FACT SHEET: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Students
WELCOME to the University social activities. You can bring Straight Allies and of Liverpool. We hope you also get involved in LGBT people together to have a great time whilst you representing the views of discuss and raise awareness study with us. This LGBT students to the of LGBT issues within factsheet provides a brief University and the Guild of society, with an academic overview and helpful Students as well as the twist. information. If you have any National Union of Students. questions feel free to http://www.liverpoolguild.org/groups contact Student Services or /liverpool-lgbt the Diversity and Equality team.
Staff and Students at Liverpool Pride 2013
For full event details visit Staff and Postgraduate the website or join the Student Network Facebook Page. You can also watch and listen to If you are the Postgraduate previous events. Student you are welcome to Watch our short film on join this network. Similar to Diversity and Equality the Student Society, this If you want to know why network organises public diversity and equality is events, social activities and important to the University, represents the views of watch this short film: staff to the University. Contact [email protected] or Supporting Homotopia 2013 visit the website (intranet) for more details. Community Engagement
As well as taking part in Liverpool Pride each year, the University also works with Homotopia, the Stanley Street Quarter and other LGBT groups in the Flagship Liverpool city such as the Michael Student LGBT+ Society Flagship is a public events Causer Foundation. All The University has had an and engagement students are welcome to active student LGBT+ programme hosting get involved! Email Society for over 40 years. It lectures, debates, and film [email protected] or runs campaigns, events and screenings. Flagship aims to
Diversity and Equality 2014 [email protected] to find resources which you can has their own welfare out more. visit at any time: information and specific http://www.liv.ac.uk/lgbt-history/ services such as We also regularly support Counselling, Student Stonewall, for example, Support, Student Health or since 2014 we have hosted the Diversity Team will also Stonewall’s Teacher Train have their own materials the Trainer programme. available. Get involved! Search the Library Catalogue: http://www.liv.ac.uk/library/ The University always wants to hear from students if Events Calendar they are having any Regular events are held problems or want to make a throughout the year by the suggestion. This can be Student LGBT Society, the done in a number of ways Staff & Postgrad LGBT including through the: Network, Flagship and a Stonewall Diversity Champion LGBT Society host of other departments and student groups. To see Guild Summit, The University has been a what’s going on visit the Preferendum or via Stonewall Diversity LGBT Society Facebook, elected Officers Champion since 2009. We Flagship Website or the Student/Hall Reps take part in the annual University Events Page. Key Equality Forum Work Place Equality Index dates around which events Get in touch with which is a thorough normally take place are: Student Services or the assessment of our policies, Diversity Team directly. February: LGBT History Month services and activities on March 31st: International LGB issues. In 2013 and Transgender Day of Visibility 2014 we were ranked May 17th: International Day within the Top 100 LGB Against Homophobia and friendly organisations in the Transphobia (IDAHOT) UK. August: Liverpool Pride Career Advice and Support November: Homotopia LGBT History at Liverpool The Careers Services December 1st: World Aids Day A few years ago a project provides some online and and exhibition was LGBT Resources hard copy career advice for organised charting and LGBT students. You can celebrating the history of There are loads of LGBT access this information by LGBT students, staff and resources that are available visiting the Careers equality in general from the to students. The University Services, or by going to 1960’s to the present day. libraries have hundreds of their website. The project called ‘Pink books on LGBT topics, and Brick’, a play on the term access to hundreds, if not http://www.liv.ac.uk/careers/ thousands of journal, Red Brick University, produced an online magazine and newspaper articles. The LGBT Society Diversity and Equality 2014 Counselling Service Homophobic and If you are a current student Transphobic Bullying and you can find out more at: All students can access the Harassment University Counselling https://www.liv.ac.uk/intranet/hr Service. It also provides If you experience any /diversity- equality/generalguidance/equality some online self-help homophobic or transphobic monitoring/ information on topics such bullying and harassment as sexuality and coming out you should report this as Staff Training soon as possible to the http://www.liv.ac.uk/counserv/ Did you know: Diversity and relevant authority. Equality training is a Diversity and Equality You can also speak to one requirement for all new Policies of the Bullying and members of staff at the The University works to Harassment Advisors who University. This is to ensure ensure that LGBT students will provide impartial advice that staff are aware of and are supported and are able on the steps you can take. understand their to excel at the University responsibilities towards The contact details of the without experiencing any LGBT students. advisors are available on discrimination and the Diversity and Equality Contacts homophobia. website (intranet): Some useful email contacts: However, to ensure that https://www.liv.ac.uk/intranet/hr Student LGBT Society people are aware of their /diversity- E: [email protected] responsibilities we have a equality/dignityatworkandstudy/ Staff LGBT Network number of policies Monitoring Student Sexual E: [email protected] including: Orientation Student Support Services Diversity and Equality E: [email protected] When you enrol onto your of Opportunity Policy Counselling course at the University, Dignity at Work and E: [email protected] you will be asked what your Study Policy (anti Diversity and Equality sexual orientation is e.g. bullying policy) E: [email protected] lesbian, gay, bisexual etc. Student Charter We collect and monitor this You can read and download information (along with these policies from the gender, age, race etc.) to Student Services or help us understand who are Diversity and Equality students are, to make sure Websites. that we are working to support students the best way that we can, and it helps us to tailor our services when needed. When you enrol you will find out more information about why we collect this
data and what we do with it.
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