CommunityCare.co.uk – Anabel Unity Sale
How was your weekend?” An ordinary Monday morning question and one most social care professionals would have no problem answering. Telling your colleagues you went to the cinema with your husband or wife is no big deal. But, if your colleagues do not know you are lesbian, gay or ?bisexual, it may be more of a struggle to find an answer that does not reveal your sexual orientation.
Social care is built on anti-discriminatory practice. Its core values are to treat people equally and empower socially excluded groups. It is easy to believe, therefore, that it embraces all differences, including sexuality.
But a recent report commissioned by the Department of Health from lesbian, gay and bisexual equality campaigning charity Stonewall found “stark evidence that discrimination is taking place in the health and social care sector” in relation to lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.