Are you confident talking about gender identity, sexual orientation and pronouns?
Or do you find the subject confusing? Do you want to say the right thing, but you're worried you'll get it wrong and cause offence?
For many people in Leeds, it is the latter.
That is why today Leeds City Council ran the first of a series of sessions to help diverse communities understand each other better, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. And for clarity, LGBTQ+ is an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual orientations and gender identities. The plus sign at the end of the acronym represents additional identity terms.
The session looked at common misconceptions, and provided attendees with an opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the subject in a warm, friendly and supportive environment.
The event was held in Seacroft, and run in partnership with Seacroft's LS14 Trust and Chapel FM. It was attended by over 35 people from the local community who wanted to improve their understanding of a subject that is subject to heated debate and sometimes toxic misunderstandings.
The event has been made possible thanks to funding from the Council of Europe's Inter-Cultural Cities (ICC) programme. ICC is supporting a project Leeds City Council is running in partnership with London Borough of Camden to run a series of community sessions to tackle misinformation and disinformation and improve understanding between different communities.
Leeds and Camden will be running a series of similar sessions on different topics in the near future.
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