Steven Wignall
@stevenwignall.bsky.social
Working internationally on human rights and freedoms for LGBT+ people and other marginalised groups.
The UK has updated travel advice for #TrinidadandTobago with new information that consensual same-sex activity between men is now a crime punishable by up to five years imprisonment:
www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...
www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...
Trinidad and Tobago travel advice
FCDO travel advice for Trinidad and Tobago. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The UK has updated travel advice for #TrinidadandTobago with new information that consensual same-sex activity between men is now a crime punishable by up to five years imprisonment:
www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...
www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...
The right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are core European values.
Restricting the human rights of one group risks the human rights of all. This was a dark day for Europe.
apnews.com/article/hung...
Restricting the human rights of one group risks the human rights of all. This was a dark day for Europe.
apnews.com/article/hung...
apnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are core European values.
Restricting the human rights of one group risks the human rights of all. This was a dark day for Europe.
apnews.com/article/hung...
Restricting the human rights of one group risks the human rights of all. This was a dark day for Europe.
apnews.com/article/hung...
Hard-won gains on LGBT+ rights are under threat, increasing the risk of violence against LGBT+ people worldwide.
The UK Government has committed an additional £250k in match funding to the GiveOut Solidarity Fund, meaning the impact of *your* donations will be doubled!
giveout.org/double-your-...
The UK Government has committed an additional £250k in match funding to the GiveOut Solidarity Fund, meaning the impact of *your* donations will be doubled!
giveout.org/double-your-...
FCDO Increases Match Funding for LGBTQI Solidarity Fund
GiveOut today announces that FCDO has committed an additional £250,000 in match funding for our LGBTQI Solidarity Fund.
giveout.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hard-won gains on LGBT+ rights are under threat, increasing the risk of violence against LGBT+ people worldwide.
The UK Government has committed an additional £250k in match funding to the GiveOut Solidarity Fund, meaning the impact of *your* donations will be doubled!
giveout.org/double-your-...
The UK Government has committed an additional £250k in match funding to the GiveOut Solidarity Fund, meaning the impact of *your* donations will be doubled!
giveout.org/double-your-...
Happening Now - UK Parliament marking the importance of LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Watch here:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch here:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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House of Commons
www.parliamentlive.tv
February 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happening Now - UK Parliament marking the importance of LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Watch here:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch here:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
On Holocaust Memorial Day, HM The King warns of the depths to which humanity can sink if evil is allowed to flourish.
Survivors like Lily Ebert "taught us to cherish our freedom to challenge prejudice and never to be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
news.sky.com/story/king-s...
Survivors like Lily Ebert "taught us to cherish our freedom to challenge prejudice and never to be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
news.sky.com/story/king-s...
King delivers speech to Holocaust survivors on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The King becomes the first serving British monarch to visit Auschwitz, the concentration camp where more than a million people, mainly Jews, were murdered at the hands of Nazi Germany before it was fr...
news.sky.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On Holocaust Memorial Day, HM The King warns of the depths to which humanity can sink if evil is allowed to flourish.
Survivors like Lily Ebert "taught us to cherish our freedom to challenge prejudice and never to be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
news.sky.com/story/king-s...
Survivors like Lily Ebert "taught us to cherish our freedom to challenge prejudice and never to be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
news.sky.com/story/king-s...
Brilliant to see the Global Equality Caucus at the Equal Rights Coalition.
Representatives from Botswana 🇧🇼, Colombia 🇨🇴, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Liberia 🇱🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Seychelles 🇸🇨, Uganda 🇺🇬 and the UK 🇬🇧 highlighting the importance of legislators in advancing human rights compliant laws and policies.
Representatives from Botswana 🇧🇼, Colombia 🇨🇴, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Liberia 🇱🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Seychelles 🇸🇨, Uganda 🇺🇬 and the UK 🇬🇧 highlighting the importance of legislators in advancing human rights compliant laws and policies.
December 17, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Brilliant to see the Global Equality Caucus at the Equal Rights Coalition.
Representatives from Botswana 🇧🇼, Colombia 🇨🇴, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Liberia 🇱🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Seychelles 🇸🇨, Uganda 🇺🇬 and the UK 🇬🇧 highlighting the importance of legislators in advancing human rights compliant laws and policies.
Representatives from Botswana 🇧🇼, Colombia 🇨🇴, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Liberia 🇱🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Seychelles 🇸🇨, Uganda 🇺🇬 and the UK 🇬🇧 highlighting the importance of legislators in advancing human rights compliant laws and policies.
Reposted by Steven Wignall
The UK is at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference here in Berlin to work with our global partners in the fight against pushback of LGBT+ rights.
The UK is committed to advancing the human rights of LGBT+ people all over the world🌍🏳️🌈⚧️
#EqualSafeFree
The UK is committed to advancing the human rights of LGBT+ people all over the world🌍🏳️🌈⚧️
#EqualSafeFree
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
The UK is at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference here in Berlin to work with our global partners in the fight against pushback of LGBT+ rights.
The UK is committed to advancing the human rights of LGBT+ people all over the world🌍🏳️🌈⚧️
#EqualSafeFree
The UK is committed to advancing the human rights of LGBT+ people all over the world🌍🏳️🌈⚧️
#EqualSafeFree
German Federal Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, highlights the alarming backlash against the rights of LGBT+ people, women and girls.
Everyone needs to speak out in defence of human rights and act to protect LGBT+ people from rising levels of violence and hate.
#EqualRightsConference
Everyone needs to speak out in defence of human rights and act to protect LGBT+ people from rising levels of violence and hate.
#EqualRightsConference
December 17, 2024 at 11:38 AM
German Federal Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, highlights the alarming backlash against the rights of LGBT+ people, women and girls.
Everyone needs to speak out in defence of human rights and act to protect LGBT+ people from rising levels of violence and hate.
#EqualRightsConference
Everyone needs to speak out in defence of human rights and act to protect LGBT+ people from rising levels of violence and hate.
#EqualRightsConference
Kicking off the Equal Rights Coalition, the UN High Commissioner Volker Türk makes clear that LGBT+ rights are human rights.
We must stand together to defend human rights and freedoms of all people.
We must stand together to defend human rights and freedoms of all people.
December 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Kicking off the Equal Rights Coalition, the UN High Commissioner Volker Türk makes clear that LGBT+ rights are human rights.
We must stand together to defend human rights and freedoms of all people.
We must stand together to defend human rights and freedoms of all people.
Transgender Day of Remembrance is a reminder of the very real impact of hate and discrimination.
Nobody should face violence, persecution or even death for simply existing. #TDoR
Nobody should face violence, persecution or even death for simply existing. #TDoR
Will the cycle of violence ever end? TGEU’s Trans Murder Monitoring project crosses 5,000 cases - TGEU - Transgender Europe
Ahead of TDoR, we are releasing the annual update of our global Trans Murder Monitoring project. 350 trans and gender diverse people were reported murdered in the last year.
tgeu.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Transgender Day of Remembrance is a reminder of the very real impact of hate and discrimination.
Nobody should face violence, persecution or even death for simply existing. #TDoR
Nobody should face violence, persecution or even death for simply existing. #TDoR
So much brilliant advocacy at the ILGA World Conference in Cape Town last week.
Human rights defenders, governments, parliamentarians, business, and importantly philanthropists coming together to advance LGBT+ rights around the world 👇
philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/global-...
Human rights defenders, governments, parliamentarians, business, and importantly philanthropists coming together to advance LGBT+ rights around the world 👇
philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/global-...
Global Philanthropy Project raises $100 million for LGBTI programs
Global Philanthropy Project raises $100 million for LGBTI programs. Announced at the inaugural Global LGBTI Funding Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, the collaborative is working to raise $150 millio...
philanthropynewsdigest.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
So much brilliant advocacy at the ILGA World Conference in Cape Town last week.
Human rights defenders, governments, parliamentarians, business, and importantly philanthropists coming together to advance LGBT+ rights around the world 👇
philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/global-...
Human rights defenders, governments, parliamentarians, business, and importantly philanthropists coming together to advance LGBT+ rights around the world 👇
philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/global-...