Francis Coultas, Proud Disability Representative There is a meme where a user, ‘@ElyKreimandahl’ says: “we don’t talk enough about how stressful Halloween costumes are for the ADHD community”. In response, @cicington responds: “Omg you people can’t do anything.” I often think about this joke. Many people find it
The next PCS Proud Members Meeting will take place on Tuesday 30 June 2026 via Zoom. The meetings are held on every last Tuesday of the month, and are an important opportunity for Proud members to meet with the PCS Proud National Committee. From this month, we will begin to
Members of PCS can help the LGBT+ community directly today by contacting their MP to ask them to support the Early Day Motion tabled by a cross-bench coalition of MPs, designed to oppose the implementation of the the EHRC's latest Code of Practice before it becomes law.
The 2026 PCS Annual Delegate Conference took place in Brighton between 19 - 21 May. This article focuses primarily on Proud members' work in writing and moving motions which are important to our community, though throughout the week we provided support and advice to members. Read our report from last
PCS Proud National Committee (PNC) wholeheartedly condemns the draft EHRC code of practice on the EA2010 and calls for its immediate withdrawal. We also call on the cabinet office to withdraw its subsequent guidance to Government Departments. We believe the code is unworkable in practice. It undermines the basic human
Delegates to the 2026 Annual Delegate Conference have today voted to carry motion A348, written by the PCS Proud National Committee. This is an important motion as it instructs the incoming National Executive Committee to reestablish the union's Trans Awareness training, which ran three times since the 16
No LGBT without the T. Reject Trans+ exclusion in PCS. On the day that Group Delegate Conferences start for most of our union, PCS Proud is concerned to hear reports of our outgoing National President referring to the “LGB Community” in meetings. In line with conference policy and PCS Supplementary
Dear PCS Members, IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, is an important one in the LGBT+ community’s calendar. It is about calling for an end to LGBT+ phobia in all its forms, be that in our workplaces, our society, or even in our own trade union.
The National Executive Committee are proposing a motion (A85) to Annual Delegate Conference, without seeking Proud’s views. Whilst the NEC are perfectly entitled to propose motions for debate without seeking views of Proud, it is disappointing that it did not seek the views of its advisory body on LGBT+
Em Long, PCS Proud member. This post originally appeared on the PCS website and is republished here with permission of the author. For Lesbian Visibility Day on 26 April, Em writes about their relationship with their sexuality and how lesbian role models can make the future brighter for queer youth.
Please note, this report was intended to be released in December as part of our Proud Digest. We have been informed that the Digest will not be published through PCS centrally. The Proud National Committee would like to thank all members who participated in our elections and Annual General Meeting
Still in the same house, just in a different room. Michelle Cameron, Proud Membership & Admin Officer For International Asexuality Day, Michelle writes about what it means to identify as asexual, explaining some commonly held misconceptions. Asexuality isn’t the absence of love or romance, it’s just another sexual