• The headlines say one thing – cuts, inequality a lack of social justice and the Big Society advocates say another: what sense can we make of this ? 03/09/2010
    Professor John Diamond (the University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) reflects on some of the headlines from the news this week: ” Looking through the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies released this week on the impact of the Coalition’s Budget and the increasing number of examples from the Voluntary and Community sector of [. […]
  • Looking for Absences – Social Justice and Equalities in the Big Society: what does this tell us? 03/09/2010
    Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) points to continuing absences in the Coalition’s Big Society initiative: “I am struck by the notable absences in the Coalition’s Big Society project. There are, at least, two really central ones – for me- and they are any references to Social Justice and Equalities. […]
  • Summer Holidays, Stories and The Big Society: Why We Need More Than A Bucket And Spade 03/09/2010
    Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) reviews some recent stories from the national press on the Big Society: “Reading through the papers over the weekend the connections between the Big Society idea, the Coalition’s Budget and the emerging impact of the cuts became clearer. There are two articles which are w […]
  • Getting The Most Out Of The Equality Act 2010 03/09/2010
    This is THE essential conference for equality law practitioners. The key note speech will be given by Mrs Justice Laura Cox. Major changes to the law will be presented by discrimination law experts. Karon Monaghan QC will discuss what is in and what’s out – new definitions and concepts – disability discrimination, gender re-assignment, combined […]
  • The Big Society, A Sense of History and why Local Politics Matter 03/09/2010
    Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) returns to the question of a Sense of History: ” An interesting absentee in the Coalition’s claims for their Big Society is any reference to their own different histories and ways of relating to the localism debate. So, the Liberals do have a tradition and history […]

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. We are committed to celebrate its diversity and that of the society as a whole. We encourage everyone to see diversity and cultural pluralism as the positive forces that they are and endeavour [...]

Plymouth City Council – Report It

Disablist, faith and belief, homophobic, racist and transphobic incidents We are committed to eliminating discrimination from all aspects of our work and to ensuring we contribute to making Plymouth a safer place for minority communities. If you have experienced or witnessed an incident we want to hear about it. Incidents may include: assault vandalism harassment [...]

Plymouth Pride Forum

Mission Statement “To make the City of Plymouth an area where LGB/T people and Communities can live, work and celebrate life free from discrimination and Prejudice.” Objectives To work in the Plymouth area for the benefit of LGBT communities. To be a collective voice for the LGBT communities. To provide environments where LGBT individuals can [...]

The Intercom Trust

Intercom began in the summer of 1997, when eight LGB people started meeting in Exeter to discuss our worries about gaps in local services for LGB people and Trans people. There was a need for advocacy for people who encountered homophobic crime, prejudice or discrimination; there was a dreadful lack of community-led social and support groups [...]

The birds and the bees haven’t been straight with us

  An uneasy mix of personal prejudice and intellectual anxiety has allowed science to be misused to justify a philosophy of prejudice towards the gay and lesbian communities around the globe.   The reasoning is that from a Darwinian perspective homosexuality seems to be a clear non-starter.  Only heterosexual relationships can be successful in evolutionary terms.  [...]

Intercom Trust

Intercom is a lesbian gay bisexual and trans community resource in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, providing help against homophobic and transphobic prejudice, crime and discrimination (including bullying, harassment, abuse, attacks, and threatening behaviour), helping to develop the LGB/T communities, providing professional training and consultancy, and working in partnership with local government, the police, health, [...]

LGF Online

The Home of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation on the net.   The Lesbian and Gay Foundation provides more direct services and resources to more lesbian, gay and bisexual people than any other charity of its kind in the UK.   We deliver first class and accessible community, health and support services   We provide [...]