Projects
- Pride Matters - Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Pride in London 2018LGBT+ rights have come a long way, but for many of us life can be far from easy. 1 in 5 LGBT+ are not out to their family, a third of LGBT+ people have experienced verbal abuse and half of LGBT+ Londoners have been the victim of a hate crime. Pride Matters today as much as it ever has. Coverage: Ad of the day: Pride in London shows how far we've come with first BMB ad - The Drum
- Young, British and Muslim | ITV NewsJust like everyone else, young British Muslims are looking for love - but often, the process of finding a partner takes place against the backdrop of the pressures of family, community, culture and faith. Even talking about it - especially using dating to find a partner - can be considered taboo. That's why we decided to talk about it in the latest episode of our series Young, British and Muslim. We looked at the pressures and expectations facing a diverse range of British Muslims and asked
- How to improve the representation of LGBT+ people in the media - Panel DiscussionThe media must stop sensationalising sexuality in order to better reflect LGBT+ people and empower people to bring their 'whole selves' to work. (...) Asad Dhunna, director of communications for Pride in London and the host of the panel, said there is a huge disparity in what people really care about and what the media focuses on. He pointed to The Sun’s much criticised ‘Tran and wife’ headline, which marked the marriage of Hannah Winterbourne (the UK’s highest-ranked transgender soldier) and Jake Graf this March. The headline, which was widely criticised on social media for being "moronic, offensive, gutter-scraping, brainless shit", served as a reminder of how far the media still has to go when it comes to trans representation. Read more about the panel via Campaign
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