The BBC has pulled out of leading UK LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Programme and Workplace Equality Index due to questions over impartiality.The programme is aimed at embedding LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace and attracting the best LGBTQ+ talent and has also seen UK network Channel 4 and media regulator Ofcom pull out in the past few months.
The Workplace Equality Index ranks institutions based on how open they are to LGBTQ+ staff.The BBC, which has recently hosted a podcast from Stephen Nolan investigating Stonewall’s influence on public UK institutions, said in a statement that participation in Diversity Champions had “led some to question whether the BBC can be impartial when reporting on public policy debates where