How do you know you are safe with Leicester Hospital’s Maternity Services?
- We are planning to train staff in LGBTQ+ healthcare needs
- We are writing staff guidelines to help support personalised care for our trans and non-binary community
- We are changing our signs and posters to make them inclusive
- We are adding new sections to your handheld notes so that we can talk about your needs
- We will be asking you what your pronouns are, and you may see staff members wearing badges that tell you theirs
- We are part of the Rainbow Badge scheme. This is a scheme that gives staff a way to show that Leicester Hospitals give open, non-judgemental and inclusive care for people and their families, who identify as LGBTQ+
Useful resources
Books:
- Where is the mother? Trevor MacDonald
- Supporting Queer Birth AJ Silver
- The Natural Mother of the Child Krys Malcolm Belc
- Small: on motherhoods Claire Lynch
- Pregnant and Butch AK Summers
- Queer Conception Kristin L. Kali
- Swelling with Pride: Queer Conception and Adoption Stories Sara Graefe
Podcasts:
Social media:
- Nathantransmidwife – YouTube
- Kayden x Coleman – TikTok
- Fox Fisher – YouTube
- Ash_Bainbridge – Instagram
Articles / Studies:
- Birth Beyond the Binary- AIMS
- He’s Not the Mother- AIMS
- ITEMS survey- LGBT Foundation
- LGBT+ in Britain- Stonewall
Films / TV:
Emergency signposting:
- LGBTQ+ Staff Network – we can support, signpost, and help you.
Chair emails: jennie.morris@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Their hours vary.
Contact via phone (10:00-22:00), 0800 0119 100
Email: hello@switchboard.lgbt
Text chat on the website (from 17:30)
Telephone support during the day and weekends 0345 3 30 30 30
Self referral LGBT Foundation Wellbeing Services
Telephone support for LGBT+ domestic abuse and hate crime 0800 999 5428
Email contacts help@galop.org.uk
Local centre for support, guidance, and socialising. 0116 254 7412.
- Zoteria – App found on app store, run by Vodafone.
To report hate crime and access relevant support.
If you have any feedback about this page please contact:
Dalvir Kandola (Dalvir.Kandola@uhl-tr.nhs.uk), Consultant Midwife Lead for Inclusivity or Jennie Morris (Jennie.Morris@uhl-tr.nhs.uk), Midwife co-ordinator and LGBTQ+ staff network chair
For further support or to provide feedback about Leicester Hospitals services, please use the following links: