Stonewall top 100 LGBT employers 2020 - here are the Yorkshire winners
The University of Sheffield came 11th in the annual workplace equality index, followed in 35th place by Channel 4, which has opened a national operation in Leeds.
Mental health charity Touchstone, based in Leeds, York St John University, Leeds City Council, Irwin Mitchell LLP and Sheffield City Council also feature.
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Hide AdChannel 4, the University of Sheffield and York St John are also included in the charity's 20 top trans employers list.
This year's top 100 was the "most competitive ever", said the charity, with 503 entrants.
The University of Sheffield was named in the run-down for the seventh year in a row.
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Hide AdThe Stonewall Regional Awards for Yorkshire and the Humber named the University of Sheffield as Employer of the Year and Professor Gill Valentine, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and senior LGBT+ champion, has been named Senior Champion of the Year.
Professor Valentine said: “Recognition from Stonewall is testament to our dedication to bring about culture change and develop a truly inclusive University where LGBT+ colleagues and students feel they belong, are supported to be themselves and can flourish to reach their potential.
“I am honoured and humbled to have been named Senior Champion of the Year and I will continue to champion equality and diversity.
"I came out at a time when being openly gay was taboo.
"I experienced discrimination and harassment in the early stages of my career which I overcame in part through the support of straight allies.
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Hide Ad"That’s why I’m passionate about developing an inclusive work environment.
"Over the past 30 years or so there has been real and positive change in relation to equality and diversity in the workplace and our University has been at the forefront of many innovative initiatives.”