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6 campaigns for lesbian equality you should know about
ByStonewall staff
From education to the workplace to building a rainbow family, there are still many areas of life where lesbians don’t yet have true equality. In the 1980s, the decade in which we were founded, '...
Trans Day of Visibility: A Global Perspective
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
Trans Day of Visibility takes place every 31 March. It marks a time to celebrate trans and non-binary people, and to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by the community worldwide. It also...
LGBTQ+ people do not need ‘fixing’
In the UK, it is still legal for LGBTQ+ people to be subjected to conversion therapy. Conversion practices attempt to suppress, ‘cure’, or change a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation...
Ban Conversion Therapy: Why we need a ban with no exemptions and no excuses
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
A full ban on conversion therapy must include religious settings and protect trans people. Aged 21, Liam – a trans man – confided in the pastor at his church about having a difficult time with his...
Seven survivors of conversion therapy describe its lasting, damaging impact
ByStonewall staff
‘Whenever I remembered the treatment I’d had, I would start physically shaking,’ – survivors of conversion therapy share their experiences. Shockingly, conversion therapy remains legal in the UK. And...
Netflix’s Pray Away shows us the horrors of religious conversion therapy - here’s why we need a ban without exceptions
ByStonewall staff
Netflix’s new documentary Pray Away follows the actions of Exodus, a religious group who told LGBTQ+ members – and their families – that they could change who they were. This important film follows...
Hidayah: Gender, Sexuality, and Islam
ByDeenah al-Aqsa
During Pride Season, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Deenah from Hidayah talks about how the organisation provides visibility, information, and community support to queer Muslims...
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...
Why do we need an International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia?
Content warning: discrimination, mentions of death and abuse. Today is IDAHOBIT, or International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Founded in 2004, this aims to raise awareness of...