Rainbow Families – What are the differences / challenges & how can HR support?
Suzi Ruffell – Bio
You will have seen suited and booted stand-up comedian Suzi Ruffell on TV shows such as Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, The Jonathan Ross Show, Dating No Filter, Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, The Last Leg, and There’s Something About Movies, to name but a few, plus her five sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, racking up critical acclaim from reviewers and audiences alike. Suzi also hosts a radio show on BBC Radio 2 called Explicable Me, as well as launching her own hit podcast series, OUT with Suzi Ruffell, now on its fourth series and which celebrates the lives of LGBT+ people and ‘coming out’ through interviews with star studded guests. How has she found time to start a family!
What is Rainbow Family?
The term ‘rainbow family’ refers to a family with parents of the same sex bringing up a child, or an LGBTQIA+ parented family. Rainbow families, like all families, come in all shapes and sizes. They include same-sex families and gender-diverse families. That might be 2 mums or 2 dads. It might mean a single gay, lesbian or transgender parent. It might mean there are surrogates and donors involved.
Statistics
in 2020 the total number of families with same-sex parents in United Kingdom was 106,000.*
13 countries in the EU recognise marriage equality and joint adoption for same-sex couples.**
IPS Group DEI commitment
At IPS Group our vision is to foster a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where every individual feels safe and confident to be the best, authentic version of themselves regardless of gender, disability, race, age, religion, culture, and sexual orientation.
Our clients are at different stages of their DEI journeys. Irrespective of whether they are industry leaders or early on in their journey we look to collaborate with them, support them and learn from them as much as we can. We apply the techniques we are using to improve our own diversity to source ever stronger and less homogenous candidate lists while taking the opportunity to learn from their best practice and so improve our own efforts.
Statistics from
*www.cryosinternational.com/en-gb/dk-shop/private/blog/rainbow-and-same-sex-families-an-faq-about-the-modern-family/
**www.ilga-europe.org/blog/update-the-rights-of-rainbow-families-in-the-eu/
