Be You Gym — YSJActive — York St John University
Week commencing 4th June YSJActive are launching Be You Gym. Be You Gym aims to create opportunities for members of the LGBTQ+ community to exercise in a welcoming environment. There are two Be You...
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York St John is a Top 25 Stonewall Employer!
We are 24th on Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers this year – and in the Top 5 universities! Happy and proud is an understatement of the roller-coaster of emotions going through the LGBT+ community at...
“Equally Blessed” LGBT & Faith Panel
Aviva Pride would like to invite you to join them at their Wellington row office in York for an event in celebration of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHoBiT). Equally Blessed, Faith and...
International Transgender Day of Visibility
The 31st March is the International Transgender Day of Visibility – a day for recognising the accomplishments and contribution of trans people and for fighting against transphobia. It is a day of empowerment! This...
LGBT Historical Exhibition
York LGBT Forum are working with York LGBT History Month, York Pride and the York Castle Museum to create a LGBT+ historical exhibition. They need stories, pictures and objects to include in the...
Staff vs Students Football Match in support of Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign
Staff vs Students Football Match, Tuesday 2 May, kick off at 18:00 at Haxby Road. This year the annual Staff v Student football match will be played wearing rainbow laces in support of the...
Leeds Mind Peer Support are launching: Prism
Peer Support Group Works Peer-led learning A new project developing mental health peer support group work for people who identify as LGBT+. Leeds Mind has received a Leeds Fund: Strategic Grant, in...
Stonewall Top 100 Inclusive Employers Celebration at the Law Society in London – An Alternative View
It was a memorable experience, from entering the building – a grand Grade II listed rather majestic setting, the high ceilings, lavish furniture, beautiful chandeliers, imposing staircase….. with portraits of men, only men all...
York LGBT History Month Launch – Vice Chancellor’s Speech
Professor Karen Stanton, Vice Chancellor, York St John University Friday 3 February 2017, York St John University York St John’s support of LGBT rights is not just limited to the month of February, of...
Update: Stonewall Top 100, Staff Network, York LGBT History Month and Trans Inclusivity
Stonewall Top 100 Employer For the third year running, York St John University has secured its place as one of the UK’s most inclusive workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual staff according to LGBT...
Jo Thompson, Head of Human Resources, reflects on being in the Stonewall Top 100 employers
On our return journey from the Stonewall Top 100 employers awards night, I sat reflecting back on an amazing evening. I was struck by the glamour and excitement of the evening (it was being...
