Interview with Nancy Kelley, Stonewall's new CEO
ByStonewall staff
Nancy Kelley is the new Chief Executive of Stonewall, and will start working with us in June 2020. She comes to us from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) where she was Deputy Chief...
Stonewall welcomes Nancy Kelley as new CEO
ByStonewall staff
New Chief Executive comes from National Centre for Social Research Nancy Kelley to start on 1 June 2020 Stonewall’s Chair Sheldon Mills says Nancy will be an ‘outstanding leader’ who will ensure...
Stonewall announces new Chair of Trustees
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Stonewall’s longest-serving trustee, Sheldon Mills, to take on role as Chair Jan Gooding steps down after six year term and remains on the Board as a Trustee Sheldon Mills is the first person of...
Meet Sheldon Mills, Stonewall's new Chair of Trustees
ByStonewall staff
An interview with Sheldon Mills, Stonewall's new Chair of Trustees. Why did you first apply to become a Stonewall trustee? For starters, I’d always been attracted to Stonewall because of the...
Lesbian Day of Visibility 2020: Staying visible whilst staying in
ByStonewall staff
Content warning: homophobia, hate crime. The author has asked to remain anonymous. A few years ago, my wife and I were the intended victims of a neighbour’s pre-meditated but thwarted homophobic...
Why we're worried about the Government’s statement on trans rights legislation
Yesterday, the Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss announced that the government’s response to a consultation to reform a piece of trans rights legislation (the Gender Recognition Act ) will...
How COVID-19 is affecting LGBT communities
ByStonewall staff
Life has changed for all of us recently. But some lesbian, bi, gay and trans (LGBT) people are harder hit than others while socially distancing. It’s clearer than ever that equality is not a luxury;...
Update on how we are handling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID 19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life, for everyone in our society. We are all working and interacting with each other in a way that would have been unimaginable even weeks ago...
#StayInForLGBT – LGBT people share their top tips for staying busy during lockdown
ByStonewall staff
Like millions of people across the country, Stonewall staff are working from home for the foreseeable future. We’re adapting to social distancing, but we’re not finding it easy! Something we have...
Trans Day of Visibility 2020
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility without the constant vitriol aimed at the trans community for the first time in years is a strange experience. It’s a breath of oxygen we needed. A moment where we...