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The LGB Alliance Business Forum is on the look-out for members to join its advisory panel   Formed at the start of 2025, the Business Forum is a group of senior executives from a range of sectors who are concerned that the voices and rights of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals are being diminished in the workplace. In an era where difficult conversations are deemed ‘unsafe’ and the mantra of ‘no debate’ has meant many LGB staff feel unable to express their views, we’re opening up the floor...

Read LGB Alliance Business Forum co-Chair, Dan James Smith, in Personnel Today on the dangers for businesses when they allow activists to impose ideology on workplace diversity policies. It’s time for some measured, grown up conversations about rights and where they might clash. There’s no future in ‘no debate’.  

We’re delighted that our launch has been featured in The Telegraph, Personnel Today and Workplace Journal. It is vital that conservations about fairness, the impact of ideologically-driven DEI programmes and misrepresentations of the law are had, and we look forward to working on the much-needed reset to help support businesses, leaders and staff.  

Find out what lesbian, gay and bisexual leaders really think about fairness at work. Hear their insights into what’s working well (and what isn’t) in a rapidly changing landscape. Watch our launch webinar here:To find out about upcoming webinars visit our events page.

It was barely 20 years ago that UK law changed to make it illegal to discriminate against employees for their sexual orientation, yet many LGB people feel like we’re moving back to the bad old days of homophobic workplace discrimination. Since LGB Alliance was founded in 2019, many of our supporters have told us they feel intimidated and threatened for speaking out on issues that directly affect them. In a significant number of workplaces, it’s become taboo even to state basic, uncontroversial...