At the end of last year, I made one of the hardest professional decisions I’ve ever had to make. I closed my consultancy. For years I’d poured my heart into equality, diversity and inclusion consultancy, leadership development and organisational change. I worked with organisations that genuinely wanted to become fairer, more inclusive places to work and access services. It was work I believed in deeply, and I still do. Walking away wasn’t because I’d fallen out of love with i

The rainbow flags have come down. The social media logos have quietly returned to their usual colours. The Pride merchandise has been packed away for another year. Now comes the question that really matters: What does authentic allyship look like for the other eleven months of the year? Being an ally isn't about a logo or a hashtag. It is about what happens after the celebrations are over. It is about creating workplaces where LGBTQ+ people don't simply survive, they thrive.

There is something deeply symbolic about a library. Libraries are not simply buildings filled with books. They are one of the last truly public spaces we have left, places where people can exist without needing to buy something, justify themselves, or prove they belong. For generations of LGBTQ+ people, libraries have been places of discovery, safety, and survival. Which is why recent decisions by some local councils to scale back Pride-related promotion in libraries feel so

As we enter Pride Month, I find myself reflecting on what Pride means now, compared to what it meant when I first stepped into LGBTQ+ spaces. For many of us of a certain age, Pride was never just a parade. It was never simply rainbow flags, corporate logos, merchandise or social media hashtags. It was community. It was survival. It was finding people who understood you in a world that often didn't. It was discovering that you were not alone. This year feels different. Across

In a country where equal marriage has been law for over a decade, where rainbow flags fly above town halls each February, and where many of us can hold a partner’s hand in public without fear, it can be tempting to believe the battle for LGBTQ+ equality in the UK is largely won. It isn’t. Visibility is not about attention. It is about safety. It is about dignity. It is about survival. And in 2026, it remains essential. Visibility Saves Lives For many of us who grew up before

International Pronouns Day is on Wednesday, October 15 , as it does each year on the third Wednesday of October . What Is International Pronouns Day? Launched in 2018, International Pronouns Day is a grassroots awareness and education campaign that aims to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. At its core, the day highlights that using the pronouns a person identifies with is a matter of dignity and respect. It particularly affirms