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Keep up to date with what is happening at SAYiTPride Month: The importance of the Pride flag
As we enter the annual LGBT+ Pride month next week we will be posting a series of pride related blogs. Pride month this year looks more than a little different to usual. Events nationally have been cancelled but we have lots of rainbows on display for different...
Read moreMental Health Awareness Week: 18 -24th May 2020
A Blog from SAYiT CEO Steve Slack for Mental Health Awareness week. On May 17th many of us celebrated IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia). The date commemorates the day thirty years ago when the World Health...
Read moreIDAHoBIT 2020
Every year SAYiT marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHoBIT) on the 17th May, the day same sex attraction was de-classified as a mental illness by the World Health Organisaton (WHO). We mark this day to speak out about...
Read moreLGBT domestic abuse victims staying with perpetrators in lockdown because they can’t secure refuge space, charity warns
From inews 01/05/20: https://inews.co.uk/news/lgbt-victims-perpetrators-refuge-space-domestic-violence-2664487 There are currently no LGBT-specific refuge services in England LGBT victims of domestic abuse are staying with perpetrators because they can't find a refuge...
Read moreCALL IT OUT May Newsletter
CALL IT OUT is a South Yorkshire LGBT+ Domestic Abuse project run by SAYiT. It aims to address the barriers preventing LGBT+ people from accessing mainstream domestic abuse support services. Call It Out is proud to be a signatory of this joint statement on the current...
Read moreJoint Statement about LGBT+ Domestic Violence and Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Call It Out is proud to be a signatory of this joint statement on the current needs of LGBT+ victim/survivors. The new resources created through this consortium will support domestic abuse professionals, as well as, families, friends, and community members who are...
Read moreCall for IDAHOBIT videos
Dear friends and allies, Every year SAYiT marks International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHoBiT) on the 17th May. We mark this day to speak out about the inequality LGBT+ people face and raise awareness of the violence, discrimination, and...
Read moreGalop, SafeLives and Stonewall briefing: The LGBT+ community and domestic abuse
From Galop: http://www.galop.org.uk/galop-safelives-and-stonewall-briefing-the-lgbt-community-and-domestic-abuse/ Domestic Abuse Bill, Second Reading, 28 April 2020 Summary To meet the needs of LGBT+ people in the Bill and its associated programme of work the Domestic...
Read moreResponse to Liz Truss MP’s evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee
Following the statement made by Liz Trust, Minister for Women and Equalities to the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Select Committee we are incredibly concerned by the implied proposed restritions of rights of trans and non-binary people and the potential impact...
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