ABSTRACT
As a result of a decade of campaigning by various pressure groups, around issues of equal opportunities, the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW) now insists that candidates for the Diploma in Social Work (DipSW) must demonstrate their competence in non-discriminatory and non-oppressive social work practice (CCETSW, 1989). Despite the fact that lesbians are discriminated against in society, and in traditional social work practice, they have often been ignored in progressive developments in social work. It is therefore of some urgency that practitioners, managers, students and teachers become more aware of the oppression of lesbians and how it can be combated.
