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7 ways to get your MP’s attention
BySarah Hagger-Holt
This summer, individuals and organisations will be writing to their MPs calling for action on for Gender Recognition Act reform. Add your voice – email your MP today. David chairs the Wandsworth...
A chance for change: equal marriage in Northern Ireland
ByPaul Twocock
After the Supreme Court announced that only allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil partnerships is unlawful, we celebrated the fact that the Minister for Women and Equalities, Rt Hon Penny...
The Human Rights Act: why it's important
ByTom Morrison
Today is a big day for the Human Rights Act, as it turns 20 years old. And at Stonewall, we want to celebrate everything the Human Rights Act has done for LGBT equality in Britain today. Thanks in...
PrEP is the missing part of HIV prevention
ByLiam Beattie
It's a scandal that England continues to withhold PrEP. PrEP is the missing part of HIV prevention: it’s a scandal England continues to withhold it We have a drug that has been proven to be almost...
Come Out for Trans Equality this National Hate Crime Awareness Week
ByTom Morrison
National Hate Crime Awareness Week runs 13 – 20 October. Now in its seventh year, it brings people, groups and organisations together to raise awareness of hate crime and get them to take an active...
An important milestone for trans equality
By Phillippa Scrafton
This week the Trades Union Congress voted unanimously in favour of Gender Recognition Act reform, Phillippa Scrafton shares what this means to her. For the last few months in the main I’ve kept my...
Your chance to change the law
BySarah Hagger-Holt
It’s not often you get to change the law - but 14 years ago, a group of determined campaigners did just that when they secured the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This law was groundbreaking, enabling...
Ending the practice of LGBT ‘cures’
ByPaul Twocock
'Conversion therapy’ is a deeply harmful practice. It includes any kind of ‘treatment’ that aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Conversion therapy treats being lesbian,...
Abolishing civil partnerships is not an option
ByPaul Twocock
This morning the Supreme Court has ruled that the inequality that prevents different-sex couples having a civil partnership as well as same-sex couples is not compatible with equality laws. Since...
Inaccurate reporting
ByPaul Twocock
After an article this weekend in the Sunday Times, sadly we’ve seen headlines declaring that the Government says that trans people can be banned from changing rooms and toilets. This is all based on...