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Stonewall has re-freshed its iconic Rainbow Laces campaign, under the banner #MovewithPride and will focus on building a visible network of belonging over 2026. The campaign has launched with support of Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes and footballer, Josh Cavallo, as a YouGov survey released today shows three times as many people

A Stonewall spokesperson said: 

The Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance needs to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of all young people is at its heart. We’ll be reviewing the draft guidance carefully and will respond to the consultation in due course.

Many in the LGBTQ+ community, especially trans people

Today the Government have tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill which if passed, will make hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people an aggravated offence.

This is what we’ve been tirelessly campaigning for through our Hold My Hand campaign and comes after our work with Rachel Taylor MP to introduce a similar amendment

Angela Mason CBE is a long time LGBTQ+ activist and one of the first directors of Stonewall, who spent decades driving change for LGBTQ+ communities. She received an OBE for her work on ‘homosexual rights’ causing a stir when the citation was read out at the Palace. 

From campaigning for equal

As we gathered in Parliament for Stonewall’s reception to mark LGBT History Month, we took time to honour those who worked tirelessly, often at personal cost, to achieve the rights we have now, celebrate the progress we have made, reflect on the collective action that has brought us here, and

We’re celebrating another step towards success for our Hold My Hand campaign, as anti LGBTQ+ hate crime looks set to be made an aggravated offence, giving LGBTQ+ people equal protections from hate crime.  

Yesterday, the House of Lords passed an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill which will equalise

Racing Driver Charlie Martin has played a pivotal role in improving visibility and acceptance for LGBTQ+ people in Motorsports. To mark the start of the F1 season, she is opening up about her journey, and getting behind Rainbow Laces.  

I suppose there are two levels to my story. One is

A Stonewall spokesperson said:

Sport has a unique power to bring people together, and the Olympics is always the epitome of this. Today's decision will be one that stokes further division in our increasingly polarised world. 

Considerations of safety and fairness should always sit at the heart of sporting competition; but there

Stonewall staff, volunteers and founders would like to express our sorrow at the death of Debo (Deborah) Ballard, Stonewall’s co-founder and first Company Secretary, at her home in Ireland on March 16th, 2026.

Debo, a practicing solicitor in 1987, was one of the first lesbians to join Stonewall as it was

Conversion practices violate fundamental human rights, perpetuate discrimination, and cause significant long-term harm to people and communities. LGBTQ+ people deserve to be safe and be protected from this abuse.  

Conversion practices include any medical, psychiatric, psychological, religious, cultural or any other interventions that seek to ‘change’, cure’, or suppress the sexual