I always thought I was quite well-informed and aware of workplace discrimination, especially being a female surgeon in a male dominated field. However, I recently learnt that I clearly had no idea how bad things really were!

I was invited onto the review panel, reporting on the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s diversity within professional leadership, and it was the most eye opening and humbling experience of my life so far. I got to hear first-hand accounts from people who had witnessed or been subjected to life-long, or career-long, discrimination.

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  Every year, throughout June, there are gay pride festivals and events across the world. These celebrations mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which began outside the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, in New York City in late June 1969. The weekend of rioting is acknowledged as the birthplace of the modern gay liberation movement. … Continued