New research: LGBT young people 'shut out' of education and employment

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Stonewall staff

First-of-its-kind research uncovers what life is like for LGBT young people not in education, employment or training Bullying at school, discrimination in the workplace and lack of home support can...

Silence In The Library: finding LGBT stories in the library catalogue

In the 2019 Netflix special Nanette , Hannah Gadsby asked: ‘Where are the quiet gays supposed to go?’ How about your local library? Libraries are typically thought of as stuffy institutions with...

LGBT History Month: trans people have always been here

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Stonewall staff

Lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people have always existed and always will exist. We are not going anywhere, and we’re certainly not a trend. In the face of rising homophobia, biphobia and...

How we are tackling a legacy of LGBT discrimination in schools

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Stonewall staff

The introduction of Section 28 in 1988 had a profound impact on the approach schools and colleges took to LGBT inclusion in the UK. This law made it illegal for schools and colleges to ‘promote...

How hiding my bi identity affected my mental health

6 February is Time to Talk Day, an initiative by Time to Change that encourages everyone to be more open about mental health. Our Senior Campaigns Officer, Molly Maher, opens up about the mental...

Pride & Poetry: LGBT History Month 2020

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Ted Lavis Coward

2020’s LGBT History Month theme is ‘Prose, Poetry and Plays’, the three pillars which frame what we understand as literature. By delving into works created by LGBT writers, from the poet Sappho...

Remembering the Holocaust

Following several years of escalating persecution under the Nazi regime, more than six million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust. Alongside Romany Gypsies and people with disabilities...