Tag: Stonewall

‘Pride Inside’ online LGBTI+ festival line-up announced

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, ParaPride, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall are bringing Pride celebrations online this year When? Sunday 28 June – Friday 10 July 2020 Where? https://prideinside.uk/ View the Pride Inside programme here ‘It’s a tough time for a lot of people at the moment. Pride is as important and as relevant as ever’ – Comedian Rosie Jones Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, ParaPride, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall are excited to reveal the line-up for Pride Inside – a free online festival of Pride celebrations. Pride Inside – which…

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British master silversmith launches ambitious new project with Stonewall at the British Museum during Pride Season

Stuart Mitchell

One of Britain’s most exceptional young silversmiths has today launched an ambitious global project at the British Museum’s historic Enlightenment Gallery to celebrate LGBTQ rights and to draw attention to the issues still affecting the LGBTQ community. Hal Messel has teamed up with the British Museum and Stonewall, Britain’s leading charity for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality, for the project which sees him creatively reimagine and recast the famous Warren Cup – a Roman artefact, thought to originate from 1st century AD – and part of the British Museum’s…

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Stonewall celebrates 30 years of fighting for LGBT equality

Stuart Mitchell

Stonewall, Britain’s leading charity for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality, Friday 24 May 2019 marked 30 years since the organisation was founded to oppose Section 28. Back in 1989, the newly introduced Section 28 effectively banned conversations about same-sex relationships in school. It ushered in a dark era where homophobic bullying flourished, and young LGBT people were left to suffer in silence. This devastating legislation also forced LGBT teachers into the closet or out of a job. Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive, Stonewall said: ‘Our 30th birthday is a hugely…

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Northwell to sponsor WorldPride events

Stuart Mitchell

Northwell Health has partnered with NYC Pride to serve as a principal sponsor of events tied to WorldPride 2019 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. New York State’s largest health system will host, participate in and sponsor a number of events throughout June in honor of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, culminating in the NYC Pride March and PrideFest in Manhattan on June 30. Northwell’s platinum sponsorship with the nonprofit Heritage of Pride, Inc., the organization that produces New York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events, includes signage at all…

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Hard-hitting ‘Coming Out Kit’ campaign to raise awareness of LGBTIQ+ homelessness

Stuart Mitchell

If there was a kit for someone who is about to ‘come out’, what would you put in it? London Pride visitors were unanimous in suggesting confetti, glitter and bottles of champagne. But those weren’t the contents of the rainbow-strewn drawstring bag they were holding. Instead of the celebratory items they expected, they found things needed for surviving on the street: a sleeping bag, a woolly hat, warm socks. 1 in 4 homeless people in the UK identify as LGBTIQ+. That’s the shocking statistic behind the Coming Out Kit created…

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