoring.

But this bill is a really important step forwards. Thank you to everyone who supported it.

is here! Let’s use this month to remember and celebrate our diverse and colourful history. 🏳️‍🌈

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As a proud and diverse city, we will continue to do all we can to make sure Glasgow continues to be an inclusive place for all 💗 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We also have a brilliant LGBTI+ Employee-led Network called GCC Prism. Follow them to see the work they do across the council family 🙌

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Avanti West Coast launch UK’s first Pride train entirely staffed by LGBTQ+ crew | ITV News Avanti West Coast is launching the UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train entirely staffed by an LGBTQ+ crew for its first official service.

Following the victory in the US today, we really need a victory here too.

We are hearing that the PM has not yet signed off on proposed plans to roll back trans equality reported by the media on Sunday.

You can help by urging Boris not to take forward any of these potential anti-trans proposals. Go to https://email.number10.gov.uk and ask him not to go ahead with rolling back trans equality.

Staff from across the Glasgow City Council family have joined together this June in wishing Glasgow’s LGBTI+ community a very Happy ! 🏳️‍🌈
We’re with you all the way in these challenging times 🤜🤛