Motion
- Motion title
- Support for those defending LGBT+ rights
- Session
- 2024-2025
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 26 May 2025
- Status
- Carried
- Motion
- 46
- Motion text
Congress notes with concern
1. Populist right attacks on LGBT+ rights
2. the impact of the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid, particularly the
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which directly funds
essential HIV treatment and prevention for millions globally.
3. attempts to create divisions between LGB and T(rans)Q(ueer)+ both in the
UK and internationally
4. attacks on people who have stood forward for LGBT+ rights including UCU
members.
Congress calls for the following in solidarity with LGBT+ people in the UK and
internationally
a. Events focused on international efforts to advocate for LGBT+ rights
including in areas of difficulty and where there are models of good practice
b. Q to be added to LGBT+ in UCU practice so that it makes clear UCU
commitment to the entire LGBTQ+ work
c. CPD series for those leading LGBTQ+ advocacy and liberation with facility for
an in-person element
- Proposing body
- LGBT+ members' standing committee
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Equality committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2025/C/05-26/041/46