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Contents:

• SIX UK UNIVERSI GET TOP MARKS FOR GAY-IENDLS
• STONEWALL RAT GAY-IENDLY UNIVERSI
• PLYMOUTH NAMED ONE OF UK'S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNIVERSI
• GAY-FRIENDLY UK UNIVERSI RATED NEW 2015 GUI
• 'GAY IENDLY' UK UNIVERSI NAMED
• MORE ‘GAY-IENDLY’ UNIVERSI THAN EVER
• �GAY-IENDLY� UNIVERSI HIGHLIGHTED STONEWALL GUI (UK)

SIX UK UNIVERSI GET TOP MARKS FOR GAY-IENDLS

Swansea Universy was named the untry’s most clive universy by Stonewall, Europe’s largt chary for lbian, gay, bi, trans and queer rights. By Michael Turner ☛ Gay-iendly universi are beg creasgly popular nowadays, makg mori’ liv easier and muni happier.

Stonewall has recently veloped an onle gui that measur more than 120 universi agast a 10-pot checklist, studyg each universy’s gree of gay-iendls and openns to improvement.

The lobby group did not publish a gay Ivy League list, argug that “gay iendly” uld have different meangs for different stunts. Some stunts are terted havg a small supportive muny by their si (a muny that allows them to exprs themselv), while others might feel the need to participate a wir gay scene at events, parti, or even llege clubs. Beg part of the wir muny and engagg wh other schools on gay-related activi and nstctive discsns.

STONEWALL RAT GAY-IENDLY UNIVERSI

If you are on the directg si of the story and want to help your mp bee more gay-iendly, you should start by providg the right rourc for the right people, pecially if stigma is still place at your school. Six universi sre full marks a gui to gay-iendly universi released today by Stonewall, the lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) rights chary and lobby By Degree 2015 rat 158 universi across the UK agast a 10-pot checklist of thgs they should have to bt support LGB universi found to be the most gay-iendly, srg 10 out of 10, are Cardiff Universy, the Universy of Essex, the Universy of Glasgow, Liverpool John Moor Universy, Sheffield Hallam Universy and York St John ntrast, when the gui lnched 2010 no universy sred 10 out of 10. Universi perform bt the stunt societi and events tegori, wh 85% havg a stunt society for LGB stunts and 72% holdg events for lbian, gay and bisexual stunts and publicisg jt 22% of universi monor stunts’ sexual orientatn and only 20% engage wh the wir muny on lbian, gay and bisexual issu.

11 stutns did not meet any of the creria, cludg Glasgow School of Art, the Liverpool Instute for Performg Arts, the Royal Amy of Mic and the Royal College of list is based on publicly-available rmatn on universy and stunts’ unn rmatn on provisns uld not be found, Stonewall assum they don’t exist bee should be accsible to prospective By Degree 2015 do not specifilly look at support for transgenr stunts, but often this is clud universi’ provisns for LGB stunts, such as LGBT Kibirige, tn policy and mpaigns officer at Stonewall, says: “There are a rerd number of universy plac available this year and prospective stunts who are lbian, gay or bisexual will want to study where they will be supported and veloped. “It’s particularly ncerng that only 35 universi are monorg the sexual orientatn of stunts, leavg them no way of tellg if they’re providg a posive experience for gay stunts.

Have a policy that protects lbian, gay and bisexual stunts om bullyg and mandatory trag for staff to enforce this.

PLYMOUTH NAMED ONE OF UK'S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNIVERSI

Have a stunt society for lbian, gay and bisexual stunts, which mt be active and publicised on the universy or stunts’ unn webse.

Run events for lbian, gay and bisexual stunts, which mt be publicised on the universy or stunts’ unn webse. Consult wh lbian, gay and bisexual stunts – they mt be clud cisn-makg procs wh the universy. Have a lbian, gay and bisexual staff work – if staff feel they n be open about their sexualy, stunts will too.

GAY-FRIENDLY UK UNIVERSI RATED NEW 2015 GUI

It is a qutn the lobby group Stonewall aims to help answer for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) stunts through a new gui to "gay-iendly" universi. It supplements the facts wh rmatn about the strength of stunt LGBT societi, any reported cints of homophopia, and whether honorary gre have gone to proment gay or lbian figur … or proment homophob.

'GAY IENDLY' UK UNIVERSI NAMED

Stonewall has studly avoid producg a league table, argug that many universi have recently been makg efforts to improve, and that "gay iendly" means different thgs to different Tryl, who rearched the gui, says: "Each stunt will want somethg different om their universy experience and we have been very clear the gui that this is jt one of the many thgs they should be lookg at. But some may want a very active gay scene, some will want a muny and strong LGBT society, others may want to mpaign. Not havg a major gay scene lolly means for that very reason they have veloped the LGBT society to be very strong.

"ECU's own rearch of 18 months ago did fd homophobia stutns, and sce the issue has been highlighted we've seen a great rponse across the sector om higher tn stutns termed to support their LGBT stunts, as well as staff, " he universi, Liverpool John Moor and Imperial College, were clud Stonewall's x of Bra's top 100 gay-iendly employers this year, and the stutns that e out particularly well the new universy gui have often ma special efforts to improve their LGBT Wilkson-Blake, chair of the staff LGBT group at Loughborough Universy, which h ne of the checklist creria, says his universy has worked hard over the last three years as part of an attempt to bee a Stonewall Diversy Champn.

Matt Evans, nvenor of the Kg's LGBT work group, who has helped to anise the meetg, says recent work by Stonewall and the ECU, bed wh the 2010 Equaly Act – which to force October – have brought LGBT issu to the fore he says problems rema wh "banal" homophobia, "thgs embedd the old stutns, particularly some that have a relig angle to them, that mak for ristance". And universi be warned: Stonewall has not led out producg a "gay-iendly" universy league table future to be gay-iendlyChecklist of sentials:1.

MORE ‘GAY-IENDLY’ UNIVERSI THAN EVER

Be a member of Stonewall's Diversy Champns programme, a fom for sharg good practice and rearch on sexual orientatnAnd preferably, have a lively lol gay scene. Acrdg to the statistics of the Office for Natnal Statistics, as of 2016, more than a ln people accepted to likely be bi-sexual, gay or lbian.

The Enfys member tak part many events for LGBT History Month, Cardiff Pri and IDAHO (Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia). The Sttish universy has s LGBT+ Network where all s stunts intified as bisexual, lbian, gay or transgenr n participate and jo a number of activi.

�GAY-IENDLY� UNIVERSI HIGHLIGHTED STONEWALL GUI (UK)

Its grand openg took place jt 50 years after England’s first Gay Pri march, which took place jt a few away om where the new mm was built. The Universy of Plymouth has been named as one of the top 10% of stutns the untry for the opportuni and support offers lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) a study nducted by lbian, gay and bisexual equaly chary Stonewall, Plymouth was shown to meet ne of the ten creria sought by the chary to intify whether a universy was jt over a year after the Universy joed the acclaimed Stonewall Diversy Champns Programme, Bra’s good practice employers’ fom on sexual orientatn, and regnis s work to promote lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Jagger-Thomas, Head of Equaly, Diversy and Incln at the Universy of Plymouth, said:“This is absolutely fantastic news and a rgg endorsement of our long-standg mment to create equal opportuni for everyone at the Universy. ”Richard Skipper, Vice Print of Welfare and Deputy Print of the Universy of Plymouth Stunts Unn, add:“It is fantastic to be acknowledged for the hard work that the Stunts’ Unn and Universy have put over the years to support lbian, gay and bisexual stunts.

The rmatn llected by Stonewall has today been published  Gay By Degree 2015, the only onle gui showg how gay-iendly the UK’s 158 universi are, wh Plymouth among jt 16 universi to meet ne of the ten checklist clus whether universi have a policy to tackle homophobic bullyg, whether there are societi and events for gay stunts, and what steps they take to support gay staff.

Stonewall Edutn Policy & Campaigns Officer, Hannah Kibirige said:“There are a rerd number of universy plac available this year and prospective stunts who are lbian, gay or bisexual will want to study where they will be supported and veloped.