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Newcastle City Council leads Stonewall’s top LGBT-inclusive employer list
Newcastle City Council is first ever local authority to claim number one spotEducation, legal and government dominate Top 100Most competitive Top 100 ever with 503 submissionsNewcastle City Council has been revealed to be the most inclusive employer in the UK by lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity Stonewall in its 2020 Top 100 Employers list. The council has become the first local authority to ever reach the pole position since Stonewall started its annual ranking back sixteen years…
A step forward for RSE in Wales
Responding to the Education Minister’s announcement, Andrew White, Director of Stonewall Cymru said: ‘Stonewall Cymru welcomes today’s announcement that all pupils in Wales will have access to Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the new curriculum from 2022 onwards.‘Effective, high-quality and timely RSE is a powerful tool to equip every young person to have healthy relationships and make informed decisions about their wellbeing. The changes to RSE will help children…
Stonewall statement on Layla Moran
Josh Bradlow, Head of Policy at Stonewall said: ‘It’s fantastic to see Layla Moran MP speaking openly and bravely about being pan and her relationship. We're still not living in a society where every LGBT person is free to be themselves, so having out and proud role models sends a powerful message and helps LGBT people know they have a place in the world. ‘It’s important we remember that coming out must always be a personal decision. No one should ever feel pressured to come out because…
Stonewall welcomes commitment to end trans ‘cure’
Memorandum of Understanding against trans ‘conversion therapy’ launched todayHealth professionals commit to ending trans ‘conversion therapies’13 organisations including the UK Council for Psychotherapy, the Royal College of GPs, the British Psychoanalytical Society and Pink Therapy say such practices are unethicalLeading UK organisations today (16 October 2017) committed to ending any attempts to offer ‘cures’ to trans people in a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).The UK Council for…
New data: Rise in hate crime against LGBTQ+ people continues, Stonewall slams UK Gov ‘inaction’
New hate crime statistics released today by the ONS reveal that England and Wales continues to become a less safe place for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people.The increase in hate crimes against trans people by 11% in a year, and by 186% in the last five years, comes against a backdrop of UK Government drawing back its support for trans people and the growth of divisive and demonising rhetoric about trans people in society.Hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are still up by 112% in…
246 Human Rights Organisations Urge PM: Respect the Lives of LGBTQ+ and Women Migrants
4th October 2023 – Europe's largest LGBTQ+ right charity Stonewall has been joined by 245 other organisations across the human rights, refugee, LGBTQ+ and women’s sectors in a powerful display of solidarity, following comments by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, last week.The coalition, including organisations such as Amnesty, Oxfam, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Refugee Council and Women For Refugee Women, has written to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to…
Read in full: Stonewall's written submission for the GRR Section 35 Judicial Review
We are pleased to note that Stonewall’s intervention submissions in the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill Judicial Review have been of value, given several references to them in the first morning’s proceedings.Out of respect for the court process we did not intend to publish our written submission until judgment is given. However, the Court has now confirmed we can publish the submission and we are pleased to do so.Read the full report.Further information.
Stonewall appoints new Vice Chairs and Trustee
Stonewall continues to strengthen the diversity of its Board of Trustees, following the appointment of Cat Dixon and Jean Vianney Cordeiro as Vice Chairs. Ayla Holdom has become Chair of the Remuneration Committee whilst John Dickinson-Lilley also joined the Board as a new Trustee.Cat and Jean Vianney have both served on the Board for a number of years, with Cat serving six years as a Trustee and Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Jean Vianney serving three years as Treasurer and Chair of…
18th August 2023, London – Europe's largest LGBTQ+ right charity Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence and the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research (ICDR) have together been granted leave to intervene in an important Scottish judicial review in which the Scottish Government is challenging the UK Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, on the issuing of a “section 35” order to block the passage of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill into law. A senior judge…
Stonewall statement on Labour's Gender Recognition Act reform proposals
As Labour’s Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary writes about what the Labour Party means by modernising the legal gender recognition process, it’s important we put on record Stonewall’s view on how to drive forward meaningful reform.Let’s start with where we are. The UK has fallen off track as an international leader on LGBTQ+ rights. Just 8 years ago we had the best LGBTQ+ rights in Europe, in 2023 we stand in 17th place. We have fallen back by staying still, as other countries have…