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Charity urges online lockdown events to improve deaf accessibility

Charity urges online lockdown events to improve deaf accessibility

UK charity Stagetext, which provides captioning and live subtitling in theatres and cultural venues for those who are deaf of hard of hearing, has urged those providing virtual lockdown events to ensure they are accessible for the 12 million with hearing loss.

Have your say: ‘LGBT inclusion in the fire service’

Have your say: ‘LGBT inclusion in the fire service’

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has launched an online consultation for a new document on ‘Equality of Access for Services and Employment for the LGBT Communities’, which is open to feedback from fire service workers.

Save the arts: a performance piece by Cameron MacDonald

Save the arts: a performance piece by Cameron MacDonald

Cameron MacDonald, a choreographer and performer represented by The Wright Agency, has created a performance video with other professional dancers in a bid to encourage the preservation of the UK arts industry.

Update: Canada advances ban on conversion therapy

Update: Canada advances ban on conversion therapy

An overwhelming majority in the Canadian House of Commons has voted to give approval in principle to a bill outlawing LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in the nation.

Happy Maki manager accused of transphobia and biphobia

Happy Maki manager accused of transphobia and biphobia

The manager of Brighton sushi bar Happy Maki has been accused of transphobia and biphobia by ex-staff members who were given an ultimatum to leave their job or not mention LGBTQ+ rights again on the job at risk of being sacked.

Tampax’s trans inclusive tweet sparks rows

Tampax’s trans inclusive tweet sparks rows

Tampon producers Tampax have sparked online rows after tweeting ‘not all people with periods are women’ in a move to make the brand inclusive of trans and gender non-conforming people who menstruate.

Have your say: the future of Sussex’s hospitals

Have your say: the future of Sussex’s hospitals

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHT) and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) are planning to merge in spring next year and are asking for the public to give their opinions on the move by completing a short survey that can be found online.

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