Stonewall

 

About 

Stonewall campaigns for acceptance and rights for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. The charity helps to tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying in schools and works with a wide coalition of groups. They also promote research on issues such as hate crime, lesbian health and homophobic bullying in schools.

Gloucestershire County Council is now a Stonewall Education Champion and wishes to promote equal rights and inclusive opportunities for all children and young people in the county, no matter what their sexual orientation.

 

 

Black History Month 

This month is an opportunity to highlight the work and contributions of Black LGBTQ+ people, which are too often forgotten and erased from history.

But all year-round, we aim to spotlight the incredible difference that Black LGBTQ+ people and Black LGBTQ-led organisations are making throughout the UK, as well as

 sharing the impact of queer Black activism.

Visit the Black History Month hub 

This year's theme for Black History Month is 'Saluting our Sisters', honouring the vital roles Black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change, and building communities.

Black women have always been at the centre of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement, from Marsha P. Johnson and Stormé DeLarverie, who were major figures in the Stonewall uprisings of 1969, to modern day leaders like Munroe Bergdorf and Lady Phyll.

We'll be spotlighting more Black LGBTQ+ people and grassroots organisations throughout October on our social media channels. In the meantime, explore the blogs below on how to be a better ally to Black LGBTQ+ people, supporting Black-led organisations, and more on our hub.

10 ways to be an ally to Black LGBT people | Stonewall

Black LGBTQ+ organisations you should know about | Stonewall

 

Stonewall Toolkits and Resources

Stonewall's education professionals create the resources and guidance you need to start, develop and embed LGBTQ+ inclusive practice in your primary of secondary school. Their extensive bank of free resources includes: 

• Best practice guidance

• Policy templates

• Posters

• Assemblies 

• Lesson packs 

• Glossary of terms 

Explore the Stonewall resources.

 

An introduction to supporting LGBT children and young people. This resource is suitable for all schools, colleges and settings and offers support in creating an LGBT inclusive environment, working with parents and carers, and supporting individual LGBT children and young people in mainstream and specialist settings.

Next steps in LGBT inclusive education: celebrating difference and developing understanding is a brand new resource, aimed at schools, colleges and settings that have already started work on LGBT inclusion and who are looking to really embed the work. This resource includes an extensive policy section, guidance on creating an LGBT inclusive curriculum, support on working with parents and carers, as well as highlighting the importance of ensuring that a wide range of LGBT people are represented and celebrated in the school, college or setting.

We’ve also been working hard to ensure that we offer schools, colleges and settings the resources they need to support children and young people with SEND as part of their LGBT inclusive approach. As well as our ‘It’s OK’ symbol supported posters, we now also offer easy read information sheets. 

 

 

Publications 

Celebrating Bi Inclusion in Secondary Schools – Stonewall

This guide gives schools useful tips to tackling biphobia and bi erasure, and practical ideas to better support their bi students.

 

Celebrating Diversity Through Pupil Voice: A Guide for Primary Schools - Stonewall

This resource offers guidance to primary schools around including pupils in making their school more inclusive.  

 

LGBT in Britain: Home and Communities - Stonewall

Stonewall's LGBT in Britain - Home and Communities research report highlights deep challenges for the LGBT community, with alarming levels of racism experienced by black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) LGBT people, and a significant proportion of trans people, bi people, LGBT disabled people and LGBT people of faith feeling excluded within the LGBT community. 

 

Made in God's Image (2018) - Catholic Education Service: St Mary's University

A resource designed to support all those working in the Catholic educational sector to help challenge homophobic and biphobic bullying in our schools.  It is the fruit of a project which has involved preliminary discussions with colleagues in education and theology, researching the practice of classroom teachers, liaising with dioceses and consulting with organisations already engaged in the field. 

 

School Report: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans Young People in Britain's Schools (2017) - Stonewall

Conducted in partnership with the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, this study found that: 

• 45% of LGBT pupils in Britain's schools are bullied for being LGBT, down from 55% in 2012.

• Use of homophobic language has also decreased, with 52% of LGBT people hearing homophobic slurs 'frequently' or 'often' at school, down from 69% in 2012.

• Schools are increasingly willing to address LGBT issues within the classroom. In 2012 more than half of the LGBT pupils (53%) had never been taught about LGBT issues at school; this has fallen to 40% today.

• 7 in 10 LGBT young people reported that their school says that homophobic and biphobic bullying is wrong, up from half in 2012 and just a quarter in 2007.

• More than 4 in 5 trans young people (84%) have self-harmed, as have 3 in 5 lesbian, gay and bi young people who aren't trans (61%).

• More than 2 in 5 trans young people (45%) have attempted to take their own life, and 1 in 5 lesbian gay and bi students who aren't trans (22%) have done the same.

• Nearly 1 in 10 trans pupils are subjected to death threats at school, and 2 in 5 LGBT young people are bullied online.

• 1 in 5 LGBT young people have been taught about safe sex in same-sex relationships, demonstrating the desperate need for LGBT-inclusive RSE.

 

Shut Out (2020) - Stonewall

Shout Out presents the findings of a study into the experiences of LGBT young people not in education, training or work. According to Government figures,12 per cent of all young people in Britain aged 16-24 – 800,000 in total – are not in education, training or work. While we know from previous Stonewall research (School Report 2017) that LGBT young people are affected by many of the known risk factors that lead to a young person becoming disengaged from education, training and work, according to the Government’s own review, no research exists into the specific experiences of LGBT young people who are faced with these circumstances. 

 

Student Voice - Stonewall

Lesbian, gay, bi, and trans (LGBT) students need to learn that it's okay to be themselves and to be different. This guide provides ideas and resources for setting up a student LGBT group in secondary schools & colleges. 

 

Valuing All God's Children (Summer 2019) - The Church of England Education Office

This guidance represents the action and commitment that the Church of England is taking to eradicate any homophobic, biphobic and transphobic stereotyping and bullying that takes place in our schools.  

 

Different families, same love

Every child should be able to celebrate what they love about their family. Help your pupils celebrate different families on Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day with our bespoke cards and sticker sheets.

Different Families, Same love pack (stonewall.org.uk)