Thank you for your amazing support to FWP’s campaign for restorative justice for LGBT+ veterans affected by the ‘gay ban’ and for those who were dismissed because they were perceived to be gay. In little more than 3 years we have taken this campaign from a standing start to see a rare apology on behalf of the […]
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Stonewall Statement on Government Apology
“Today’s apology and announcements are an important step to achieving justice for those LGBTQ+ people who served in HM Armed Forces and like me, experienced shame, humiliation and a ruined military career because of our sexuality. Many were imprisoned, experienced corrective violence, and lived with the stain of a criminal convictions because of who they […]
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Is That Right, FIFA? Campaign
Qatar is currently hosting one of the biggest sports events – FIFA World Cup 2022. The controversial location of the most watched football tournament in the world is the reason for the Bulgarian human rights Foundation GLAS and the creative agency proof. to launch a campaign that shines a light on several of the issues […]
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Understanding The Conversion Therapy Ban
What is Conversion Therapy? Conversion therapy tries to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The ‘therapy’ itself can look wildly different place-to-place as people who force it on others don’t really know what they’re doing. Some of these might look like: pseudo-scientific counselling sessions pain-inducing “aversion therapy” being induced to ingest “purifying” substances threatening […]
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22nd Anniversary Of The Lifting Of The Ban On LGBT+ Personnel In The UK Armed Forces
Today we acknowledge the 22nd anniversary of the lifting of the ban on LGBT+ personnel in the UK Armed Forces. Transgender personnel had been allowed to serve openly from January 1999. Much has been accomplished in the last year, but we still have a long way to go before LGBT+ Veterans and families impacted by that […]
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Pardons Scheme Will Extend to All consensual Gay Sex Convictions Under Newly Abolished Laws
An increased amount of people will be eligible for a pardon for historical criminal convictions thanks to the new scheme soon to be put into place. Home Secretary Priti Patel is due to announce a plan to “right the wrongs of the past” including the deletion of the wrongful convictions of same-sex activity. This means that those […]
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Elaine Chambers
My name is Elaine Chambers. Sadly, the career I intended to follow for my whole working life was dramatically cut short one sunny August in 1987 when everything changed forever. Five years prior I joined Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps. It was a such an exciting prospect for me, I was destined to become a nurse in one […]
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The Senedd Commission: Supporting an inclusive Welsh parliament
Ross Davies, Diversity and Inclusion Manager It is a truth universally acknowledged that people perform better when they can be themselves. We all know that organisations perform better when people are comfortable and safe at work, where they do not have to hide any part of their identity. Providing an inclusive environment allows individuals to […]
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Switzerland votes to legalize same-sex marriage
Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage. According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1% of voters voted in favour of […]
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The Wrong Kind of 80s Revival
I’ve written in these pages previously about Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988; a pernicious little sinew of discriminatory law that referred to homosexuality as a ‘pretended family relationship’. This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the 30th anniversary of the eponymous charity that was the focal point of efforts to repeal Section 28 in the UK. However, amidst celebration of milestones have been some […]
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