Moving with the times: regional gay and lesbian representative for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Yannick Dubois talks about the experience of LGBT people in the Fire and Rescue Service
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Yannick Dubois thinks that the Fire Service needs to stop ignoring (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexuals and Transvestite (LGBT) issues. She heads the Fire Brigades Union's LGBT group which aims to provide support for all members who are faced with problems with their sexuality in the workplace.
Publication Name: Fire
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0142-2510
Year: 2007
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Winning hearts and minds: executive council member for the National Gay and Lesbian Committee at the Fire Brigades Union, Stewart Brown talks of his experiences as a gay man in the service
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Fire fighter Stewart Brown believes that fire services representation in gay pride events is a way to show the LGBT community that being a fire fighter is a career option for gays. He is the first democratically elected Executive Council Member of the Fire Brigades Union.
Publication Name: Fire
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0142-2510
Year: 2007
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Different is the new normal
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Jos Wood believes that gay discrimination is more common in the operational rather than the support side of the practice of firefighting due to the deeply-ingrained organizational culture. She approves of coming out at work in a way that best suits an employee.
Publication Name: Fire
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0142-2510
Year: 2007
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