News
News and views from Stonewall and beyond
Show me...
Apr
24
2020
Lesbian Day of Visibility 2020: Staying visible whilst staying in
A few years ago, my wife and I were the intended victims of a neighbour’s pre-meditated but thwarted homophobic attack. Because of a variety of circumstances, we ended up isolating for three weeks whilst the police and others held an investigation....
News
Blog
Communities
Apr
23
2020
Why we're worried about the Government’s statement on trans rights legislation
By Laura Russell
Yesterday, the Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss announced that the government’s response to a consultation to reform a piece of trans rights legislation (the Gender Recognition Act) will be delivered by the summer....
News
Blog
Communities
Apr
21
2020
How COVID-19 is affecting LGBT communities
Some lesbian, bi, gay and trans (LGBT) people are harder hit than others while socially distancing....
News
Blog
Communities
Health & social care
Apr
21
2020
Stonewall statement on new CEO and COO
A Stonewall spokesperson said: ‘We’re excited to say we’ve appointed both a new Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer who will help take us into Stonewall’s next chapter.'...
News
Media Releases
Apr
06
2020
Update on how we are handling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life, for everyone in our society....
News
Blog
Communities
Apr
03
2020
#StayInForLGBT – LGBT people share their top tips for staying busy during lockdown
We’re launching a new hashtag – #StayInForLGBT – and asking you to tell us how you’re spending your time while we’re all social distancing....
News
Blog
Communities
Apr
01
2020
Stonewall Scotland statement on reform of the Gender Recognition Act
We urge the Scottish Government to uphold its commitment to GRA reform, as well as tackling the inequality trans people are facing in their everyday lives....
News
Media Releases
Scotland
Mar
31
2020
Trans Day of Visibility 2020
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility without the constant vitriol aimed at the trans community for the first time in years is a strange experience....
News
Blog
Communities
Mar
27
2020
COVID-19: Stand in solidarity with the LGBT community
Stonewall’s response to the impacts of Covid-19 on LGBT communities....
News
Blog
Communities
Mar
20
2020
COVID-19 update: adapting Stonewall’s work
Like everyone, the team at Stonewall are thinking through how we adapt to the situation we find ourselves in....
News
Blog