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17 Aug

Blossom Receives Generous Grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to Empower LGBTQ+ Youth in the Workplace

Blossom Receives Generous Grant from the National Lottery Community Fund Reading Time: 5 MinsCategory: NewsAuthor: Oscar Hoyle Blossom LGBT CIC Is excited to announce that we will be receiving a generous grant from the National Lottery Community Fund. The funds will be used to empower LGBTQ+ young adults to succeed in Work and Education. Blossom […]

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5 May

A Quaint, Chronically Online Cottage where Sapphics Reside

Cottagecore is an aesthetic which centres around earthly sapphic women residing together in a romantic rural cottage setting; reaping the benefits of a self-sufficient agricultural life; out of the grasp of patriarchal capitalism.

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30 Mar

Why You Should be a Punk Lesbian

Why You Should be a Punk Lesbian Reading Time: 5 – 10 Mins Category: Blog Author: Sarah CurtisOkay, maybe being a punk lesbian isn’t an identity which is achievable or desirable to everyone. However, I do offer that lesbian and queer punk people are a subsection of society that have produced the objectively coolest: icons, […]

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21 Mar

Shared Experiences: Queer Joy

SHARED EXPERIENCES: QUEER JOY Reading Time: 5-10 Mins Category: Blog Author: Rachel Salmon (She/They)I am writing this in March 2023, two weeks after LGBTQ+ history month ended in the UK, many corporations and large organisations removed their rainbow logos, pledges and social media posts (if they bothered in the first place) and normal life resumed. […]

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15 Mar

Shared Experiences: Being a Corporate Queer

Shared Experiences: Being a Corporate Queer Reading Time: 5-10 Mins Category: Blog | Workplace Author: Sarah Curtis Being the only queer in the office can be a daunting prospect. You are forced to navigate suit and tie, “kind regards”, office conduct as a queer freak, with probably weird hair and potentially, a secret to keep. […]

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13 Mar

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Today marks the start of Neurodiversity celebration week and as a neurodiverse person myself, I figured it’s time for a new blog post!

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6 Mar

A War on Drag?

Are we really seeing a war on drag or are we seeing a recyled attach on LGBTQ+ people using the same narratives we've heard before?

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20 Feb

Training to support each other! Our fantastic allyship course!

There’s a tonne of things you can do to create LGBTQ+ inclusive cultures but if the people within your organisation aren’t moving in the same direction then it’s unlikely that you’ll be getting anywhere fast.

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15 Feb

Our supportive, inspiring, and powerful Workplace Change Makers Training

our Changemakers programme Reading Time: 5 Mins Category: Training Author: Oscar Hoyle We developed this training because our members tell us that most workplace have significant room to grow to create sustainable and inclusive cultures. There is a huge pool of LGBTQ+ people who are ravenous for positive change and are ready to create a […]

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15 Feb

Our awesome training on delivering powerful LGBTQ+ inclusive services.

ABOUT OUR INCLUSIVE SERVICES TRAINING. Reading Time: 5 Mins Category: Training Author: Oscar Hoyle Some background Did you know that according to the most recent Government Census data people aged 18 to 25 years old are twice as likely to identify as LGBTQ? This means that even if you haven’t historically provided services to openly […]

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