New members of staff who identify as LGBTQIA+ are very welcome and the group is steadily growing with both work-based and social meetings.
Our Staff Pride group aims to:
- Provide support and information to staff on LGBTQIA+ matters in the workplace
- Act as an advisory group on LGBTQIA+equality & diversity issues within the university, eg contributing to policy development and implementation
- Increase the visibility of LGBTQIA+ issues in the workplace
- Have a positive and recognisable presence within the university community
- Hold regular Staff Pride Network meetings throughout the academic year
- Organise in-person social events throughout the year to celebrate diversity and cultural inclusion
- Sign-post to other LGBTQIA+ support networks and organisations
- Recognise that personal lived experiences could be different from others and provide safe spaces to talk about these
- Be non-judgemental
- Foster respect, recognition and celebrating achievements of UEA colleagues and fellow Network members
- Supporting staff with networking opportunities and raising concerns with key decision-makers
- Represent UEA at Norwich based LGBTQIA+ themed events, such as Norwich Pride
- Celebrate LGBTQIA+ themed dates and months throughout the year, such as History & Pride Months
If you are interested in finding out more or attending one of our meetings, then please email the Equality and Diversity Office in confidence and we will put you in touch with someone from the group, or you may like to email Staff Pride directly and one of the group will get back to you. If you would like to join our friendly and supportive LGBTQIA+ network, please get in touch via equality@uea.ac.uk, where they will arrange access to the Staff Pride Network communication channels and add you to their mailing list.