IDAHOBIT: Becoming and Being Gay Parents
Channel: Staff Pride Network
Date: 2022-08-30

On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, join us to learn about the experience of becoming and being gay parents. 

About this event 

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics.
This year's theme, “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”  reminds us that many of us across the world live LGBTQI-phobias in their very flesh every day. Our bodies are our lives. And we have a right to live free and in dignity! So this IDAHOBIT, join us to learn about the experience of becoming and being gay parents.
Nicola and Heather are talking about their experience of becoming and being gay parents, and some of the challenges, microaggressions, and discrimination they've sometimes faced, as well as some of the unexpectedly awesome parts of being part of a less traditional rainbow family.
Nicola Osborne is Programme Manager for Creative Informatics and (from June) Manager for the Institute of Design Informatics.
Her partner, Heather McCluskey is Practice and Partnerships Lead for the Centre for Homelessness Impact.

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