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LGB Alliance launches Business Forum to foster fairer workplaces
It was barely 20 years ago that UK law changed to make it illegal to discriminate against employees for their sexual orientation, yet many LGB people feel like we’re moving back...
Statement on WESC Puberty Blocker Hearing
The Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) today held a hearing entitled “Evidence base on the safety and effectiveness of puberty blockers”. Given that the Cass Review...
Joanna Cherry KC joins our Board as Trustee
Former SNP Shadow Home Secretary and Chair of Joint Committee on Human Rights brings unique legal and public affairs expertise to UK’s only charity exclusively for LGB people...
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Our New Campaign
Today we launched a new campaign at our third annual conference. After conducting a survey of our lesbian, gay and bisexual subscribers and supporters on the commonplace language now used to describe them, including the use of queer, we are calling for change....
Statement on the proposed tabling of a Conversion Practices Bill
Save Our Spaces
Jenny’s regular social event has been targeted by those who believe lesbians must not be allowed to gather together. We’re seeking answers from Stonegate - the owners of the venue that has banned her events - and we’re supporting her to fight this injustice. Listen to...
LGB Alliance announces LGB History Month
In the month of August we will be sharing all things LGB history. From law changes to groundbreaking cultural moments to iconic and beloved figures, we will celebrate the great strides lesbians, gay men and bisexuals have made throughout history. Join us daily on...
Conference 2023 Announcement
We’re thrilled to announce that tickets for the biggest and most important event in the LGB calendar are on sale NOW.For more information and regular updates, check out our conference page https://lgballiance.org.uk/conference/
It’s time to talk
We have long argued that Self-ID would allow predatory men to claim a trans status in order to access women’s and girls’ spaces. And that it’s insulting to suggest a man can self-identify as a lesbian, or a woman can self-identify as a gay man. We ran an ad, back in...
Our letters to Stonewall
Letter to The Times, October 2018Letter to Jan Gooding, October 2018[pdf-embedder...
Historic win for LGB Alliance
General Regulatory Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal rules that Mermaids had no legal right to challenge LGB Alliance’s charitable status Mermaids and the Good Law Project, forced the UK’s only charity that stands exclusively for the rights of LGB people to defend...
LGB Alliance and ACE: The FOIs
After our Jubilee Fund grant was pulled, we wanted to know more about how that decision was made, so we wrote a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Arts Council England on 26th April 2022:[pdf-embedder...
Cancelled? The story of our film
On Tuesday it was announced that Denise Fahmy had won her harassment claim against Arts Council England after she resigned as a grants officer having challenged a decision to withdraw funding from us for our film in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. When funding for...
Open Letter to UN Independent Expert on SOGI
Last week Kate Harris, Co-founder and Trustee of LGB Alliance, met with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), alongside Paula Boulton from Lesbian Labour and Dennis Kavanaugh from The Gay Men’s Network. We have...
Assault on the rights of LGB people in Uganda
We have written to the Minister of State for Development and Africa to express horror at Uganda's crackdown on homosexuality. Guided by activists on the ground, we call on the UK to review investment in Uganda, impose sanctions on those responsible, and fast track...