Bar
Lesbian and Gay Group
The Bar Lesbian and
Gay Group (BLAGG) was formed by a group of students at
the Inns of Court School of Law in 1994. Over the last
7 years, the group has grown in size and now has over
150 members students, pupils, squatters and tenants from
all over the country including those in independent practice
and as the employed bar. Much of the original impetus
was to provide a support network for lesbians and gay
men at the Bar and especially for lesbians and gay men
coming to the Bar. This continues to be one of its main
roles, hence its representation at the annual Inns of
Court and BVC pupilage fairs. BLAGG also takes part in
the induction programme at the start of the BVC year and
has sent speakers to university societies around the country
in an attempt to encourage student to apply for the BVC.
Most recently a sponsorship scheme has been set up similar
to that run by each of the Inns of Court so that university
and BVC students are now in touch directly with barristers
who can offer advice and guidance.
Brighton
Gay Business Forum
Formed in 2004, the
Brighton & Hove Gay Business Forum is fast becoming
the most successful forum of its kind in the country and
is an extremely important network opportunity for many
businesses in the area.
Made up of nightlife venues, shops, restaurants, hotels
and consultancies, the businesses range from sole-traders
to large companies. Lending a larger voice to an important
business sector in the city the initiatives that have
been borne from this group are proving to be extremely
effective. Issues that are covered include licensing,
safety, marketing and tourism to the city and the group
are now in regular discussion with the City Council, local
Police, Licensing Officers, Pride in Brighton & Hove
to name just a few.
British
Psychological Society Lesbian and Gay Section
The Lesbian & Gay
Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society
aims to provide an integrative forum for those involved
in research, teaching and applied work in the United Kingdom.
The Section aims to serve members whose work is relevant
to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. The
section is strongly committed to developing non-heterosexist
and gender-inclusive forms of research, theory and clinical
practice in British psychology.
The Section represents psychologists who work in all of
the disciplines' sub-areas including clinical psychology,
community psychology, counselling psychology, critical
psychology, developmental psychology, experimental psychology,
health psychology, history of psychology, the psychology
of women, and social psychology. The Section publishes
the Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review three times each
year.
BT
Kaleidoscope
With a membership of
some 700 people, Kaleidoscope is focussed on supporting
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within BT
, but is not exclusive – members include people
within BT that do not identify as LGBT, together with
friends and associates from other companies.
The membership of Kaleidoscope is currently three quarters
male and a quarter female, which roughly mirrors the BT
population as a whole. The majority of members are UK-based,
coming from all regions, and this is reflected in the
geographic spread of the Organising Team, with each member
elected for a two-year term. BT technology comes in handy
to keep in touch, as the team’s current geographic
make up is 40% Scotland, 20% London/Home Counties, 10%
North West England, 10% Wales, 10% East Anglia –
and 10% across the channel in France!
Kaleidoscope also has a small but growing global community
across the company, with members in almost every continent,
reflecting BT’s status as a global organisation.
Citizens
Advice - LGB Workers Group
The online CAB service
that provides independent advice on your rights -
• practical, up-to-date information on a wide range
of topics, including benefits and housing, employment
rights and discrimination, debt and tax issues
• links to our directory of Citizens Advice Bureaux
• information in a wide range of languages
• a wide selection of fact sheets to print off
• details of other reliable online sources of information.
Civil
Service Rainbow Alliance
The Civil Service Rainbow
Alliance (CSRA) was formed to enable departments to share
experiences and ideas on LGBT issues more effectively
making it easier to support staff in remote parts of the
Country. This could be particularly useful in areas away
from the major cities where it would be hard to justify
holding a meeting due to the low number of members in
that region.
Originally set up in 2001, the first meeting on 12th January
had members of the Lord Chancellors Department (now the
Department for Constitutional Affairs), HM Customs and
Excise. Both Departments had areas where it was difficult
to provide a one to one service for LGBT members mainly
due to budgetary and time implications.
Consortium
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Voluntary and
Community Organisations
The Consortium of LGBT
Voluntary and Community Organisations exists to encourage
the development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
voluntary sector through capacity building of existing
organisations, and the development of pilots to provide
best practice for new service delivery.
The Consortium recognises that lesbians, gay men and bisexual
women and men are discriminated against as a result of
their race, gender, sexuality, age, physical or learning
abilities, mental health status, immigration status, class,
religion and cultural or ethnic origins.
GALIPS
- Prison Service LGBT Staff Support Network
GALIPS is the Prison
Service LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender)
Staff Support Network. It supports all staff and managers,
regardless of their sexual orientation, with advise on
LGBT issues.
The network strives to promote the end of discrimination
against LGBT staff and works with existing staff networks
in furthering the work of the Prison Service on diversity
and equality issues.
Gay
Authors
Gay Authors site provide
quality resources to the gay community specializing in
quality gay stories, which they actively recruit. Some
writers have sites hosted in the web site and some are
elsewhere that they link to, through Story Archive.
Gay
Business Association - GBA
The GBA (Gay Business
Association) was established in 1983 by a group of gay
and lesbian businesspeople who saw the need for a professional
organisation which could improve standards, share information
and experiences and promote gay business generally. As
a kind of gay chamber of commerce, we are an integral
part of the gay community providing advice to gay businesses.
Gay
London Writers
A group of gay male
writers who meet on alternate Fridays at a member's house
in West Londoon. In 2003 they celebrated the 10th Anniversay.
In a friendly, convivial atmosphere, members present WORK
IN PROGRESS to the group who offer constructive comments
and advice. MEMBERS are of all ages and writing experience:
what they have in common is their sexuality and A PASSION
FOR WRITING. WRITING includes articles, poems, extracts
from novels and plays, monologues, film and television
scripts.
Gay
Police Association (formerly LAGPA)
National staff association
that specifically represents the needs and interests of
lesbian and gay police employees in the United Kingdom.
GLADD
Doctors and Dentists
GLADD has a wide range
of members in the medical and dental professions - from
students right up to professors - all specialities - right
across the country.
Things which GLADD does:
• Regular social events
• Educational meetings
• Regional networking and social events
• Informal support and advice
• Special events for student members, women members
and dentists
• Campaigning on your behalf - GLADD work regularly
with the BMA, BDA, GMC, GDC, Medical Royal Colleges, NCAA,
Department of Health, and many other organisations.
International
Gay & Lesbian Travel Association - IGLTA - UK
International Gay &
Lesbian Travel Association is the world's leading travel
trade association committed to growing and enhancing its
members gay and lesbian tourism business through education,
promotion and networking. You can search, contact and
utilize members around the world for all your travel needs.
Whether you are looking for a gay-friendly travel business
in your local city/town or a tour around the world, IGLTA
members understand your travel needs
GAGLA
Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association
lagla is the Lesbian
and Gay Lawyers Association for England and Wales. They
hold regular parties where members can meet other gay
and lesbian lawyers and make contact in a social informal
atmosphere. They also organise lectures, seminars and
conferences.
Legal
Junction
Finding the right legal
advice from the right Solicitor can be difficult as the
law can be a complex subject to understand. Legal Junction
is a web site dedicated to helping you find the advice
you need to solve problems you may be facing by listing
100's of legal advice and solicitor websites.
National
Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
-NATFHE
NATFHE – The university
& college lecturers’ union is a trade union
and professional association for lecturers, trainers,
researchers and managers working in further and higher
education throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
NATFHE aim is to bring together and speak for the professional
concerns of staff throughout universities, colleges, adult
education and lifelong learning generally.
North
Wales Police/Heddlu Gogledd Cymru
North WalesPolice is
committed to the promotion of Equality and Diversity within
the Force and within the communities it serves. No individual
should be treated less favourably on grounds of colour,
race, nationality, disability, gender, sexual orientation,
proposed or actual gender re-assignment, religion or any
other status.
Regional Organisations
Brighton
Gay Business Forum
Formed in 2004, the
Brighton & Hove Gay Business Forum is fast becoming
the most successful forum of its kind in the country and
is an extremely important network opportunity for many
businesses in the area.
Made up of nightlife venues, shops, restaurants, hotels
and consultancies, the businesses range from sole-traders
to large companies. Lending a larger voice to an important
business sector in the city the initiatives that have
been borne from this group are proving to be extremely
effective. Issues that are covered include licensing,
safety, marketing and tourism to the city and the group
are now in regular discussion with the City Council, local
Police, Licensing Officers, Pride in Brighton & Hove
to name just a few.
