Beyond the Rainbow: What Active Allyship Really Looks Like Today

Pride Month visibility matters, but rainbow logos and public gestures are not enough. Joanne Lockwood explores what active allyship really looks like today: moving beyond passive support towards practical courage, shared responsibility and workplace cultures where LGBTQIA+ people are genuinely safe, respected and included.

The Meaning of Pride Month Today | Joanne Lockwood

Pride Month is more than rainbow logos, panel events and celebration. Joanne Lockwood explores why Pride still matters today, how visibility is being contested, and why organisations must move beyond symbolic support into practical, courageous inclusion that changes people’s lived experience.

Are we authentic in our support for the LGBTQIA+ community

Pride month is approaching fast, we are almost halfway through 2022 and this is the time where we will start to see organisation change their logos on social media to include the ‘rainbow’ and put out…

She/her, He/him: what’s all the fuss about?

When I left school some 40 years ago, I was awarded a D in my GCE English O level. I wouldn’t have known what a pronoun was back in those days if it hit me between…