by Lawsome | Feb 20, 2026 | Opinions
How difficult can it be not to break the law? This question at Wednesday’s We Mean Business event at the Scottish Parliament summed up the frustration of LGB employees who are ignored and sometimes silenced by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. As...
by Lawsome | Jan 26, 2026 | Opinions, Updates
By Simon White, LGB Business Forum Debra Allcock Tyler writes that charities are not being sufficiently “innovative’” in finding solutions to trans inclusion, and she feels they are evading responsibility. In truth, a clear and universal solution has always been...
by Lawsome | Jun 13, 2025 | Opinions
By Jo Bartosch Let’s be honest—if you’re gay, lesbian or bisexual, you could do a lot worse than Britain. Sure, we’ve got our problems, but we also have legal protections most of the world can only dream of. We can marry, adopt, and enjoy an equal age of consent. If...
by Lawsome | May 16, 2025 | Opinions
By Jo Bartosch Thanks to last month’s Supreme Court ruling, sex is now back on the workplace agenda. No longer a dirty word, it has reclaimed its legal meaning. Unsurprisingly, this has upended the business models of self-identified inclusion gurus. The consultants...
by Lawsome | Mar 3, 2025 | Opinions
By Jo Bartosch Inclusion policies are fast burning a hole in corporate pockets. The blaze was ignited five years ago when lesbian barrister Allison Bailey took her own chambers, Garden Court Chambers (GCC), to an employment tribunal for punishing her over the...
by Lawsome | Jan 20, 2025 | Opinions
By Jan Baxter Until 2013, I’d been a regular attendee at PCS Union conference, not least because I was Secretary of the union’s LGBT group, Proud, for about six years, and represented PCS on the TUC LGBT committee. I’ve also been a Branch Secretary and Regional...
