Brighton & Hove City Council has once again been named the most lesbian, gay and bisexual-friendly local authority in the country by lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) pressure group Stonewall.
The council’s cabinet member for communities, equalities and public protection, Councillor Ben Duncan, said: “We’re delighted that the excellent work we do around LGBT issues has been recognised in this way.
“We have spent years innovating new policies in this area, and this underlines our position nationally as a best practice authority on equalities issues.”
Councillor Phelim Mac Cafferty, National Spokesperson of LGBTGreens added:
“Brighton and Hove City Council is one of the top employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people according to Stonewall and the top council in the country and the Green councillors are thrilled as this is a fantastic achievement.
“The Green administration continues to walk the walk on lesbian, gay and bisexual equality supporting the city’s new LGBT community safety forum and helping to provide emergency funding for the invaluable and much-loved LGBT Switchboard.
“While Stonewall don’t include work regarding trans employees, the Green council is determined to work as hard as we can to ensure our services are fair and accessible to the trans community and very recently met with representatives from the trans community to work together to achieve this.
“Stonewall used employee engagement, training, monitoring, supplier engagement, LGB community engagement and the quantity of senior LGB employees to come to their findings. One of the Green administration’s top priorities for the city is creating a more equal Brighton and Hove and central to that commitment is our work with the LGBT community and campaigning for LGBT equality.”
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