Stonewall
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We imagine a world where all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people are free to be themselves 🌈
🌍 The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map ranks the legal and policy landscape for #LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
🚨 The latest rankings today shows the UK has reached an all-time low position of 22 out of 49.
This should be a wake-up call for the British government.
Read our statement ▶️ bit.ly/3S0iuB3
🚨 The latest rankings today shows the UK has reached an all-time low position of 22 out of 49.
This should be a wake-up call for the British government.
Read our statement ▶️ bit.ly/3S0iuB3
Stonewall responds to the UK dropping six places in this year's ILGA…
The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map ranks the legal and policy landscape for LGBTQ+ people across Europe. Today it has been announced that he UK has reached an…
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May 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌍 The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map ranks the legal and policy landscape for #LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
🚨 The latest rankings today shows the UK has reached an all-time low position of 22 out of 49.
This should be a wake-up call for the British government.
Read our statement ▶️ bit.ly/3S0iuB3
🚨 The latest rankings today shows the UK has reached an all-time low position of 22 out of 49.
This should be a wake-up call for the British government.
Read our statement ▶️ bit.ly/3S0iuB3
"Conversion practices are so damaging to an individual, their community, their family, and their friends. It rips people apart."
Matthew, a conversion practices survivor, shared his experience in the Metro. Matthew is free now, but the impact stays with him.
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Matthew, a conversion practices survivor, shared his experience in the Metro. Matthew is free now, but the impact stays with him.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Conversion practices are so damaging to an individual, their community, their family, and their friends. It rips people apart."
Matthew, a conversion practices survivor, shared his experience in the Metro. Matthew is free now, but the impact stays with him.
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Matthew, a conversion practices survivor, shared his experience in the Metro. Matthew is free now, but the impact stays with him.
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It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year it is all about celebrating the power and importance of community.
As #LGBTQ+ rights face growing challenges around the world, standing together and supporting one another is more important than ever.
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As #LGBTQ+ rights face growing challenges around the world, standing together and supporting one another is more important than ever.
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Mental Health
Mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year it is all about celebrating the power and importance of community.
As #LGBTQ+ rights face growing challenges around the world, standing together and supporting one another is more important than ever.
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As #LGBTQ+ rights face growing challenges around the world, standing together and supporting one another is more important than ever.
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Trans+ History Week 2025 is here – and not a moment too soon.
🏳️⚧️ Trans+ History Week 05–11 May 2025
While courts and commissions debate our existence, our legacy speaks for itself: We’ve always been here & always will be.
Thank you 🙏 @thefoxfisher.bsky.social for the illustration 🖼️
🏳️⚧️ Trans+ History Week 05–11 May 2025
While courts and commissions debate our existence, our legacy speaks for itself: We’ve always been here & always will be.
Thank you 🙏 @thefoxfisher.bsky.social for the illustration 🖼️
May 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trans+ History Week 2025 is here – and not a moment too soon.
🏳️⚧️ Trans+ History Week 05–11 May 2025
While courts and commissions debate our existence, our legacy speaks for itself: We’ve always been here & always will be.
Thank you 🙏 @thefoxfisher.bsky.social for the illustration 🖼️
🏳️⚧️ Trans+ History Week 05–11 May 2025
While courts and commissions debate our existence, our legacy speaks for itself: We’ve always been here & always will be.
Thank you 🙏 @thefoxfisher.bsky.social for the illustration 🖼️
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Tickets to our big community event in LDN are now on sale and we'd love to see you there.
Show up for our history. Stand up for our future.
Join us on the evening of the 6th of May for and evening in community and in celebration of our history at a time when we're facing down efforts to erase it.
Show up for our history. Stand up for our future.
Join us on the evening of the 6th of May for and evening in community and in celebration of our history at a time when we're facing down efforts to erase it.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tickets to our big community event in LDN are now on sale and we'd love to see you there.
Show up for our history. Stand up for our future.
Join us on the evening of the 6th of May for and evening in community and in celebration of our history at a time when we're facing down efforts to erase it.
Show up for our history. Stand up for our future.
Join us on the evening of the 6th of May for and evening in community and in celebration of our history at a time when we're facing down efforts to erase it.
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LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling
LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling
Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans people
Fourteen national LGBTQ+ charities have written to Keir Starmer seeking an urgent meeting to discuss what they describe as “a genuine crisis for the rights, dignity and inclusion of trans people in the UK” after the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.
The UK supreme court ruled last month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred only to “a biological woman” and to “biological sex”, with subsequent advice from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...
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May 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling
Following the Supreme Court ruling, we have written a letter to the Prime Minister, with 14 national #LGBTQ+ charities.
We've asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the crisis for the rights and inclusion of trans people and how we can ensure their safety.
📰 @theguardian.com ▶️ bit.ly/3ShBKKg
We've asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the crisis for the rights and inclusion of trans people and how we can ensure their safety.
📰 @theguardian.com ▶️ bit.ly/3ShBKKg
LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling
Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans people
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May 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Following the Supreme Court ruling, we have written a letter to the Prime Minister, with 14 national #LGBTQ+ charities.
We've asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the crisis for the rights and inclusion of trans people and how we can ensure their safety.
📰 @theguardian.com ▶️ bit.ly/3ShBKKg
We've asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the crisis for the rights and inclusion of trans people and how we can ensure their safety.
📰 @theguardian.com ▶️ bit.ly/3ShBKKg
On 25 April 2025 the EHRC published an interim update on the implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment.
May 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On 25 April 2025 the EHRC published an interim update on the implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment.
💚 Today marks 26 years since the bombing of the Admiral Duncan, a gay pub in the heart of Soho in London.
Today, we remember those who lost their lives, and continue to fight for a world free from prejudice and hate.
Today, we remember those who lost their lives, and continue to fight for a world free from prejudice and hate.
April 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💚 Today marks 26 years since the bombing of the Admiral Duncan, a gay pub in the heart of Soho in London.
Today, we remember those who lost their lives, and continue to fight for a world free from prejudice and hate.
Today, we remember those who lost their lives, and continue to fight for a world free from prejudice and hate.
🏅 Good luck to everyone running the London Marathon for Stonewall today!
Thank you for being a part of hashtag#TeamStonewall.
❤️ Your support and the money raised will help us continue to make meaningful change for LGBTQ+ people.
Thank you for being a part of hashtag#TeamStonewall.
❤️ Your support and the money raised will help us continue to make meaningful change for LGBTQ+ people.
April 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🏅 Good luck to everyone running the London Marathon for Stonewall today!
Thank you for being a part of hashtag#TeamStonewall.
❤️ Your support and the money raised will help us continue to make meaningful change for LGBTQ+ people.
Thank you for being a part of hashtag#TeamStonewall.
❤️ Your support and the money raised will help us continue to make meaningful change for LGBTQ+ people.
🚨 A new survey from @divamag.bsky.social found that nearly 1 in 3 respondents say it's difficult to be a parent where they live.
Our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide with @ISS aims to ensure LGBTQ+ people are supported.
Download the guide here ▶️ bit.ly/4jnpS5B
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
Our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide with @ISS aims to ensure LGBTQ+ people are supported.
Download the guide here ▶️ bit.ly/4jnpS5B
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
Stonewall and ISS launch new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide
Today we launch our brand-new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide, produced in Partnership with ISS. The guide is designed to support LGBTQ+ people to navigate…
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April 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨 A new survey from @divamag.bsky.social found that nearly 1 in 3 respondents say it's difficult to be a parent where they live.
Our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide with @ISS aims to ensure LGBTQ+ people are supported.
Download the guide here ▶️ bit.ly/4jnpS5B
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
Our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide with @ISS aims to ensure LGBTQ+ people are supported.
Download the guide here ▶️ bit.ly/4jnpS5B
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
👏 Yesterday we launched our brand-new Family Formation Guide, created in partnership with ISS.
To celebrate, we hosted a panel event exploring the different routes to forming a family, and the unique challenges lesbian parents often face.
To celebrate, we hosted a panel event exploring the different routes to forming a family, and the unique challenges lesbian parents often face.
April 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
👏 Yesterday we launched our brand-new Family Formation Guide, created in partnership with ISS.
To celebrate, we hosted a panel event exploring the different routes to forming a family, and the unique challenges lesbian parents often face.
To celebrate, we hosted a panel event exploring the different routes to forming a family, and the unique challenges lesbian parents often face.
This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we're launching our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide!
LGBTQ+ people, including lesbians, can face unique hurdles on their journey to parenthood.
Created with ISS, the guide breaks down routes to parenthood for LGBTQ+ people.
Read now ▶️ bit.ly/4ivZWTV
LGBTQ+ people, including lesbians, can face unique hurdles on their journey to parenthood.
Created with ISS, the guide breaks down routes to parenthood for LGBTQ+ people.
Read now ▶️ bit.ly/4ivZWTV
April 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we're launching our new LGBTQ+ Family Formation Guide!
LGBTQ+ people, including lesbians, can face unique hurdles on their journey to parenthood.
Created with ISS, the guide breaks down routes to parenthood for LGBTQ+ people.
Read now ▶️ bit.ly/4ivZWTV
LGBTQ+ people, including lesbians, can face unique hurdles on their journey to parenthood.
Created with ISS, the guide breaks down routes to parenthood for LGBTQ+ people.
Read now ▶️ bit.ly/4ivZWTV
🌈 It's #LesbianVisibilityWeek, and this year's theme is Celebrating Rainbow Families.
For many LGBTQ+ couples, having children comes with unfair financial barriers, impacting people like Emma and her wife.
That’s why we’re campaigning for #IVFforAll,
Email your MP today ▶️ bit.ly/3YdrRR6
For many LGBTQ+ couples, having children comes with unfair financial barriers, impacting people like Emma and her wife.
That’s why we’re campaigning for #IVFforAll,
Email your MP today ▶️ bit.ly/3YdrRR6
April 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌈 It's #LesbianVisibilityWeek, and this year's theme is Celebrating Rainbow Families.
For many LGBTQ+ couples, having children comes with unfair financial barriers, impacting people like Emma and her wife.
That’s why we’re campaigning for #IVFforAll,
Email your MP today ▶️ bit.ly/3YdrRR6
For many LGBTQ+ couples, having children comes with unfair financial barriers, impacting people like Emma and her wife.
That’s why we’re campaigning for #IVFforAll,
Email your MP today ▶️ bit.ly/3YdrRR6
Stonewall responds to today’s Supreme Court ruling.
You can read the full judgement here: bit.ly/3ROPmMS
You can read the full judgement here: bit.ly/3ROPmMS
April 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Stonewall responds to today’s Supreme Court ruling.
You can read the full judgement here: bit.ly/3ROPmMS
You can read the full judgement here: bit.ly/3ROPmMS
For five years, Syd endured conversion practices, was made to undergo exorcisms and told she needed to be "cured" just for being herself.
No one should have to go through what Syd did. Yet, conversion practices are still happening across Great Britain.
Read Syd's story ▶️ bit.ly/4cw1njU
No one should have to go through what Syd did. Yet, conversion practices are still happening across Great Britain.
Read Syd's story ▶️ bit.ly/4cw1njU
April 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
For five years, Syd endured conversion practices, was made to undergo exorcisms and told she needed to be "cured" just for being herself.
No one should have to go through what Syd did. Yet, conversion practices are still happening across Great Britain.
Read Syd's story ▶️ bit.ly/4cw1njU
No one should have to go through what Syd did. Yet, conversion practices are still happening across Great Britain.
Read Syd's story ▶️ bit.ly/4cw1njU
This #WorldHealthDay we're bringing you an #IVFforAll campaign update!
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed they’re working to make fertility services more accessible for female same sex couples, after we pushed for clarity following the announcements about changes to the NHS.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed they’re working to make fertility services more accessible for female same sex couples, after we pushed for clarity following the announcements about changes to the NHS.
April 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This #WorldHealthDay we're bringing you an #IVFforAll campaign update!
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed they’re working to make fertility services more accessible for female same sex couples, after we pushed for clarity following the announcements about changes to the NHS.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed they’re working to make fertility services more accessible for female same sex couples, after we pushed for clarity following the announcements about changes to the NHS.
🚨 When Matthew came out at his church, he was subjected to conversion practices. This still affects him today.
As the Government prepares draft legislation, we're calling for a fully inclusive bill that bans conversion practices for all LGBTQ+ people.
Read our new research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
As the Government prepares draft legislation, we're calling for a fully inclusive bill that bans conversion practices for all LGBTQ+ people.
Read our new research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
April 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🚨 When Matthew came out at his church, he was subjected to conversion practices. This still affects him today.
As the Government prepares draft legislation, we're calling for a fully inclusive bill that bans conversion practices for all LGBTQ+ people.
Read our new research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
As the Government prepares draft legislation, we're calling for a fully inclusive bill that bans conversion practices for all LGBTQ+ people.
Read our new research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
Our first webinar on maximising your CV was a huge success 📝
But we still have two more free sessions to go!
📌 April 8: How to ace interviews
📌 April 15: Expanding your network
Don’t miss out on these valuable career insights.
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/3R6esXr
But we still have two more free sessions to go!
📌 April 8: How to ace interviews
📌 April 15: Expanding your network
Don’t miss out on these valuable career insights.
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/3R6esXr
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our first webinar on maximising your CV was a huge success 📝
But we still have two more free sessions to go!
📌 April 8: How to ace interviews
📌 April 15: Expanding your network
Don’t miss out on these valuable career insights.
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/3R6esXr
But we still have two more free sessions to go!
📌 April 8: How to ace interviews
📌 April 15: Expanding your network
Don’t miss out on these valuable career insights.
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/3R6esXr
💙 This #TransDayofVisibility - we're spotlighting some of the projects from the TRANSforming Futures project.
March 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
💙 This #TransDayofVisibility - we're spotlighting some of the projects from the TRANSforming Futures project.
🚨 Our new research reveals alarming scale of conversion practices in the UK.
#LGBTQ+ people deserve to be protected from this abuse.
We're urging the Government to #BanConversionPractices and publish the long awaited draft Bill.
Read the research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
See the stats 👇
#LGBTQ+ people deserve to be protected from this abuse.
We're urging the Government to #BanConversionPractices and publish the long awaited draft Bill.
Read the research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
See the stats 👇
March 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 Our new research reveals alarming scale of conversion practices in the UK.
#LGBTQ+ people deserve to be protected from this abuse.
We're urging the Government to #BanConversionPractices and publish the long awaited draft Bill.
Read the research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
See the stats 👇
#LGBTQ+ people deserve to be protected from this abuse.
We're urging the Government to #BanConversionPractices and publish the long awaited draft Bill.
Read the research ▶️ bit.ly/440cj6Y
See the stats 👇
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Today marks the start of the Football v Transphobia Week of Action 2025! 🏳️⚧️⚽️🏳️⚧️
How will you get involved?
www.footballvhomophobia.com/fvt/
#fvt2025
How will you get involved?
www.footballvhomophobia.com/fvt/
#fvt2025
March 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today marks the start of the Football v Transphobia Week of Action 2025! 🏳️⚧️⚽️🏳️⚧️
How will you get involved?
www.footballvhomophobia.com/fvt/
#fvt2025
How will you get involved?
www.footballvhomophobia.com/fvt/
#fvt2025
The UK Government have confirmed that they will publish a fully inclusive ban on conversion practices - but what does this actually mean?
💭 We've broken it down and answered lots of other common questions about the campaign to #BanConversionPractices.
Read our FAQs ▶️ bit.ly/42P7Pjd
💭 We've broken it down and answered lots of other common questions about the campaign to #BanConversionPractices.
Read our FAQs ▶️ bit.ly/42P7Pjd
March 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The UK Government have confirmed that they will publish a fully inclusive ban on conversion practices - but what does this actually mean?
💭 We've broken it down and answered lots of other common questions about the campaign to #BanConversionPractices.
Read our FAQs ▶️ bit.ly/42P7Pjd
💭 We've broken it down and answered lots of other common questions about the campaign to #BanConversionPractices.
Read our FAQs ▶️ bit.ly/42P7Pjd
🌍 At a time when global rights are being rolled back and hate crime against #LGBTQ+ people is rising, it's crucial that police have the tools to tackle the issue.
As part of our international work, we're helping shape how European police forces tackle hate crime against #LGBTQ+ people.
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As part of our international work, we're helping shape how European police forces tackle hate crime against #LGBTQ+ people.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM