Out in parliament, Pride in Leadership with Baroness Barker

Baroness Barker is a powerful advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in the House of Lords, she joins us for a conversation about her career, the challenges she faced coming out, coming out more widely during a speech on the Same Sex Marriage Bill, the campaign against gender and LGBT equality and the need for LGBTQ+ people to come together globally to fight it, and her involvement in the all party parliamentary group on HIV/AIDS and sexual health.

Join LGBTQ+ business leaders across all sectors for what promises to be a fascinating conversation, food, drink and networking with other LGBTQ+ leaders and aspiring leaders, sponsored by Shoosmiths at their fabulous office in the City.

This is a free event. We ask you to cancel your tickets if you can no longer attend to avoid waste and to enable someone else to come.

Biography

Liz Barker is a Liberal Democrat peer and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Liz’s areas of interest include health and social care, equalities, charities and the wider voluntary sector.

Following a distinguished career in voluntary sector, she runs a consultancy ThirdSectorBusiness which brings together corporate and voluntary organisations to set new standards in governance, management and strategic growth. She co-founded Opening Doors, is on the board GiveOut.org , and is patron of akt.

Liz is co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and one of the co-chairs of the APPG on HIV and AIDS which recently threw a party for Sir Elton.

Kindly sponsored by Shoosmiths

Running order

• 5.30pm | Registration, with welcome drink and networking
• 6.00pm | Introduction from Pride in Leadership.
• 6.10pm | Conversation with Baroness Barker
• 7.10pm | Networking with food and drink
• 8.15pm | Event closes

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