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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

Dunni Alao (she/her)

HR Leader, Civil Service

I work as a UK civil servant in Human Resources and it is this area of expertise that I hope to bring to the Board. I believe that people are the most valuable part of any organisation and I am very much looking forward to working with

Sadiq Gillani (he/him)

Sadiq is from London and recently returned after 15 years working in 6 continents and visiting over 120 countries. He made his passion his profession and is a thought leader on the Travel & Airline Industry and Career/Self Development.

Sadiq is a Senior Advisor for travel

Ayla (she/her) served in the RAF for thirteen years, did a ground tour in Iraq in 2008, and then spent seven years as a Sea King helicopter captain for the RAF's Search and Rescue Force, based in North Wales, North Devon and the Falkland Islands. She now flies helicopters for the National Police Air

Chief Executive Officer

Simon brings to Stonewall a wealth of leadership experience in the charity and social justice space. He was Chief Executive at Mental Health First Aid England, a role he held from October 2018, where he was instrumental in setting the organisation’s strategic vision to improve the mental health

John Dickinson-Lilley (He/Him)

John worked in communications and campaigns throughout his career of more than twenty years. When he worked at RNIB he was part of the team that won a huge victory in securing higher rate mobility component of DLA/PIP for blind people. John also successfully secured changes to the

The Rt Hon Sir Ben Bradshaw (he/him)

Ben Bradshaw is the former MP for Exeter and was a Minister in the Governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.  

Elected in 1997, he was the first openly gay person to be selected and elected to Parliament and won a bitter and high