Pride in Maritime Network Meeting

The next Pride in Maritime meeting will be taking place online on Thursday 18 April 2024, from 1000-1100 UK time. Please register online to attend below.

We will discuss the results of the survey that was recently shared to attendees of all of the Diversity in Maritime networks, influencing the future direction of the network. If you have not yet taken part in the survey, you can respond HERE.

As the chair of the Pride in Maritime network, it has been a pleasure to lead the network for Maritime UK since we started the initiative in May 2020. This anniversary, however, means that I have now come to the end of my second two-year term, with the next meeting being my last in the position.

We have made a number of important steps in the industry for LGBT+ people, the most notable being to make the topic a point of regular discussion, demystifying the concept of Pride. This has set us on a pathway to ensuring the maritime industry is one in which everybody feels welcome, and where everybody feels able to enjoy long and successful careers.

We have held multiple network meetings, allowing LGBT+ people and allies to get together and discuss common topics of interest and initiatives. We have also held Pride in Maritime round tables at which we have invited industry leaders to discuss ways that they can support diversity programmes.

The concept of visible leadership has been a recurring theme, and this is a concept that I will take with me, continuing to advocate for all areas of diversity as Head of International Relations at Nautilus International. I hope that the friends and contacts that I have made over the last four years will stay in touch with me via LinkedIn and through Nautilus, where we will continue our important work on diversity, equity and inclusion for maritime professionals.

I am confident that together we will lend our support to the incoming chair as they build on the work that has taken place over the last four years. If you would like to apply for the position of chair of the Pride in Maritime network, please contact Scarlett Black.

Danny McGowan
Chair - Pride in Maritime Network