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  • 12 Jan 2012
    Stonewall forget their radical roots (again)

    Is there no limit to the number of exploitative and violent institutions that Stonewall is prepared to endorse? Having already made awards to the likes of Goldman Sachs and the Royal Navy, Stonewall yesterday gave prizes to Ernst & Young, Barclay’s and MI5 for their supposedly gay-friendly employment practices.

  • 20 Sep 2011
    Equality groups criticise government's same-sex marriage plan

    Equality campaigners have given a critical response to the latest government announcement on same-sex marriage.

  • 18 Dec 2010
    Hate crime warning after manslaughter verdict

    Following a manslaughter conviction this week, human rights groups have warned that homophobic hate crime continues to be a serious problem in the UK.

  • 7 Oct 2010
    Grayling nominated for 'Bigot of the Year' over B&B row

    Tory MP Chris Grayling has been nominated as “Bigot of the Year” after saying that Christian guest house owners should be free to discriminate against same-sex couples.

  • 29 Sep 2010
    My sexuality will not be categorised

    The media has been buzzing with reports that the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Britain does not appear to be as high as previously thought. But arguments over the accuracy of the figures suggest that those on both sides are misguided. Categorising people on the basis of their sexual orientation advances neither equality nor our understanding of sexual diversity.

  • 22 Jul 2010
    Gay characters still stereotyped by TV, say researchers

    Despite changing attitudes to homosexuality, new research suggests “ordinary gay people” are almost invisible on programmes most watched by Britain's young people.

  • 23 May 2010
    Gay asylum-seekers face 'institutional homophobia' from UK Border Agency

    New research suggests that asylum-seekers who have persecuted because of sexual orientation are being routinely deported due to systemic discrimination in the UK's asylum system.

  • 17 May 2010
    World marks International Day Against Homophobia

    Campaigns against prejudice and celebrations of equality will take place around the world today as part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

  • 4 Mar 2010
    Campaigners and faith groups welcome same-sex partnerships vote

    A range of campaigning groups and faith-based organisations have expressed their support for a decision to allow the use of religious premises and religious language in same-sex partnership ceremonies.

  • 14 Jul 2009
    US Anglicans forty years after Stonewall

    The Stonewall riots in June 1969 in New York helped to transform society in the USA and beyond, says Savi Hensman. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church in July 2009 is far more sedate, but the issues facing Christians of all traditions are profound.