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Musings from the Young Stonewall team and the people we work with on all things LGBTQ.
World Athletics Championships: Solidarity with LGBT people in Qatar
ByRobbie de Santos
As the World Athletics Championships in Doha kicks off today, we must use this opportunity to shine a light on the country’s treatment of LGBT people and remember that after the games are finished,...
Transphobia at Pride in London
ByRuth Hunt
This year's Pride in London saw the streets yet again filled with revellers to watch 30,000 people walk through London for LGBT equality. That sight wouldn’t be possible without Pride’s amazing, hard...
Transphobia and Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s latest tweets are outrageous and a wakeup call to anyone in the LGBT community who thought their rights were safe. Not only are they inaccurate, they also serve to demonise and ‘other...
10 events from LGBT history
ByAmy Wills
In case you didn’t know, February is LGBT History Month , run by Schools OUT UK. This year's event focuses on Citizenship, Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) and Law, as 2017 marks the 50th...
Two scoops of homophobia
Last night 47 year old TV 'personality' Richard Hammond, claimed that he doesn't eat ice cream because he's a straight man. Fragile masculinity is both odd and terrifying at the same time. It can be...
Kids on the Edge
ByRuth Hunt
There were many issues covered in last night’s Channel 4 documentary 'Kids on the Edge'. The programme highlighted the obstacles that trans young people face, their hopes and fears for the future and...
Sport can and should be everyone's game
ByAngela Bryan-Brown
This week, 1000s of schools, sports clubs and community groups are lacing up and pledging support to make sport everyone’s game. In this post, we hear from school role model, PE teacher and cricket...
'Child-friendly' search filter should not block LGBT search terms
ByMatt Horwood
'Kiddle, a 'child-friendly' search filter, has caused a backlash on social media this morning as a result of some of the searches that it blocks as 'inappropriate' or 'offensive' content. Among this...
Safer Internet Day 2016
ByAnonymous author
The internet is an amazing resource for young people to access vital information and to connect with other young people they identify with. This can be especially important for lesbian, gay, bi and...
Changing hearts and minds
ByGeorgia Buck
Throughout all types of media, representation of the LGBT community is scarce – especially when it comes to the younger part of the community. I entered this competition as I want people to...