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Sep 27, 2023 · By Hannah Shewan Stevens Published: 27 September 2023. Sex Education confronts countless issues facing people of all ages in its fourth and final season, including one that so rarely gets...
Jul 14, 2024 · Writer Hannah Shewan Stevens believes comprehensive sex education could have helped her recognise that she was being sexually abused. Only empowering children with knowledge will protect...
- How Were The Rights of LGBTQ+ People in The UK Impacted in 2021?
- Hate Crime
- Healthcare
- Conversion Therapy
- Non-Binary People
- How Were The Rights of LGBTQ+ People Protected in 2021?
- What Are The Key Issues Going to Be For LGBTQ+ Rights in 2022?
The year 2021 was a trying one for many marginalised groups in the UK and the LGBTQ+ community were no exception. Tim Hopkins, director of Equality Network, a leading Scottish charity promoting LGBTQ+ equality, highlighted the negative impact in particular of health care delays, domestic abuse, isolation, conversion therapy and gender recognition r...
In the year ending March 2021, rates of reported hate crime increased for nearly all protected characteristics, with a 9% increase overall. In October, a Vice News investigation revealed that rates of homophobic and transphobic hate crime had rocketed since 2014-15. In 2014-15, there were 6,363 reports of hate crimes based on sexual orientation, bu...
Throughout 2021, LGBTQ+ healthcare hit headlines. It started with a High Court ruling in December 2020, which stated that people under the age of 16 are considered unable to provide informed consent to gender-affirming healthcare, such as puberty blockers. Although the ruling was amended in March 2021 to allow for treatment for under 16’s with pare...
In 2018, the government pledged to explore options for ending conversion therapy in the UK but 2021 revived media interest in the subject. In May 2021, the government said it would introduce legislation to ban conversion therapy. However, it first committed to holding consultations on the issue. Initially pledging to introduce a ban three years ago...
Protections for non-binary people have long been weak in the UK. People who do not use either “he/him” or “she/her” pronouns are unable to switch to “they/them” or other options on official documentation, such as passports. “Non-binary people have next to no rights at all apart from those that accrue through trans recognition in the Equality Act,” ...
Wins for the LGBTQ+ community were in short supply in 2021 but there were still some significant highlights. Scotland became the first country to make teaching LGBTQ+ history in schools mandatory. In September, school staff were equipped with a toolkit of LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching resources and were given an awareness e-learning course. “I am proud...
Moving into 2022, there is an array of potential rights abuses looming on the horizon. For co-chair of Perthshire Pride, Claire McKenzie, connecting queer people and shielding their mental health is a primary concern. Many LGBTQ+ people in rural areas are unable to regularly access a supportive community, which has only been worsened by the limitat...
Aug 13, 2019 · Living with chronic illness has “ not been a linear path” but Hannah Shewan Stevens is learning to embrace being “queer and beautifully scarred.” After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition at just 14, Stevens’ relationship with her body broke down.
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Jun 10, 2024 · While Amnesty International recognises abortion access as a human right, the UK is taking backward steps with “traditional values” led policies around sex education and LGBTQ+ issues. I believe abortion access could be under threat soon, too.
Hannah believes in using her own voice and elevating others to create meaningful change in the world. She is also a sex columnist for The Unwritten and has recently completed her first accreditation in delivering Relationships and Sex Education.
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In this sensitive but empowering episode we talk about her campaigns for acceptance of visible differences, awareness of chronic illness and improved sex education within the UK’s school system.
