Delegates pledge to fight back against rising tide of transphobia

UNISON’s LGBT+ conference opened in Brighton this morning, and on Transgender Day of Remembrance, at the end of Transgender Awareness Week, the first day’s business was dominated by the need to fight back against increasingly strident transphobia, including campaigns that are being funded by the far right. Delegates first watched a video presentation from Francia Blanco, the international representative for SINTRADOTRANS, a union of transgender domestic workers in Nicaragua, who spoke about the importance of C190, the International Labour Organization’s convention on ending violence and harassment at work. Then came the first motion of the day, with Watty Gaffney from Scotland on Supporting Stonewall and our trans community, which sought to address the deliberate (by some) misinterpretation of Stonewall guidance on trans inclusion that is seeing organisations such as the BBC withdrawn from involvement with the LGBT+ organisation. “We didn’t get where we are today without Stonewall and trade unions working together,” he said and called on delegates to ensure they supported their “trans siblings”. For the national LGBT+ committee, Neil Adams stressed that this was “about trans inclusion”, and said that UNISON should be urging employers to participate in the Stonewall diversity champions scheme. Pronouns in the workplace Moving a motion on Introducing pronouns in the workplace, John Cairns, for the NHS Glasgow Clyde and CVS branch told the hall that things ha...
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