"I Won't Pretend"

Following a recent survey of members, Equity’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Committee (LGBT) felt that LGBT professionals needed to feel more supported in the industry and is now launching a campaign featuring a number of performers who believe their working lives have benefited from coming out. You can read more about it here

Campaign posters will be distributed to green rooms in theatre, TV and film and can be downloaded here.

As part of the campaign, the LGBT Committee is creating an online archive to document the experiences of LGBT Equity members who are ‘Out’ in their professional lives, in that they are open about their sexual orientation and/or transgender identity within a professional context.

The LGBT Committee is calling on LGBT Equity members to submit personal testimonials to the archive about their experiences of being ‘Out’ LGBT performers or creative practitioners working in the entertainment industry. 

Equity’s archive of testimonials will enable LGBT Equity members to share their experiences of being ‘Out’ in their professional lives with other Equity members.  Importantly, it will also constitute a valuable resource for those LGBT Equity members who are not ‘Out’ in their professional lives but may be considering the pro’s and con’s of coming ‘Out’.  If enough members submit testimonials, Equity will be able to document an important social history and build up a good picture of how it is to be an‘Out’ LGBT professional working in the entertainment industry.

Please support our campaign by adding your testimonial to the archive. Short comments can be added to the comment thread below but longer testimonials should be emailed to Equity’s Equality Organiser, Max Beckmann – mbeckmann@equity.org.uk

Testimonials will be published on the Equity website and will be used to support Equity’s campaign for the rights and dignity of LGBT members at work.

For more information visit the LGBT's committee page.

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