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Feb
10
2022
Major LGBTQ+ organisations spark international review of the EHRC
We believe that recent statements made by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Great Britain’s NHRI, indicate that they can no longer be considered compliant with the Paris Principles, and are no longer fit for purpose as a National Human Rights Institution....
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Jan
31
2022
A short history of the word ‘bisexuality’
By Martha Robinson Rhodes
How did bi+ people in the past understand their identities and attractions, and how does this history affect bi people and communities in the UK today?...
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Communities
Jan
26
2022
Stonewall response to EHRC statements on upcoming LGBTQ+ legislation
Today’s statements from the EHRC are an attack on trans equality and undermine EHRC’s core purpose of regulating, promoting and upholding human rights....
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Dec
02
2021
Why we must speak up for LGBTQ+ sportspeople
By Erin Williams
We need to move past visibility and into real action if we want to create a sporting world where all LGBTQ+ people can thrive....
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Culture, media & sport
Dec
01
2021
Positive: how a HIV diagnosis changed my life for the better
By Jake O'Dwyer
Jake O'Dwyer tells the story of how his HIV diagnosis changed his life....
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Health & social care
Nov
25
2021
Why do we need the Rainbow Laces campaign?
Too many LGBTQ+ people still feel confronted with a choice between loving their sport and being their true selves....
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Nov
25
2021
UK Government Announces Conversion Therapy Consultation: What does it mean for Wales?
How those Wales can respond to ensure that the damaging and degrading practice of conversion therapy is outlawed for good....
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Law & crime
Nov
23
2021
Needing ID could stop LGBTQ+ people voting
Proposed Voter ID requirements would disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ people....
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Nov
10
2021
Stonewall statement on BBC leaving the Diversity Champions programme
It’s a shame that the BBC has decided not to renew their membership of our Diversity Champions programme, but as with all membership programmes, organisations come and go depending on what’s best for their inclusion journey at the time....
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Oct
29
2021
LGBTQ+ people do not need ‘fixing’
LGBTQ+ people have nothing to be ashamed of – our sexual orientations and gender identities are diverse and to be celebrated....
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