Mike Freer was recently appointed the Minister for Equalities, with a specific focus on LGBT rights. Read our Q and A with him where he discusses today's launch of the government’s proposals to ban conversion therapy and the accompanying consultation …
We want to hear about the experiences of people who have been through efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity.
Find out more about our commitment to support LGBT voluntary and charitable sector organisations and the funding we have awarded to Consortium to help deliver this aim.
This week, we’ve launched a process to find an organisation to help us develop skills and capacity in the LGBT sector. Our new LGBT Sector and Community Development Scheme will offer up to £600,000 to build capability with LGBT groups …
This week the Government is launching the LGBT Health Grant Fund, which will provide £1 million of funding to tackle the health inequalities LGBT people face.
Since 2014, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has run programmes to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools. As part of the commitments made in the LGBT Action Plan, we are announcing £1 million of additional funding so that this programme can be extended to additional schools in England.
The UK Government is hosting the the Commonwealth Summit. This post explains why it is a great opportunity for the UK to show its commitment to ensuring equality for all people, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
This Anti-Bullying Week, we're highlighting the great work of charities around the UK who are tackling bullying. In this post, we hear from Jess MacIntyre at LGBT Consortium, who are leading 12 organisations to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
This Anti-Bullying Week, we're highlighting the great work of charities around the UK who are tackling bullying. In this post, Sidonie Bertrand-Shelton, Programmes Manager at Stonewall, shares some information about their work with schools with a religious character.
This Anti-Bullying Week, we're highlighting the great work of charities around the UK who are tackling bullying. In this post, project coordinator of the Rainbow Flag Award, Rachel Williams, talks about their project and free resources available to schools.
A blog about the work of the Equality Hub and what government is doing to remove the barriers to equality and help to build a fairer society.
