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  Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership  

Forum identifies twelve key steps to tackling discrimination

Date: 8/12/2010
Summary: The Forum has identified the twelve steps to outline the aspects of tackling discrimination and promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff and students in post-school education.

These are as follows:

  1. An explicit and well-publicised commitment to tackle discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, including promotion of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff and learners.
  2. Specific policy, procedure and action against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and harassment
  3. Tangible action to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives in education.
  4. A senior manager to lead on developing sexual orientation and gender identity Equality.
  5. Training for all staff and learners on sexual orientation and gender identity equality, including legislation and standards of behaviour.
  6. Information on sexual orientation and gender identity equality in staff and student induction.
  7. Incorporation in policies and procedures of relevant agreements on sexual orientation and gender identity equality, such as that between the education unions and the Association of Colleges.
  8. Involvement of staff and students’ unions in the promotion of sexual orientation and gender identity equality.
  9. Clear procedures for raising concerns about issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
  10. Inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity equality in single or full set of equality schemes.
  11. Funding and development of strand specific equality action groups, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender support groups for staff and learners and other forms of organisation and support.
  12. Incorporation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender learner issues into institutional improvement programmes.

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Source: Lifelong Learning UK

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