House of Commons Library briefing: Sexual Harassment in Education
19 October 2017
Concerns have been raised about sexual harassment in all stages of education.
Concerns have been raised about sexual harassment in all stages of education.
We stand together to support all victims of hate crime to achieve equal treatment before the law.
We need a victim centred approach to understanding and addressing hate crime, says a September 2017 report from Victim Support Scotland.
Trans people face a range of barriers when accessing most mainstream health services and often avoid accessing services at all.
This is according to a September 2017 report by the LGBT Foundation’s Trans Programme.Â
New research by Stonewall shows that hate crime against LGBT people in Britain has increased by 78 per cent since 2013, and that four out
‘Supporting trans employees in the workplace’ identifies a number of obstacles that currently prevent better inclusion of trans staff in UK workplaces and includes suggestions
In August 2017, Galop published their first online anti-LGBT+ hate crime report.
Online Hate Crime Report 2017 (pdf)Â presents evidence about the scale and nature of online hate crime and hate speech against LGBT+ people in the UK.
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has announced new proposals to streamline and de-medicalise the process for changing gender. A consultation on the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will be launched in Autumn 2017.
The Government Equalities Office and Department for Education have launched a survey to understand the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people living in the UK, in July 2017.
In this country, as a result of discrimination, too many people are held back because of who they are rather than what they do, finds a July 2017 Bright Blue report.