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From Kezia Dugdale, incoming Chair of Stonewall:

In my first interview as incoming Chair of Stonewall, I was asked a question about JK Rowling. In answering, I should have been absolutely unequivocal that I would never condone behaviour from anyone that seeks to or causes harm to anyone in our community

Today the Crime and Policing Bill has received Royal Assent, changing the law to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an aggravated offence. We have worked hard to make this change, working closely with Parliamentarians and government. This change in law brings penalties for anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in line with offences motivated

The Government has failed to meet its own timeline to publish a draft Bill to ban conversion practices. Yesterday’s prorogation of Parliament marks the end of the parliamentary session, and the deadline for the government to meet their commitment set out in the King's Speech. 

Conversion practices include any medical, psychiatric, psychological

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

Sean Latus (he/him)

Sean has recently stepped-down from Group CEO at Calisen, the UK’s largest owner and installer of smaller-scale energy transition infrastructure.  Sean and the senior team grew this business over the last decade to be a major UK player in helping consumers and businesses reduce demand for carbon-emitting energy