Maritime UK has recently founded an LGBT+ Network, seeking to connect individuals and companies across different sectors of maritime, with LGBT+ people both at sea and ashore, in order to develop the industry and recognise its diverse workforce.
The network seeks to serve as a safe, open community for discussion between allies and members of the LGBT+ community.
The inaugural meeting of the network will be held virtually on Monday, 29 June.
The network won’t be re-inventing the wheel but joining the dots to bring the maritime sector together collaboratively,
…Maritime UK said.
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June is Pride month; a month of observing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of gay rights and related civil rights movements.
In 2020, for the first time, this month-long celebration will bring together the UK with countries from around the blog.
We hope that LGBT+ people working in all areas of the maritime sector can come together to network and form a community of seafaring and shoreside maritime professionals – for our benefit and for the benefit of the industry. We welcome allies [those people who do not identify as LGBT+ but who can support this important area of diversity and inclusion] to join the Network too,
…noted Chair of the LGBT+ in Maritime Network, Danny McGowan.
Currently, in at least 76 countries globally, same-sex relations between consenting adults remains illegal, according to HRAS.
Penalties range from corporal punishment, to jail terms, life imprisonment and the death penalty.
