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UK Government Announces Conversion Therapy Consultation: What does it mean for Wales?
So called “conversion therapy” is used to describe wide-ranging interventions that intend to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.The UK Government have outlined their proposals to ban conversion therapy in England and Wales. Their plans sit alongside a 6-week public consultation, which will close on 10 December.We have put together this blog post to make sense of what this means for all people in Wales and to help you consider how you can respond to ensure that the…
Stonewall welcomes Estyn report on LGBT inclusive education
We warmly welcome Estyn’s report, which outlines good practice for supporting LGBT learners in schools and colleges in Wales.The report provides a useful set of standards for schools in Wales to work towards to create a truly inclusive education system where all learners can thrive, be themselves and succeed. Stonewall Cymru’s 2017 School Report highlighted how far education providers in Wales need to go to support their LGBT pupils, with more than half of LGBT young people (54 per cent)…
Removing the financial barriers to fertility treatments
As we mark International Lesbian Day one of the pressing issues for those lesbians who want to have children is the inequity in accessing fertility treatment and support. In 2022, the previous Government published a Women’s Health Strategy promising to tackle this inequity and yet two years on - it remains. International Lesbian Day seems a good time to remind the Government of their commitments; and to make the case once again for equality for all in access to…
Stonewall responds to new Home Office hate crime statistics issued today
Today, the Home Office released new hate crime statistics for the year March 2023 to March 2024.Simon Blake, CEO of Stonewall said:“While the Home Office official statistics released today reveals a drop in reported hate crime motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity, the huge increase in religious hate crimes in the last year is deeply worrying. We stand together with everyone affected by hate crime, whatever community they are part of. We know hate crime has a ripple…
New report provides vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime
This National Hate Crime Awareness Week, we’re launching a report with our partners Vodafone Foundation and Galop, which has analysed data generated by the Zoteria app in the first year of use and revealed vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime. The app, which anyone can download, allows people to flag anti-LGBTQ+ hate incidents - and connects users with support services. The report uncovers vital insights into anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime, an issue which continues to impact the…
Progress and pain in the ace community
It’s Ace Awareness Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness of and uplifting ace identities – but I think it’s more than that. It is a crucial time to raise awareness of the reality of being part of the ace community, a group that's too often left out of the conversation.If you’re unsure about the different ace identities, that is okay, but why not take some time to learn? You can find all the definitions over on Stonewall’s Ace Hub.We need weeks like this to highlight the troubling gap…
35 years ago the founders of Stonewall came together to protest and ultimately ensure the repeal of the pernicious Section 28. I remember when I first heard that Stonewall had been founded. I was 15 and knowing Stonewall existed provided me with much needed hope.As the new CEO of this long-standing LGBTQ+ charity I am proud of the difference Stonewall has made for us as LGBTQ+ people, our families and friends. The breadth and depth of impact on LGBTQ+ lives is unrivalled.The long march to…
A lifetime of impact: Sir Ian McKellen receives lifetime achievement award
Stonewall celebrated its annual Equality Dinner on Wednesday 30th October, with Sir Ian McKellen CBE accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of committed campaigning towards advancing LGBTQ+ equality. The night celebrated some of the incredible progress made toward a more equal world for LGBTQ+ people while highlighting the vital work that still needs to be done. The proceedings were overseen by fashion icon Gok Wan MBE and comedian Suzi Ruffell, helping to raise vital…
Trans Awareness Week – time to move awareness to action
This Trans Awareness Week, we celebrate the incredible trans people in our lives and the activists, organisations and groups that provide vital advocacy, support and services. Like many marginalised communities these are often provided by trans people, for trans people. I am still in my first weeks as CEO of Stonewall and as we mark this week, I am acutely aware of the demonisation and dehumanisation trans people across the UK and the world experience. This includes lack of and…
Gay man prevented from deportation to Iran thanks to charity intervention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) yesterday ruled that a gay man living in Switzerland should not be deported from Switzerland to Iran, thanks to intervention from charities Stonewall and African Rainbow Family. A legal team led by Dr S Chelvan, Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row and Jacqueline McKenzie at Leigh Day drafted the written submissions for the charities to intervene and prevent him being deported back to Iran where he could face an unimaginable…