Silence In The Library: finding LGBT stories in the library catalogue
In the 2019 Netflix special Nanette , Hannah Gadsby asked: ‘Where are the quiet gays supposed to go?’ How about your local library? Libraries are typically thought of as stuffy institutions with...
LGBT History Month: trans people have always been here
ByStonewall staff
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...
How hiding my bi identity affected my mental health
ByStonewall staff
6 February is Time to Talk Day, an initiative by Time to Change that encourages everyone to be more open about mental health. Our Senior Campaigns Officer, Molly Maher, opens up about the mental...
Pride & Poetry: LGBT History Month 2020
ByTed Lavis Coward
2020’s LGBT History Month theme is ‘Prose, Poetry and Plays’, the three pillars which frame what we understand as literature. By delving into works created by LGBT writers, from the poet Sappho...
Remembering the Holocaust
Following several years of escalating persecution under the Nazi regime, more than six million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust. Alongside Romany Gypsies and people with disabilities...
Why Bi Pride UK's new magazine is so exciting
ByStonewall staff
LGBTQ+ media and publications are a fantastic source of inspiring information that we owe so much to, however, rarely is the authentic bi experience reflected, despite bi people making up a...
Five questions to ask general election candidates about LGBT equality
ByStonewall staff
On the doorstep, in an email, in the street or at a public meeting, please ask your parliamentary candidates about their support for LGBT equality. Not only can these questions help you make up your...
Trans Day of Remembrance: what is it and why is it needed?
Today, 20 November, is Trans Day of Remembrance, which was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in 1999 to commemorate the life and death of Rita Hester, a black trans woman murdered in Boston,...
Dispelling myths around detransition
Over this past weekend, we saw some worrying headlines and conversations online about trans and cis people whose exploration of their gender identity involves detransition. So let’s start with the...
The Stonewall uprising: 50 years of LGBT history
ByStonewall staff
On this day 50 years ago, an uprising took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. As it was raided by the police in the early hours, three nights of unrest followed, with LGBT people, long frustrated by police brutality, finally fighting back.
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