Being non-binary in the UK today

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Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin

What does it mean to be non-binary? For me, it means freedom and joy. To be non-binary is to exist outside of society’s confines and expectations. It’s to look at the world around me and to challenge...

Hidayah: Gender, Sexuality, and Islam

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Deenah 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...

AVEN – The Asexual Visibility and Education Network

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Michael Doré

Content warning: sex, sexual coercion During Pride, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Michael from AVEN talks about the importance of including ace identities in the LGBTQ+...

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...

Bristol Pride Without Borders

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Bristol Pride Without Borders

Bristol Pride Without Borders is a support group for Bristol-based LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and refugees. We meet every 2 weeks and spend time together (online or by phone during Covid-19). We support...

Pride is still a protest – so let’s speak up

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Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin

This Pride Month, we’re inviting members of our wonderfully diverse community to speak up on why we’re #ProuderTogether. To kick things off, Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin, Stonewall’s Storytelling Lead,...

Celebrating Us: why taking the UK Black Pride's inaugural Community Survey is so important.

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Virginia Wilson

With the deadline fast approaching for UK Black Pride’s inaugural survey of LGBTQI+ Black people and people of colour, we spoke to some of the incredible activists, organisers and creatives taking...

A message from Nancy Kelley (she/her), Stonewall’s CEO

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Stonewall 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...