June marks International Pride Month, ahead of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Pride which is celebrated in August each year. Happy Pride Month! Pride gives us all the opportunity to honour the diversity, resilience, and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, and to reflect on the distance still to go to achieve equality for all.
On Monday 2 June, staff and students gathered on Highfield Campus to raise the Progress Pride flag at Jubilee Plaza.
Marking Pride Month
Members of our Pulse LGBT+ Staff and PGR Network are hosting a picnic for members on Wednesday 18 June.? To join the network, visit the Pulse Network SharePoint page.
Join colleagues at an LGBTQIA+ Research Showcase on Thursday 26 June, to hear about some of the exciting research taking place at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, on a variety of LGBTQIA+ -related topics. In this 90-minute session, you will learn about addressing LGBTQIA+ patients’ needs in cancer research, sexual and relationship wellbeing for non-binary and transgender individuals, and how Queer Joy materialises in collaborative research. The showcase will take place on Thursday 26 June, 13:00-14:30 on Teams.
Register to attend the showcase: https://forms.office.com/e/RhH5HbkNgc
Watch a recording of our recent Trans Awareness webinar, delivered by Beyond Reflections’ Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gillian Russell. Gillian is a speaker, coach, psychologist, committed ally and trans woman. Beyond Reflections is a 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载-based charity working to create a safe community for trans+ people and their allies, providing support designed with and for the community.
Looking Forward
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team, Pulse Network members, SUSU representatives and colleagues from across the University have formed a working group following the Supreme Court Judgement on the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010. The group’s main focus at present is on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s open consultation on changes to their code of practice following the ruling.?More information is available on SharePoint.
Looking ahead, 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Pride 2025 takes place on 23 & 24 August. UoS staff, students, freshers, alumni, and former staff will all be attending, and the University will be running a stand with research-inspired activities. If you have ideas for new activities for the UoS stand at 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Pride, please complete the Expression of Interest form.
All staff and students are welcome to join the Pride March in August. Anyone who is interested in marching with UoS colleagues can email diversity@soton.ac.uk
Support for Staff and PGRs
Pulse LGBT+ Staff and PGR Network – The University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Pulse LGBT+ Staff Network is an autonomous group for LGBT+ staff, PGR students, and their friends and supporters. The aim of the UoS Pulse LGBT+ Network is to promote a work environment in which LGBT+ employees feel supported and valued, enabling them to fulfill their potential and to contribute fully to the benefit of the University.
Women’s Network – The Women’s Network has been created as a dedicated space for staff and postgraduate students who identify as women. They aim to provide a supportive environment to connect like-minded individuals focused on sharing experiences, knowledge and opportunities to lift each other up.