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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...
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ByClaire House
‘A luta continua’ – the struggle continues The recent election of ultra-right populist Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has sent shockwaves across the world. The global LGBT rights movement needs to respond...
0 Comments#WontBeErased: United States attempts to deny trans people exist
ByBex Stinson
As the UK’s public consultation into reforming the Gender Recognition Act closed this week, trans communities across the world were reminded how fragile our progress towards equality can be with some...
0 CommentsProgress in Northern Ireland is well overdue
ByFergal McFerran
Exactly three years ago this week I came out to my family; it was the first time I’d ever looked my mum and dad in the eyes and told them that I was gay. The pressure, anxiety and profound emotion...
0 CommentsLifetime achievement for Stonewall founders from PinkNews
BySimon Blake OBE
PinkNews has honoured Stonewall’s founders with a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. At the ceremony, Lisa Power, Jennie Wilson, Simon Fanshawe, Olivette Cole-Wilson, Michael Cashman, Duncan...
0 CommentsWhy everyone should watch Butterfly
ByRachel Stein
Tonight, ITV will be airing its new ground-breaking drama Butterfly. This three-part series focuses on the lives of a family with a trans child and their transitioning process. For trans young people...
0 CommentsPrEP 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...
0 CommentsCome 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...
0 CommentsNational Coming Out Day 2018
ByWayne Dhesi
This National Coming Out Day, Wayne Dhesi, Stonewall’s Youth Programmes Manager and creator of RUComingOut , tells us why it’s so important to keep sharing our coming out stories. Everyone’s coming...
0 CommentsOur work for trans equality is at the heart of our mission for acceptance without exception
ByRuth Hunt
Since the planned reform of the Gender Recognition Act was announced a year ago, there have been daily articles and social media threads that question trans people’s right to exist, trying to...
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