McNulty, Ann

Monro, Surya

Richardson, Diane

Tatah, Sue

English

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University of Huddersfield RepositoryRichardson, Diane, Monro, Surya, McNulty, Ann and Tatah, SueSexuality, equality and local governanceOriginal CitationRichardson, Diane, Monro, Surya, McNulty, Ann and Tatah, Sue (2009) Sexuality, equality and local governance. In: Every LGBT Youth Matters Conference, 24th April 2009, London, UK. (Unpublished)This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/7949/The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of theUniversity, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the itemson this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners.Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generallycan be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in anyformat or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profitpurposes without prior permission or charge, provided:• The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy;• A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and• The content is not changed in any way.For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, pleasecontact the Repository Team at: E.mailbox@hud.ac.uk.http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/Sexuality, equality and local governanceDiane Richardson, Principal Investigator Surya Monro, Co-ApplicantAnn McNulty, Research AssociateSue Tatah, Administrator2Exploring:• resistance to sexualities equalities work• process of cultural change• ideas about sexuality, citizenship and local democracy• tensions between and within equality strands3ProgressDrivers:• legislative/policy changes• community and voluntary sector activism• leadership in statutory sector agencies• partnership work4Process of cultural change• Newcastle Wellbeing and Mental Health Action Plan -reference to the needs of LGBT young people• Launch of Community Cohesion and Equality Scheme for schools - focus on sexual identity• RESPONSE anti-bullying team- proactive work around homophobia• Fairer Futures – MESMAC North East anti-homophobic bullying toolkit5Key messageThese services are for you• planned with you• developing in response to your feedback

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