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Stonewall FC wins Historic GOLD at Guadalajara Gay Games 2023

Graham Robson December 5, 2023

Stonewall FC embarked on an exceptional challenge in Latin America, travelling to Guadalajara, Mexico in November for the Guadalajara Gay Games 2023. Their goal? To win a fifth Gay Games title and become the first team in the world to win the Football 11’s gold for a fifth time.  With temperatures upwards of 30 degrees […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Young Albion fan’s colourful support for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign

Graham Robson November 30, 2023

Jason Steele, Norman Cook and Bart Verbruggen model Livs Cook’s designs Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation (BHAFC Foundation) recently launched a competition inviting local kids to send in their most colourful, inclusive, and supportive shirt designs to promote Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign and show support to the LGBTQ+ community. The competition winner received two tickets […]

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Transgender News

LGBTQ+ organisations to intervene on the UK Government’s block on Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Scotland

Graham Robson August 22, 2023

LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence and the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research (ICDR) have together been granted leave to intervene in a 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. 

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Fundraising News

Jonny Ratcliffe to swim English Channel in aid of LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall

Graham Robson August 16, 2023

The 21-mile route will see him take on deceptively powerful tides, cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and dodge an unwelcome number of jellyfish. Often dubbed ‘The Everest of Swimming’, it is among the most challenging open water swims in the world.

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LGBTQ+ News

Pride in Education to make a “powerful impact” when it returns on Saturday, May 20

Graham Robson April 19, 2023

This free online event will feature 30 influential speakers across 20 sessions, including Nancy Kelley, Chief Executive at Stonewall; Matt Garvey, CEO at Diversity Role Models; Amy Ashenden, Interim CEO at Just Like Us; and Sue Sanders, founder of LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK and Chair of Schools Out.

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LGBTQ+ News

Church of England bishops apologise to LGBTQ+ people for the rejection and hostility they have faced

Graham Robson January 21, 2023

The apology comes days after the Church of England set out proposals developed by the bishops that showed it would refuse to allow same-sex couples to get married in its churches but said priests could bless them in church.

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LGBTQ+ News

Stonewall releases statement on ‘likely’ Gender Recognition Reform intervention from UK Government

Graham Robson January 10, 2023

Ending reciprocal recognition of Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) from countries that support trans people changing their legal gender using a self-determination model is a disgraceful low for the UK Government’s approach to LGBTQ+ rights, according to LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall. 

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LGBTQ+ News

Vodafone Foundation launches new app to help tackle LGBTQ+ hate crime

Graham Robson December 13, 2022

The app, developed by Vodafone Foundation in partnership with UK LGBTQ+ anti-abuse and rights charities Galop and Stonewall, comes as new research from Vodafone found that over two-thirds (68%) of LGBTQ+ respondents had been victims of hate crime in the last year, and more than a quarter (27%) had been physically injured by an attack.

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