LGBT Staff Network Celebrates National Coming Out Day 2018

October 23, 2018

Happy National Coming Out Day

The LGBT Staff Network is highlighting the importance of the National Coming Out Day it is celebrated on October 11th on a yearly basis. It grows and becomes more well known every single year. National coming out day is a time for those in the LGBT community to finally be open about who they are to their friends, family and the world!

There is no right or wrong time to come out, just your time, do it when it’s right for you, not for when other people want you to, because it’s your journey, your life, live it for you! not for somebody else.

We are very #PROUD of an organisation that has a dedicated inclusion pledge for its staff and patients around LGBT Inclusion, the pledge states :-

Creating a culture where it is safe to be ‘out’ at SWBH as a staff member or a patient

•Raise awareness and support Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT) network
•Attend Birmingham Pride for recruitment and awareness raising
•Join Stonewall and take part in regional conferences and workshops
•Train staff in supporting LGBT patients sensitively and appropriately
•Create a ‘Safe Space’ for LGBT colleagues
•Work with Birmingham LGBT and other external partners to ensure best practice is being implemented
•Work with Staff-side, to support LGBT staff at work
•Celebrate LGBT History Month with events and support in February 2018
•Implement ‘Allies’ programme for non LGBT staff communicated and visible
•Increase sexual orientation declaration to at least 20 per cent in two years
•Independent review and audit by Stonewall UK of Trust, ready to enter ‘Top 100’ in 2019

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