www.stonewall.org.uk

Stonewall was founded in 1989 by people whose aim was to create a highly professional lobbying organisation to put the case for equality on the mainstream political agenda. The organisation has become widely recognised for its work in changing the legislative landscape for Britain’s 3.7m lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Our strategy is now to work to ensure equality in every part of the lived experience of gay people at home, at school and at work.

Beyond our parliamentary and other lobbying work, our activities have expanded significantly in the last six years. In 2005, we launched a high profile Education for All campaign to tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying in schools. This is now supported by a coalition of 70 teaching and professional organisations. We also now work with 600 major employers on supporting the recruitment and retention of gay staff. They include IBM, the Home Office, the Rugby Football League, the Royal Navy and MI5 and employ more than 5.5 million people between them, making it the largest non-governmental intervention of its kind in the world. We also promote new research in areas such as health, crime and sport, and have taken on high profile legal test cases.