News
Supreme Court ruling “historic victory for lesbians”
Today the Supreme Court ruled that the protected characteristic of sex refers to biological sex, in a decision that is a “landmark for lesbian rights in the UK”. Our CEO, Kate...
Our concerns about the Puberty Blocker Trial
Today we have written to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, to express our concern that the proposed Puberty Blocker Trial is unnecessary and unethical.[pdf-embedder...
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...
More News
Our Trustee Triumphs in Hong Kong
Our Trustee, Professor Rob Wintemute spoke at a conference at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in support of same-sex couples being able to register their relationships. AND won gold medals in swimming and cycling at the Gay Games. What a champ!
It’s time to act!
Image credit: Sex MattersFollowing the shocking ruling on Wednesday 1st November in the case brought by For Women Scotland, we have joined with other grassroots groups concerned to protect the rights of LGB people and women in signing this letter to the Prime...
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
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...