West Sussex Council achieve Stonewall first (From The Argus)
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West Sussex Council achieve Stonewall first
6:31pm Tuesday 17th August 2010 in News By Neil Vowles
West Sussex County Council is set to become the first English authority outside of London to employ a Stonewall employee.
Dave Small, the gay, lesbian and bisexual charity’s regional workplace associate for the region, will work in Chichester as part of a six-month trial.
The council, which is one of the charity’s diversity champions, was one of a number of organisations in the region that expressed an interest in supporting Stonewall’s initiative.
Mr Hill said he hoped the posting would allow him to attend forums in the county as well as speaking to local organisations that wished to work with the charity.
Up to now Stonewall has had representatives only in London, Wales and Scotland.
To find out more about the County Council’s services for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people, visit www.westsussex.gov.uk.
Comments(3)
RickH
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9:40am Wed 18 Aug 10
tilburyre wrote:I, as a gay man, have no more nor any less 'rights' than you do. However, there is legislation in place to protect those rights from unfair discrimination; in the same way that the disabled, women and those from ethnic minorities do (mainly employment and provision of services). These laws would not exist if peoples' behaviour did not drive the need to protect sucyh 'rights' from unfair practise and discrimination. Hence, the very existence of such laws are clear and plain evidence that the statment '...there is no reason why...' is as obviously empty as your head!
Like all minority groups gays and bisexuals have every legal right going these days. Why on earth is there a charity looking after them? I bet a heterosexual version of Pride would be banned. There is no reason why our Council Tax should go towards this needless experiment.
RickH
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12:50pm Wed 18 Aug 10
RickH wrote:And here's a very recent example as to why there remains a need for anti-discrimination legislation:
tilburyre wrote: Like all minority groups gays and bisexuals have every legal right going these days. Why on earth is there a charity looking after them? I bet a heterosexual version of Pride would be banned. There is no reason why our Council Tax should go towards this needless experiment.I, as a gay man, have no more nor any less 'rights' than you do. However, there is legislation in place to protect those rights from unfair discrimination; in the same way that the disabled, women and those from ethnic minorities do (mainly employment and provision of services). These laws would not exist if peoples' behaviour did not drive the need to protect sucyh 'rights' from unfair practise and discrimination. Hence, the very existence of such laws are clear and plain evidence that the statment '...there is no reason why...' is as obviously empty as your head!
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-northern-ir
eland-11011034
tilburyre says...
9:32am Wed 18 Aug 10
There is no reason why our Council Tax should go towards this needless experiment.