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Ban Conversion Therapy: Why we need a ban with no exemptions and no excuses
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
A full ban on conversion therapy must include religious settings and protect trans people. Aged 21, Liam – a trans man – confided in the pastor at his church about having a difficult time with his...
Lil Nas X and the reemerging diversity of Blackness
ByZ Monteiro
I’m usually not one to follow the latest music videos, but Lil Nas X has changed that. There’s so much to dissect in videos for songs like Montero and Industry Baby – namely that he’s an openly gay...
Q&A with Alison Bechdel: The Secret to Superhuman Strength
ByMax Hartley
Alison Bechdel is a queer and feminist icon. She rose to fame after creating the iconic comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, which ran for 25 years, and writing the graphic novels Fun Home and Are You...
Are the Olympics really for all? Addressing discrimination in sports
ByLiz Ward
Stonewall’s Director of Programmes Liz Ward celebrates the out and proud LGBTQ+ athletes competing in this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, but asks: “Is this enough?”. The theme for this year’s...
We Can Do Better Than This: new book gives voice to LGBTQ+ experiences from around the world
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? A newly released collection of stories and essays, We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights, tackles the question by...
Queer East: LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia
ByYi Wang
During Pride, we are celebrating the ways we are #ProuderTogether. Yi from Queer East talks about the importance of queer representation in the media, and of amplifying the voices of Asian...
Pride Month reflections from our departing vice chair, Simon Blake OBE
As part of our #ProuderTogether campaign, our departing vice chair Simon Blake has reflected on how much our movement has achieved in the past six years, and how much further we have to go. In 2015 I...
A message from Nancy Kelley (she/her), Stonewall’s CEO
ByNancy Kelley
Today we set out a new chapter for Stonewall as we launch our 2021-5 Strategy: Free to Be. It’s almost a year since I took up the role of Chief Executive here at Stonewall. I’ve had so many rich and...
Why we need to Come Out Voting for LGBT+ Equality
ByColin Macfarlane
The election on Thursday 6th May is about the sort of Scotland we want to live in and an opportunity for politicians from across the political spectrum to stand up for LGBT+ people and our rights...
LGBT History Month: trans people have always been here
Lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people have always existed and always will exist. We are not going anywhere, and we’re certainly not a trend. In the face of rising homophobia, biphobia and...