Bury Council regnised as a top ‘gay-iendly’ employer, Public Sector article

Contents:

• MARK ASHTON: COUNCIL APPROV PORTSH MEMORIAL FOR GAY ACTIVIST
• MARK GAY
• ‘GAY-IENDLY’ EMPLOYER LIST: MAN UNI, CO-OP AND BURY COUNCIL LAND TOP 100 SPOTS
• MARK GAY

MARK ASHTON: COUNCIL APPROV PORTSH MEMORIAL FOR GAY ACTIVIST

Mark Gay. If some people do not believe gay marriage, then that’s fe bee I have my beliefs and they have theirs, and mt accept me as I accept theirs and we mt all live together harmony.

MARK GAY

“I’ve had enough homophobic abe my time but I was absolutely over the moon when Bury Parish Church agreed to host his funeral. Reprentativ of Salford RC Dce, which overse St Marie and St Joseph’s, have nied his claims and say they have held funerals for gay members of the public before.

‘GAY-IENDLY’ EMPLOYER LIST: MAN UNI, CO-OP AND BURY COUNCIL LAND TOP 100 SPOTS

Bury Council regnised as a top ‘gay-iendly’ employer. Bury Council has aga been named one of Bra’s top ‘gay-iendly’ employers by profsnal lobbyg group Stonewall. 7 ln lbian, gay and bisexual employe.

Furthermore, the group has been named North Wt Employee Group of the Year for all s efforts tacklg homophobia and promotg equaly for all lbian, gay and bisexual people. Image source, Ju CopelandImage ptn, Mark Ashton, pictured wh iend and former Swansea East MP Sian Jam, died 1987Cseway Coast and Glens Borough Council will nsult the fay and iends of gay rights mpaigner Mark Ashton about how to remember him his hometown of Portsh. Councillors have given their approval for the erectn of a memorial or a blue plaque the County Antrim Ashton grew up Portsh before movg to London was a leadg figure the Lbians and Gays Support the Mers (LGSM) group durg the 1984 mers' Ashton helped form the group which raised money to provi food and support for strikg mers and their fai.

MARK GAY

"When he left here, 1978, was still illegal to be gay Northern Ireland.