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  • My first Pride

    Joe Tetley from the Department for Work and Pensions shares their experience of their first Pride.

    Published by Joe Tetley

  • Civil Service Pride season starts now

    It's June; the anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the start of the Civil Service's Pride season.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • Introducing our new bisexuality fact sheet

    What’s it like to be bisexual in the Civil Service? We've produced a new fact sheet on bisexuality to support bi+ inclusion in the Civil Service.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network, Bi+ Inclusion Team

  • Applications for the Positive Action Pathway open soon

    The Positive Action Pathway (PAP) is a cross-government programme for colleagues in under-represented groups. The programme is specifically open to LGBT+, BAME, women, and disabled colleagues of all ages from AA to grade 6.

    Published by CSLGBT+ on behalf of Civil Service HR

  • Guest post: Transgender Day of Visbility

    Dame Sue Owen, Civil Service LGBT+ Diversity Champion, writes on GOV.UK for Trans Day of Visibility.

    Published by Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary and Civil Service Diversity Champion

  • Sharing my identity

    Sunny works in the Scheme Control Framework team at the RPA. In this post, they share why it's important for them to share their identity as a pansexual person.

    Published by Sunny Thompson

  • An error in our last newsletter

    You might have gotten an odd newsletter from us on 18 February 2019: there was an error with our IT system, that we've now fixed. Sorry about that!

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • It's not quite history: Why we're still fighting for LGBT equality

    To mark LGBT History Month, Alan from DWP Digital reflects on the contributions the LGBT+ community has made to civil rights and how times have changed over the years on the DWP Digital GOV.UK blog.

    Published by Alan Oliver, Business Management for DWP Digital Workplace

  • Creating a Leaders of Networks Forum

    In our business plan, we committed to setting up a forum for network chairs and leaders. Here's what we're planning to do.

    Published by John Peart

  • 2018: a year in review

    As civil servants across the UK go “back to school” for the new year, we take a look back at what the Civil Service LGBT+ Network has done in 2018.

    Published by John Peart

  • World AIDS Day: Matthew's story

    Our volunteers are organising collections across the UK to support World AIDS Day. Matthew, one of our volunteers based in Manchester, shares why he's marking the day.

    Published by Matthew Walker

  • Allies in Action: Naomi Diver

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Naomi works for the Environment Agency, and in this post, tells us about why she took part in Pride as an ally.

    Published by Naomi Diver

  • Allies in Action: Matt Baugh

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Matt is a Director at the Department for Exiting the European Union, and an LGBT+ ally.

    Published by Matt Baugh

  • Allies in Action: Ian Moore

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Ian works for HM Prison and Probation Service. Here, Ian shares his thoughts on being an LGBT+ ally.

    Published by Sara Daunton

  • Allies in Action: Sara Daunton

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Sara works for the Ministry of Defence. In this post, Sara shares some insights being an ally in the RAF.

    Published by Sara Daunton

  • Allies in Action: Paul Wilson

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Paul works for the Ministry of Defence. In this post, Paul shares his experiences as an LGBT+ ally.

    Published by Paul Wilson

  • Allies in Action: Joanne Osborne

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Joanne works for the Department of Work and Pensions. In this post, Joanne shares some of her work as an LGBT ally.

    Published by Joanne Osborne

  • Allies in Action: Tom Read

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Tom works for the Ministry of Justice. In this post, he shares some of his work as an LGBT ally.

    Published by Tom Read

  • Allies in Action: Sam O’Neill

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Sam works for the Department of Work and Pensions. Here, Sam shares their thoughts on being an ally.

    Published by Sam O’Neill

  • Allies in Action: Pamela Rowlands

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Pamela works for HM Courts and Tribunals Service. In this post, Pam shares some quick thoughts on her role as an ally.

    Published by Pamela Rowlands

  • Allies in Action: Nick Pett

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Nick works at the Ministry of Defence. In this blog post, he tells us why allies are important.

    Published by Nick Pett

  • Allies in Action: Jacky Lawrence

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Jacky works in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. In this post, Jacky shares what being an ally means to them.

    Published by Jacky Lawrence

  • Allies in Action: Sam Forster

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Sam works in the Ministry of Justice. In this post, he talks about his role as an ally.

    Published by Sam Forster

  • Allies in Action: Keri Murphy

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Keri works for the Department for Work and Pensions. In this post, we asked Keri shares what she's doing to be an ally.

    Published by Keri Murphy

  • Allies in Action: Isobel Lowe-Zinola

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Isobel works at the Department for Education. In this post, Isobel shares why being an ally is important to her.

    Published by Isobel Lowe-Zinola

  • Allies in Action: David Neale

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. David works in the Ministry of Defence. In this post, David shares why he thinks being an ally is important.

    Published by David Neale

  • Allies in Action: Caroline Hendrix

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Caroline works for the Department for International Trade. In this post, we asked Caroline tells us what being an ally means to her.

    Published by Caroline Hendrix

  • It’s Civil Service Allies Week

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • Allies in Action: Raymond Jenner

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Raymond works for the Ministry of Defence. In this post, we asked Raymond to share some thoughts on why allies are important.

    Published by Raymond Jenner

  • Allies in Action: Phil Blunden

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Phil works for the Ministry of Defence. Here's Phil's thoughts on why allies are important.

    Published by Phil Blunden

  • Allies in Action: Karen Notaro

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Karen works for the Ministry of Justice. Here's why being an ally is important to Karen.

    Published by Karen Notaro

  • Allies in Action: Elaine Radburn

    This week, we’re celebrating the allies making the Civil Service a great place to work for LGBT+ people. Elaine works for the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government. Here's what Elaine is doing do be a brilliant ally.

    Published by Elaine Radburn

  • Our Workplace Equality Index project. What’s next?

    We’ve set up a team to help departments and networks improve their policies and do better in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index. In this blog post, our project team shares a little about what’s coming next.

    Published by James, Georgia, Mark and Nikita

  • What happened at “OneTeamGov LGBT*”

    Roisin Murray, one of our volunteers based in Manchester, went to the OneTeamGov LGBT* event this month. In this post, Roisin shares her thoughts from the day.

    Published by Roisin Murray

  • We're creating a “Civil Service Allies Week”

    Allies are important to making workplaces inclusive, so we're creating a week to celebrate our allies and to encourage others to help.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • Watch: In Conversation with PRISM

    The Welsh Government’s LGBTI+ network, PRISM, have created a short film as part of the Iris Prize.

    Published by PRISM, the Welsh Government LGBT+ Network

  • National Coming Out Day: Jack's story

    We asked some of our volunteers to share their coming out story for National Coming Out Day. This is Jack's story.

    Published by Jack Stephens, Welsh Government

  • LGBT+ civil servants near you

    We're putting together a team of volunteers to organise things your local area.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • Getting the team together

    We've been setting up some teams to work on some new things. Here's an update on how it's going.

    Published by John Peart

  • Join us at BiSpace

    A new initiative led by bi+ civil servants, for bi+ civil servants.

    Published by Mary Peart

  • We're looking for volunteers (Updated)

    Can you help us to make things better for LGBT+ civil servants? Here are the volunteering opportunities we currently have available.

    Published by Civil Service LGBT+ Network

  • Guest post: Why Pride Matters

    On the eve of the Pride in London parade, Sue Owen, Civil Service LGBT+ Diversity Champion, explains why Pride matters to her.

    Published by Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary and Civil Service Diversity Champion

  • You are not alone: the power of staff networks

    Rachel Poole works for the Department for Work and Pensions as a communications officer. In this post, Rachel talks about volunteering at Civil Service Live and why its important to promote staff networks.

    Published by Rachel Poole

  • What happened at the “Gender diversity matters” event

    Shelley Hardman works at the Department for Work and Pensions. She organised an event for civil servants highlighting the experiences of transgender and intersex people in her local area. Here's what happened.

    Published by Shelley Hardman

  • A message from the new Chair and Vice-Chair

    Kate Scott-Hughes and John Peart are the new Chair and Vice-Chair of CSRA. This post introduces them, their priorities, and what's coming next.

    Published by Kate Scott-Hughes and John Peart

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