Tuesday evening saw the Annual General Meeting of LGBT Bristol, an organization of which I am a trustee. As is depressingly usual these days, traffic in the city was gridlocked in the early evening and Berkeley, who is the Chair, was unable to get there. So I found myself appointed Chair of Vice (or something like that) for the evening. Thankfully I have been very well trained by Kevin and chairing meetings holds no terrors for me.

One of the things I had to do was sign a Pledge on behalf of the organization. This is part of the Bristol Zero Tolerance campaign which seeks to eliminate gender-based violence in the city. You can find the text of the Pledge here.

The photo above was taken by Charlotte Gage of Bristol Women’s Voice who also runs the Zero Tolerance campaign. From left to right we have Ruth, David, me, Geetha and Sarah at the front; and Lexi and Lesley at the back.

It was a great honor to be asked to sign the pledge on behalf of the organization, and I’m delighted to have LGBT Bristol supporting such an important initiative.

By the way, Charlotte will be on my radio show next week. This news report should give you some context. I’m hoping that someone from Sisters Uncut will be joining us and the City Council has been invited to send someone along.