6 sports getting LGBTQ+ inclusion right
ByErin Williams
We want to highlight some of the sports that are striving to build visibility and inclusion for LGBTQ+ people. We can’t make sport everyone’s game unless all LGBTQ+ people are accepted, respected and...
Q&A with Alison Bechdel: The Secret to Superhuman Strength
ByMax Hartley
Alison Bechdel is a queer and feminist icon. She rose to fame after creating the iconic comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, which ran for 25 years, and writing the graphic novels Fun Home and Are You...
A level playing field? Addressing discrimination in sports
Stonewall’s Director of Programmes, Liz Ward, celebrates the out and proud LGBTQ+ athletes from this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, but asks: “Is this enough?”. The theme for the Tokyo Olympics and...
We Can Do Better Than This: new book gives voice to LGBTQ+ experiences from around the world
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? A newly released collection of stories and essays, We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights, tackles the question by...
10 ways to step up as an ally to non-binary people
ByStonewall staff
14 July is International Non-Binary People’s Day, which aims to celebrate the wide range of people worldwide who identify as non-binary. But do you know what it means to be non-binary? And do you...
Being non-binary in the UK today
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
What does it mean to be non-binary? For me, it means freedom and joy. To be non-binary is to exist outside of society’s confines and expectations. It’s to look at the world around me and to challenge...
Hidayah: Gender, Sexuality, and Islam
ByDeenah al-Aqsa
During Pride Season, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Deenah from Hidayah talks about how the organisation provides visibility, information, and community support to queer Muslims...
AVEN – The Asexual Visibility and Education Network
ByMichael Doré
Content warning: sex, sexual coercion During Pride, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Michael from AVEN talks about the importance of including ace identities in the LGBTQ+...
Pride Month reflections from our departing vice chair, Simon Blake OBE
As part of our #ProuderTogether campaign, our departing vice chair Simon Blake has reflected on how much our movement has achieved in the past six years, and how much further we have to go. In 2015 I...
Bristol Pride Without Borders
ByBristol Pride Without Borders
Bristol Pride Without Borders is a support group for Bristol-based LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and refugees. We meet every 2 weeks and spend time together (online or by phone during Covid-19). We support...