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The Fire Brigades Union was a member of the [[LGBT Consortium]] in 2012.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120826095525/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/fire_brigades_union</ref>
 
The Fire Brigades Union was a member of the [[LGBT Consortium]] in 2012.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120826095525/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/fire_brigades_union</ref>
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Lucy Masoud, a lesbian, was a senior London Fire Brigade Officer and Union member when she appeared on BBC Radio 4 and questioned self identifying trans women using female toilets. As a result [[Stonewall]] contacted the London Fire Brigade and arranged a meeting in order to try and get the Fire Brigade to take action against her <ref> Masoud resigned before the meeting took place and is now a barrister. She spoke about her experiences in the film Adult Human Female (2022) </ref>.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:27, 7 June 2023

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The Fire Brigades Union LGBT Committee represents LGBT firefighters.[1]

The Fire Brigades Union was a member of the LGBT Consortium in 2012.[2] Lucy Masoud, a lesbian, was a senior London Fire Brigade Officer and Union member when she appeared on BBC Radio 4 and questioned self identifying trans women using female toilets. As a result Stonewall contacted the London Fire Brigade and arranged a meeting in order to try and get the Fire Brigade to take action against her [3].

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.fbulgbt.org.uk/index.php. Accessed: 2015-10-13. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cFRVW7ik)
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120826095525/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/fire_brigades_union
  3. ↑ Masoud resigned before the meeting took place and is now a barrister. She spoke about her experiences in the film Adult Human Female (2022)
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