This presentation aims to research and learn more about the Stonewall Community. Stonewall is a lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity in the UK founded in 1989 to fight against discriminatory legislation like Section 28. The community takes its name from the Stonewall Inn where the 1969 Stonewall riots took place, a pivotal moment in the gay rights movement.

1. This presentation has the purpose to research and to
know more about the Stonewall Community.
Alexa Ranussi
Dafne Caldatto
Rafaella Batista

2. o Stonewall is a lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity in the United
Kingdom.
o Their motivation is: “Equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. At
home. At school. At work.”
o The community was formed in order to fight against section 28 of the
Local Government Act.
Section 28 was an offensive piece of legislation
designed to prevent the so-called 'promotion' of
homosexuality in schools; as well as stigmatising gay
people it also galvanised the gay community.

3. o The community was named after the Stonewall Inn of
stonewall riots.
o Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent
demonstrations against a police raid that took place in
June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich
Village neighbourhood of New York City.
o Stonewall Community was founded in 20th May 1989
by a small group of women and men who had been
active in the struggle against Section 28 of the Local
Government Act.
o On 23 September 2003, Stonewall granted charitable The Stonewall Inn, taken
September 1969.
status (Charity Registration Number 1101255).

4. FIGHT AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA Stonewall works hard at changing the views that some people
have about lesbian, gay and bisexual people. A lot of people still
have either negative or stereotypical views about LGB people.
1. At Home: Stonewall researches many different areas
of LGB people’s lives to find out what is happening to them and
what can be done to improve how they are treated.
2. At School: our flagship campaign ‘Some People Are Gay. Get
Over It!’ has been working to tackle homophobic bullying in
Britain’s schools since 2005.
To change laws and to change
people’s attitudes. This is to make 3. At Work: Stonewall has a range of different ways of working
sure that lesbian, gay and bisexual with employers to ensure that they treat any lesbian, gay or
people are treated like everyone bisexual members of staff in the same way that they treat
else and that they are respected by everyone else.
everyone.

5. Equalise treatment of lesbian Introduce the Civil Partnership
parents and their children in the Act (2004) giving gay and
Human Fertilisation and Embryology lesbian couples a legal
Repeal Section 28 of Act (2008) framework equivalent to civil
the Local Government marriage
Act (2003)
Introduce an offence of
incitement to homophobic
hatred in the Criminal
Justice and Immigration Act
(2008), matching existing
Recognise anti-gay hate protections around race and
crimes, through the Stonewall at London Pride 2011. religion.
Criminal Justice Act
(2003) Introduce the protections against
discrimination on grounds of sexual
orientation in the provision of goods
and services secured through the
Equality Act (2006)