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International Transgender Day of Visibility takes place annually on 31 March each year and celebrates transgender and gender non-conforming people, their contributions to society and raises awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. 

51Âþ»­ is proud to support trans and gender non-confirming staff and students and in addition to being a Stonewall top 100 employer, is also a signatory to the ‘Trans Rights are Human Rights’ campaign led by , Britain’s leading charity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality. 

To highlight trans issues, we recently held a number of events for #51Âþ»­pride and the Cultural Exchanges festival, which included:

• Personal stories and the contribution of academic research around ; athletes on the panel shared their journeys, the challenges they have faced and how they feel sport could become more inclusive towards the transgender community. 
• A conversation with Jamie Windhurst, author and contributing editor at Gay Times, who discussed creative industries and their inclusivity and accessibility for trans and gender non-binary people.

Bethan Rogoyski, Chair of the 51Âþ»­ LGBTQ+ and Allies Network Group said: “We are proud to be raising awareness on Transgender Day of Visibility, and continue to appreciate the authenticity and diversity of our staff and students at 51Âþ»­. As part of this, we will be commencing the review of the Trans Policy in April, and welcome the variety of opinions that will improve inclusivity across the LGBTQ+ community.” 

We will be commencing the review of the ‘’ at the LGBTQ+ Staff Network meeting on 15 April, please contact equality@dmu.ac.uk to register.  Following this, we will develop a working group through which we will also consult with students – please e-mail equality@dmu.ac.uk if you would like to be contacted once these dates are arranged.