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6 sports getting LGBTQ+ inclusion right
ByErin Williams
We want to highlight some of the sports that are striving to build visibility and inclusion for LGBTQ+ people. We can’t make sport everyone’s game unless all LGBTQ+ people are accepted, respected and...
Q&A with Alison Bechdel: The Secret to Superhuman Strength
ByMax Hartley
Alison Bechdel is a queer and feminist icon. She rose to fame after creating the iconic comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, which ran for 25 years, and writing the graphic novels Fun Home and Are You...
A level playing field? Addressing discrimination in sports
Stonewall’s Director of Programmes, Liz Ward, celebrates the out and proud LGBTQ+ athletes from this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, but asks: “Is this enough?”. The theme for the Tokyo Olympics and...
We Can Do Better Than This: new book gives voice to LGBTQ+ experiences from around the world
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? A newly released collection of stories and essays, We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights, tackles the question by...
Queer East: LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia
ByYi Wang
During Pride, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Yi from Queer East talks about the importance of queer representation in the media, and of amplifying the voices of Asian...
Pride Month reflections from our departing vice chair, Simon Blake OBE
As part of our #ProuderTogether campaign, our departing vice chair Simon Blake has reflected on how much our movement has achieved in the past six years, and how much further we have to go. In 2015 I...
A message from Nancy Kelley (she/her), Stonewall’s CEO
ByStonewall staff
Today we set out a new chapter for Stonewall as we launch our 2021-5 Strategy: Free to Be. It’s almost a year since I took up the role of Chief Executive here at Stonewall. I’ve had so many rich and...
10 documentaries to understand the LGBTQ+ rights movement
ByStonewall staff
This International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) we reflect on the historical and continued criminalisation of and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people around the world...
Why England Rugby's new trans inclusion policy is so disappointing
Last month, we were incredibly disappointed and concerned to see that the Rugby Football Union for England published a new trans and non-binary participation in rugby policy proposal alongside a...
Being your authentic self is central to a medal-winning performance
ByStonewall staff
This International Day of People with Disabilities we’ve spoken to leading GB men’s blind skier, John Dickinson-Lilley, about being your authentic self as an LGBT and disabled athlete. The...