What’s On — LGBT+ & sports and other news
Another month, another update! Here’s what we’ve been doing these last weeks at the Centre:
#ShineBrightInColours campaign for March: LGBT+ people and Sports
This month we are using the red colour of the rainbow flag, which represents Life, to talk about LGBT+ people and sports. With interviews, posters and resources, we are trying to raise awareness around what can be a quite challenging field for LGBT+ people. Have a look on social media to see what we’ve poster already!
We also invite you to play a game…Click here for more information!
‘Free to Fly’, a new LGBT+ group for Asylum seekers and refugees
Free to Fly is the new group for LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers. The group is on every Thursday from 1.30pm to 4.00pm at the Leicester LGBT Centre. We would love to see you there!
Trans Inclusion Toolkit for schools
Thanks to the partnership developed between Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council and the Young Transgender Centre of Excellence (YTCE), a project run by the Leicester LGBT Centre, a new toolkit for trans inclusion is now available for schools across our region.
A national document, developed by over 10 organisations and local authorities, this toolkit provides guidance on how to support trans children, including information about toilets, referral pathways and bullying, amongst many others.
The young people of the YTCE have been integral in the creation of this toolkit. As one of them states:
‘This toolkit is really diverse and can be used to educate both staff and students alike’.
Lisa Vine, Project Lead of the YTCE said: ‘It has been absolutely fantastic to work at a national level to produce something that will change the lives of so many trans young people and any young person who needs support around their gender identity.
I am so proud that our young people from the YTCE played such a vital role in the creation of such an important piece of work. It is fantastic that they’ve been able to express themselves and have their voices heard’
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