LGBT+ Equalities Committee | Rose Collis

Since her election to Equity’s LGBT+ Equalities Committee in June 2017, Rose Collis has been working tirelessly to help progress its two-year plan of aims and objectives (see event details below).

This has included being an official delegate at both the union’s Annual Representative Conference in May, proposing and speaking to the Committee’s motion and attending several important fringe events, and representing the Union at the TUC LGBT+ Annual Conference.

Below is the text of the Committee’s TUC motion – which was supported by many union comrades – and Rose’s speech, which was rewarded with rapt attention, followed by great applause by the conference:

THE MOTION:
The plight of LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, some of whom are or may be performers, creative workers and other professionals,  exposes them to degrading treatment from the Home Office and/or Department for Work and Pensions, including having to undergo…

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