TRADE unionists took a stand against homophobic slurs yesterday as a study showed how workplace harassment was still commonplace for LGBT workers in Britain. 

Delegates to the TUC LGBT conference heard how research by Manchester and Plymouth universities found that one in three bisexual people were still regularly bullied at work. 

Opening this year’s event, TUC assistant general secretary Paul Nowak said: “We know that LGBT workers are two and a half times more likely to face workplace bullying and discrimination and that hate crime remains a huge problem.”