The Arts Council of Wales: making the arts central to the life and wellbeing of the nation. The Arts Council of Wales is an independent charity, established by Royal Charter in 1994. We’re the official body that funds and develops the arts in Wales. The money we distribute comes from both the Welsh Government and […]
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Stonewall – Top 100 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employers
Europe’s largest charity for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer rights, Stonewall, has today launched its hotly anticipated Top 100 Employers List and named legal firm Clifford Chance as the UK’s most inclusive employer. Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers List is the UK’s leading ranking of employers from public, private and third sectors, based on how […]
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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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Queer Night Pride
The third Queer Night Pride demonstration will take place in London in response to yet another massive rise in annual hate crime figures. See ‘Night Pride Is Reclaiming the Streets For LGBTQ People’ from Queer Night Pride 2. Official government statistics* from 2021-2022 have reported a 41% increase in hate crimes against Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual […]
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Government Independent Review Announced
Fighting With Pride are pleased to see the Government announce today an Independent Review of what happened to LGBT+ Veterans. We expect the review to last about 9 months and will report to Parliament on what needs to happen in the future to support LGBT+ Veterans. Whilst we are pleased to see this cornerstone of […]
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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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Real Stories: Coram Adoption
There are nearly 2,500 children waiting to be adopted in England but according to the most recent statistics, children are waiting longer to find permanent families. However, LGBT+ adoption is on the rise, boosting children’s chances by offering them the much-needed love and stability of a permanent family. As we mark National Adoption Week from […]
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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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Fighting With Pride: Cenotaph
LGBT+ veterans to remember the fallen at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday for the first time . It has been announced that for Remembrance Sunday 2021, LGBT+ veterans will honour fellow servicemen and women at the National Service of Remembrance. It is the first time LGBT+ veterans have been openly invited to the event at the Cenotaph. […]
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PALAVER Festival
A pioneering new LGBTQ+ arts festival specifically for children and families comes to Cambridge Junction 10am-5pm, Thursday 28th October, 2021. Fatt Projects and Cambridge Junction present PALAVER Festival, celebrating the radical potential of LGBTQ+ inclusive performance work specifically created for children aged 3-8 and family audiences. PALAVER Festival offers a joyful, messy and delightfully unruly programme of high-quality entertainment providing essential representation, space and dialogue. Over the course of one day in October half-term, Cambridge Junction gets a dazzling PALAVER makeover, transforming this […]
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