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MI5 NAMED EMPLOYER of the YEAR We Hear from Staff on the Changing Workplace Culture, and What This Success Means for LGBT Staff FRIENDS MAGAZINE PUBLISHED FOR STONEWALL’S REGULAR DONORS SUMMER 2016 MI5 NAMED EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR We hear from staff on the changing workplace culture, and what this success means for LGBT staff. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: GCHQ acknowledges historic mistreatment of LGBT people, Stonewall’s landmark conference on equality for disabled people, profi ling our international partners, and much more. Our Doors Are OpenTM. Our goal has never been to be the biggest rental car company. Only to be the best. But by embracing a diversity of people, talents and ideas, we are now both. Likewise, our doors will always be open, for all who share our drive to be the best. ©2015 Enterprise Rent-A-Car. G01841 11.15 CB FRIENDS | CONTENTS PAGE 4 WELCOME PAGE 6 ISLAM AND LGBT PAGE 5 OUT FOR CHANGE PAGE 7 SCHOOL ROLE MODEL VISITS CONTENTS FRIENDS MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 PAGE 8 JUSTINE SMITHIES PAGE 12 MI5: EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR PAGE 15 GCHQ - WORKPLACE CONFERENCE PAGE 10 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS PAGE 14 WEI: SOUTH WALES PAGE 16 LACE UP. CHANGE SPORT. PAGE 18 EQUALITY WALK 2016 PAGE 22 BI ROLE MODELS - PRIDE CALENDAR PAGE 20 BEN SMITH - 401 CHALLENGE PAGE 23 SUPPORTING STONEWALL Design by Alex Long, Stonewall. Printed on recycled FSC certifi ed paper, using fully sustainable, vegetable oil-based inks. All waste products are fully recycled. Registered in England and Wales: Stonewall Equality Ltd, Tower Building, York Road, London SE1 7NX. Registration no 02412299 - VAT no 862 9064 05 - Charity no 1101255 Summer 2016 Friends magazine 3 FRIENDS | WELCOME WELCOME Stonewall will stand by your side so that all lesbian, gay, bi and trans people are accepted without exception. We can’t achieve that alone, and it’s your vital organisations has helped to create more Edinburgh, Cardiff and London where we’ll be support that allows us to continue doing the inclusive organisations. And we’re seeing talking about being equal at work and how to work we do. Together, we can ensure that organisations make fantastic strides, such as create a diverse and inclusive environment for all LGBT people are able to be themselves, MI5, which was named Stonewall’s top employer young people in education. wherever they are. in our Workplace Equality Index earlier this year. More than ever, it’s essential that we are able to Since the last issue of Friends alone, your We were also delighted to welcome GCHQ as a continue these specifi c streams of work across support has allowed us to affect so much keynote speaker to our Workplace Conference, Britain, and understand the different experiences positive change in the lives of LGBT people, their where director Robert Hannigan talked about and forms of prejudice faced throughout our friends, families and loved ones. the organisation’s historic mistreatment of LGBT community. people, and its commitment to lesbian, gay, bi Your support has enabled us to host over 65 That’s why I am delighted that, in the latest and trans inclusion going forward. diverse role model visits in schools in the last edition of Friends magazine, we’re able to six months. These enable young people to better With your support, we have also been able to introduce you to some of the faces behind this understand what it means to be LGBT and how begin discussing the specifi c discrimination work, who are sharing their stories to help make being your authentic self can help you achieve that many LGBT people of faith experience. life more diverse and inclusive for our whole great things. Our multi-faith seminar earlier this year helped community. demonstrate that we are stronger together, and It’s also allowed us to work with over 100 young On that note, I would like to extend huge thanks we will continue to support one another and people; equipping them with the tools and to each and every one of you for your ongoing embrace our multiple identities. confi dence to become activists and campaigners, support. We could not do this work without and to bring these skills back into their local As this work takes place across Britain, it’s you, whether you donate, fundraise for us, communities to ensure they are inclusive of all essential that we’re able to meet as many of our volunteer with us, support us on social media or lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. supporters as possible. attend Stonewall events. Or even whether you run 401 marathons for us in 401 days, like the Across sport, your support has meant we’ve Marching through Brighton with around spectacular Ben Smith, whose story you can read been able to continue working with hundreds 600 individuals from the local and nearby inside. of fans, grassroots clubs and athletes to kick communities for the Equality Walk was one homophobia, biphobia and transphobia out of example of this, and this year’s Pride season is Together, we will continue to go deeper into their games, whether on the pitch, in the terraces another. communities, empower individuals, change or elsewhere. This was kicked off earlier on in hearts and minds and transform institutions to the year when Manchester United and Arsenal Stonewall is taking part in 22 Pride events in ensure that all lesbian, gay, bi and trans people exchanged giant Rainbow Laces at the start of a 2016, including UK Black Pride, Bradford Pride, are accepted without exception. game to promote inclusion in football. Sparkle, Liverpool Pride and Leicester Pride. We also took part in the fi rst ever Digital Pride. Until next time, At work, it’s meant that our continued efforts with over 700 public, private and third sector We’ll be holding conferences in Leeds, RUTH STONEWALL STONEWALL CYMRU STONEWALL SCOTLAND Tower Building Transport House Mansfi eld Traquair Centre 11 York Road 1 Cathedral Road 15 Mansfi eld Place Stonewall is Britian’s leading LGBT charity, working towards a world where London, SE1 7NX Cardiff, CF11 9SB Edinburgh, EH3 6BB everyone is accepted without exception. 020 7593 1850 02920 237 744 0131 474 8019 4 Friends magazine Summer 2016 FRIENDS | OUT FOR CHANGE: EQUALITY FOR LGBT DISABLED PEOPLE OUT FOR CHANGE: EQUALITY FOR LGBT DISABLED PEOPLE LGBT communities are What happened? You can fi nd out more about the work of Regard by visiting: www.regard.org.uk wonderfully diverse. When Over 50 LGBT disabled people and allies came Ruth took up the role as Chief on the day to talk about some of the key issues Executive of Stonewall, she that affect them, their hopes for the movement made a commitment to take our and how best Stonewall, Regard and LGBT disabled people can join together to work work even deeper into those towards full equality. communities. After a series of breakout sessions looking at Stonewall’s mission is to create a world where issues including tackling hate crime, improving everyone, everywhere, is accepted without access to social care, the current barriers to exception. That’s why it’s so important that we socialising on the LGBT ‘scene’ and the role of help to create the platforms necessary to make volunteering and community support, the room sure everyone’s voice is heard and amplifi ed. came together to share fi nal thoughts and hear For that reason, on a sunny day in mid-April, we from a panel of inspiring LGBT disabled people. co-hosted an event to hear from members of the The event brought many prominent themes to LGBT disabled community. the fore, and highlighted the links between the Out for Change was a truly inspiring day, and one issues raised. that we were delighted to host together with Regard, the LGBT disabled people’s organisation. What’s next? Founded in 1989, Regard is an organisation that This milestone event is only the start of campaigns to raise awareness of LGBT issues Stonewall’s work alongside LGBT disabled within the disability community and of disability people. Stonewall is now looking at ways to Tom works in our Campaigns, Policy and Research issues within the LGBT community. It represents make its work more accessible, and we cannot team. He works closely with different LGBT the interests of LGBT disabled people in areas wait for all our future opportunities to work with communities to identify issues and strengthen like social care, and works to combat social Stonewall’s policy work, as well as monitoring the LGBT disabled community. isolation by opening up LGBT events and venues parliamentary activity and working alongside to make them more accessible. TOM MORRISON, POLICY OFFICER parliamentarians and local politicians. Summer 2016 Friends magazine 5 FRIENDS | DR MASUMA RAHIM: ISLAM AND LGBT DR MASUMA RAHIM: ISLAM AND LGBT In February, Stonewall hosted a multi-faith seminar, featuring panellists from a diverse range of faiths. It celebrated some of the great work being done by faith groups and individuals to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia within their communities and congregations. We hear from one of the panellists, Dr Masuma Rahim, a clinical psychologist who specialises in supporting young people who have come out as LGBT. I am a clinical psychologist, and I write primarily worship. While some imams may be supportive, And we are under no illusions. This is not going in that capacity. But I write also, of course, as there is often a reluctance to engage with to be a short-term project. Most mosques and a Muslim. It will come as no surprise to anyone the topic properly, and all too often people Islamic centres have historically neglected the reading this that people who identify as LGBT are advised to ‘pray the gay away’.
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