audio by title 'sogiag plenary'

The Department of Health’s Equalities and Human Rights group organises an annual conference for stakeholders interested in the work of its Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advisory Group (SOGIAG). Over the course of a full day’s proceedings each of the various work stream chairs normally present details of what their team has been working on during the year. Senior civil servants also discuss their work and inclusion aims too.

The closing plenary session was an opportunity for people from the floor to put questions to the day’s speakers and Barry Mussenden from the Department of Health, who led the session. A number of important points were raised by delegates such as Sue Sanders (Schools Out!) and Jan Bridget (GALYIC), eliciting some firm commitments from the Department and the Chairs to follow up.