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New report provides vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime
This National Hate Crime Awareness Week, we’re launching a report with our partners Vodafone Foundation and Galop, which has analysed data generated by the Zoteria app in the first year of use and revealed vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime. The app, which anyone can download, allows people to flag anti-LGBTQ+ hate incidents - and connects users with support services. The report uncovers vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime, an issue which continues to impact the…
Progress and pain in the ace community
It’s Ace Awareness Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness of and uplifting ace identities – but I think it’s more than that. It is a crucial time to raise awareness of the reality of being part of the ace community, a group that's too often left out of the conversation.If you’re unsure about the different ace identities, that is okay, but why not take some time to learn? You can find all the definitions over on Stonewall’s Ace Hub.We need weeks like this to highlight the troubling gap…
35 years ago the founders of Stonewall came together to protest and ultimately ensure the repeal of the pernicious Section 28. I remember when I first heard that Stonewall had been founded. I was 15 and knowing Stonewall existed provided me with much needed hope.As the new CEO of this long-standing LGBTQ+ charity I am proud of the difference Stonewall has made for us as LGBTQ+ people, our families and friends. The breadth and depth of impact on LGBTQ+ lives is unrivalled.The long march to…
A lifetime of impact: Sir Ian McKellen receives lifetime achievement award
Stonewall celebrated its annual Equality Dinner on Wednesday 30th October, with Sir Ian McKellen CBE accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of committed campaigning towards advancing LGBTQ+ equality. The night celebrated some of the incredible progress made toward a more equal world for LGBTQ+ people while highlighting the vital work that still needs to be done. The proceedings were overseen by fashion icon Gok Wan MBE and comedian Suzi Ruffell, helping to raise vital…
Trans Awareness Week – time to move awareness to action
This Trans Awareness Week, we celebrate the incredible trans people in our lives and the activists, organisations and groups that provide vital advocacy, support and services. Like many marginalised communities these are often provided by trans people, for trans people. I am still in my first weeks as CEO of Stonewall and as we mark this week, I am acutely aware of the demonisation and dehumanisation trans people across the UK and the world experience. This includes lack of and…
Gay man prevented from deportation to Iran thanks to charity intervention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) yesterday ruled that a gay man living in Switzerland should not be deported from Switzerland to Iran, thanks to intervention from charities Stonewall and African Rainbow Family. A legal team led by Dr S Chelvan, Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row and Jacqueline McKenzie at Leigh Day drafted the written submissions for the charities to intervene and prevent him being deported back to Iran where he could face an unimaginable…
Rainbow Laces campaign kicks off to make sport safer for all
Rainbow Laces, Stonewall’s annual campaign to make sport an inclusive and welcoming space for all kicks off today, Saturday 16 November! This year, Rainbow Laces has partnered with the Barclays Women’s Super League, the Football Association (FA) and with grassroots teams across the nation who will all celebrate their commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion from 16 November - 5 December. We’re encouraging anyone who wants to support the campaign to lace up and make sport safer for all –…
New research shows many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel welcome in sport as Rainbow Laces kicks off
Research commissioned by Stonewall shows that too many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel welcome playing or watching sport. The statistics come shortly after the launch of our annual Rainbow Laces campaign, which aims to make sport an inclusive, welcoming and space for all, kicks off. The Barclays Women’s Super League, the Barclays Women’s Championship, the Premier League, the Football Association and grassroots teams across the nation are celebrating their commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion…
Stonewall Vice Chair, Jean Vianney Cordeiro, retires
Jean Vianney Cordeiro, co-Vice Chair of the Stonewall Board retires from Stonewall at the end of November. Jean joined the Board as Treasurer and played a pivotal role in guiding Stonewall through the acute challenges faced by the third sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. His strategic financial insights and leadership were essential in ensuring the organisation's continued success. In 2023, Jean was the first person from the global majority to hold the Vice Chair position at Stonewall.In…
ILGA World: The Global Community Reflects as Rights are Rolled Back
Stonewall attended the 31st ILGA World which brought together 1450 delegates from across the LGBTQ+ movement, and from more than 100 countries, in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme for the conference was “Kwa Umoja We Rise”, from a phrase in Kiswahili that celebrates unity and collective progress – the importance and power of which were highlighted in many conversations across the week. ILGA World is always a significant moment for the international community to band together, forge…