In January the Women and Equalities Committee published its Transgender Equality Report. And in July the Government published its response. Now, it is being debated… Read More »Stonewall Give Advice on Trans Equality Bill December 1
The Department for Education and Capita, who run the schools’ managements information systems (SIMS) seem to have clashed over how to record the gender of… Read More »DfE and Capita Clash over Gender on School Census
History Resource: The Radical Activist who Took on AIDS (BBC World Service) Peter Staley was one of the ACT UP activists whose campaigns helped to turn AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Their story is told in the Oscar-nominated documentary How To Survive A Plague.
LGBT History Month’s mother ship Schools OUT UK has come out against the campaign slogan ‘Right behind Gay Footballers’. They have joined with a number of groups who having already been campaigning for several years to counter the homophobic ethos of British football, are unhappy at Stonewall’s choice of language.
A campaign to show solidarity with gay footballers has caused controversy because of its slogan. The plan is to have footballers in all the 134… Read More »Football Anti-Homophobia Campaign Hits a Snag
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, is aware of homophobia and wants to do something about it, according to a response he gave at… Read More »Gove Tells Stonewall He Wants to Make Schools Safe
In his inaugural speech, President Obama made reference to the Stonewall riots and said “our journey is not complete” until equal rights for gay people is… Read More »Obama's Inaugural Speech Makes History
Rugby League’s work in embracing inclusivity and tackling homophobia has been recognised by the RFL receiving the Stonewall Sports Award of the Year. The award,… Read More »Rugby Football League win Sports Award of the Year
The world’s largest ever health survey of gay and bisexual men has found they get left behind by the health service in the UK. The… Read More »Health Service failing Gay and Bisexual men according to Stonewall
A new survey by Stonewall seeks students’ views on what it is like to be queer at school. The ‘Speak Out’ survey for LGB young… Read More »What's it like to be gay, lesbian or bisexual in school today? Stonewall wants to know
