This session is your chance to submit question to leaders in healthcare and on LGBT+ issues on the health inequalities faced by the LGBT+ community and the work that is being done to address them.

Bringing together members of national, regional, and local government as well as leaders of civil society, the questions and topics covered in this session will be key in shaping the recommendations of the Commission, and is your chance to impact a report that will be considered by the Government Equalities Office.

To join the session via live broadcast please book a webinar ticket and submit your questions to our panel in advance.

Panellists include:

• Emma Best (London Wide Assembly Member) (Chair)
• Dr Michael Brady (National Advisor for LGBT Health at NHS England)
• Dr James Barrett (Director at the Gender Identity Clinic)
• Arfan Hanif (CEO, Touchstone)
• Professor Jim McManus (President of the Association of Directors of Public Health)
• Ruth Hutt (Director of Public Health, Lambeth Council)
• Deborah Gold (Chief Executive, National AIDS Trust)
• Whitney and Megan Bacon-Evans (LGBT+ Fertility Equality Activists)

About the Commission:

Providing a solutions-based approach to the issues facing the LGBT+ community, the LGBT+ Commission will publish an assessment of the State of the Nation for LGBT+ people across the UK in 2022. With an innovative research design, the commission will see representatives of local and regional government as well as civil society groups submit scalable examples of best practice for supporting the LGBT+ community. The report will be submitted to Ministers and the Government Equalities Office with case studies, workable policy recommendations, and an implementation plan to make change happen. In collaboration with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights, leaders in civil society, business, and local/regional government, the Commission will bring together data, insights, and understanding on key issues, including:

1. Healthcare, mental health, fertility, and sexual health

2. Homelessness and housing

3. Hate crime and domestic violence

4. Employment and employability