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LGBTQ+ hate crimes set to become aggravated offences under UK bill
The bill amendment, spearheaded by UK LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, follows lobbying efforts directed at MPs to amend the Crime and Policing Bill since 2024
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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime bill passes House of Lords as an aggressive offence
"We are one step closer to making anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an aggravated offence," says Stonewall CEO Simon Blake
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Laurence Fox ordered to pay £90,000 to Drag Race UK star Crystal and Stonewall CEO after losing ‘paedophiles’ libel appeal
High Court Judge Mrs. Justice Collins Rice described Fox’s comments as “seriously harmful, defamatory and baseless”
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‘We can no longer assume progress is inevitable’: Simon Blake reflects on 40 years of Stonewall
"Stonewall has always been a beacon of hope," writes Simon Blake, CEO of the LGBTQ+ rights organisation, in an op-ed for Attitude
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Stonewall’s new CEO Simon Blake had a busy first day on the job making a stand against LGBTQ+ hate crime
Simon Blake spent his first day as Stonewall CEO chairing a panel on LGBTQ+ hate crime at the Labour Party Conference
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Big Lottery Fund reviewing decision to give transgender charity £500,000 following ‘concerns’
The Mermaids charity help young trans people and have been campaigning for children to have support in schools and the healthcare system