Via Pink News
In 1998, six people gathered in a gay bar in London to plan a revolution. They wanted to challenge anti-gay practices in their workplace - and as employees of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, they soon had a plan.Ten years ago, in CA, I was fired for being gay. At the time there were no laws prohibiting firing someone because of his or her sexuality, but I sued my former employers anyway. And won.
. . . While the outright ban on gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans people had been lifted seven years previously, there were still difficulties for staff who had not previously declared their homosexuality and many managers were resistant to change.New recruits were joining an organisation where the files of gay staff where marked with tags and same-sex partners were invisible.
FLAGG - the Foreign Office Lesbian and Gay Group - faced serious challenges when it started a decade ago . . . [but] The group they founded that night in The Yard celebrated its tenth anniversary last night, with a minister heaping praise on their achievements and original members remarking that all their objectives have been met.
It was a nasty fight. I had no idea the battle would, or even could, get so rough. But it was a battle worth fighting. Congratulations to the FLAGG members for keeping up the good fight.
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