As you may be aware of by now, this year we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the National LGBT Federation (NXF). It might also be clear that the objectives of the organisation have changed over time as battles have been won, new battles became possible and different allies came and went.
What you may not be aware of is that the current main objective for NXF, according to our memorandum of association, is “to advance education by the provision of information through the publication of research and through conferences and workshops in order to promote greater understanding of lesbians, gay men, bisexual people and transgender people by society in general and by medical, legal, religious and educational institutions in particular”. This is by no means our only objective, but it is one in which we have had great success – particularly in the past decade. In this piece, we’ll look back at some of these achievements and I’ll invite you to influence where we go next.