NUJ supports calls for BBC to meet with Jack Murley
The NUJ is supporting calls for the BBC to meet with former BBC Radio Cornwall presenter Jack Murley following the corporation’s apology for homophobic abuse he faced while working for the corporation between 2019 and 2023.
TUC LGBT+ Workers Conference 2024
Closures of and cuts at the LGBT+ press and websites are depriving the community of familiar spaces for advice, belonging and advocacy.
TUC LGBT+ conference 2023
Guidelines being drawn up by the NUJ’s Ethics Council will be supported by the TUC LGBT committee and other unions, following a debate at the TUC LGBT+ conference.
Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia still alive in UK workplaces, says TUC report
LGBT+ workers are lowering their expectations of working life to cope with discrimination and harassment, according to a report based on interviews with a diverse range of LGBT+ people and union reps.
One in three LGBT+ members have been bullied or discriminated at work
Almost one-third (29 per cent) of the NUJ members surveyed during February’s LGBT+ History month and in the run up to the TUC’s LGBT+ conference said they had experienced bullying, harassment, ill-treatment or discrimination at work as a result of their sexuality or gender identity.
NUJ statement on the online abuse of Ben Hunte
"No journalist simply doing their job should be subjected to such harassment and hate-filled comments," said Michelle Stanistreet.
