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Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events on Friday and warned about Donald Trump returning to the White House, as he looked to shake off a widely panned debate performance. “You marked a turning point in civil rights in America,” Biden told the crowd at the Stonewall monument, a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride …

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Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off debate performance
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off debate performance

LA Times  

Elton John joins President Biden for the grand opening of the visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Friday, the 55th anniversary of the historic gay rights uprising. President Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events, inaugurating a visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument with pop legend Elton John before headlining a …

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Esther McVey announces civil service rainbow lanyard ban in new Tory culture war
7 months, 1 week ago

Esther McVey announces civil service rainbow lanyard ban in new Tory culture war

The Independent  

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Stonewall cuts all Government departments from its list of top 100 employers
1 year, 4 months ago

Stonewall cuts all Government departments from its list of top 100 employers

The Telegraph  

Stonewall has purged all Government departments from its list of top 100 employers after Kemi Badenoch told officials to stop employing the charity. ‘Extreme views’ Sir John Hayes, the Tory MP and former Cabinet Office minister, last year raised concern about Stonewall’s influence in Whitehall, citing what he described as “their extreme views on the trans debate”. A Whitehall source …

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Controversy hits Government’s first global LGBT conference as Stonewall given ‘whip hand’ over event
2 years, 8 months ago

Controversy hits Government’s first global LGBT conference as Stonewall given ‘whip hand’ over event

The Telegraph  

A row has broken out over the Government’s first global LGBT conference as Stonewall is accused of having a “whip hand” in “dictating” how it is run, The Telegraph has learnt. It may well be that officials are not following the Foreign Secretary’s lead.” ‘Toxic and dehumanising’ In a sign of the conflict at the heart of Whitehall over the …

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Stonewall in crisis: 'Why can’t we have civil debates any more?'
3 years, 6 months ago

Stonewall in crisis: 'Why can’t we have civil debates any more?'

The Telegraph  

Vital protection for the public expression of different views was fiercely reinforced on Thursday when the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled on Maya Forstater’s case. The Court rightly said it was not taking a view on what it called the “transgender debate”, but Justice Choudhury ruled that “the Claimant’s belief as to the immutability of sex is one that amounts to …

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How to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month 2021—Online or In-Person
3 years, 6 months ago

How to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month 2021—Online or In-Person

Wired  

Last year for Pride, instead of waving flags of resistance and dancing in the streets, we stayed home, hidden behind masks and unsure of when we’d be able to be together again. For older generations of LGBTQ folks, it brought back shockwaves reminiscent of the frightening early days of the AIDS epidemic, when gay people were left to care for …

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Liz Truss urges Government to withdraw from Stonewall diversity scheme
3 years, 6 months ago

Liz Truss urges Government to withdraw from Stonewall diversity scheme

The Telegraph  

The UK’s equalities minister is pushing for Government departments to withdraw from the Stonewall diversity scheme amid concerns it may not provide value for money. Membership of the Stonewall "diversity champions" scheme gives companies training about pronouns and gender-neutral spaces and helps to qualify for the LGBTQ charity’s workplace equality index. According to the charity, its flagship diversity champions scheme …

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