2001
Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme Launched
Activism UK
Launched in 2001, Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme provided a framework for employers to ensure fair treatment of LGBT staff in the workplace. It set a benchmark for workplace equality, helping hundreds of organisations create more inclusive environments.
Impact & Significance
Set a benchmark for workplace equality and helped numerous organisations create inclusive environments.
Reference Record
- Date
- 2001
- Era
- 2000-2009
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Questions This Event Helps Answer
Q What was Section 28? Section 28 was a provision of the Local Government Act 1988 that restricted local authorities from promoting homosexuality or teaching that same-sex relationships were acceptable as family relationships. Q How did UK age-of-consent reform change LGBTQ+ law? It moved the law from partial decriminalisation toward equal treatment by lowering and then equalising the age of consent. Q How did equality law change public services and workplaces? It moved LGBTQ+ equality into services, employment, schools and official data rather than leaving it only as criminal-law reform.
