Ursula Aitchison is a Policy, Strategy, and Research Specialist at Delta Housing. This article was originally published by Housing Diversity Network in June 2026. The riots that broke out in August 2024 represented the most extreme and widespread racist violence and...
Through both our EDI work, and our work with the Housing Studies Association’s LGBTQ+ Housing Research and Practice Members Network we have been so …
Britain today is more diverse than ever before, and recent polling suggests that public attitudes towards diversity have grown increasingly positive. However, beneath this progress lies a persistent reality: ethnic inequalities remain deeply entrenched. One area where...
Devrim Kilinc (she/her) is an LGBTQ+ case worker at Stonewall Housing. LGBTQ+ Month is an opportunity to reflect on, celebrate, and honour individuals' contributions, resilience, and history within our community. It also allows us to highlight the ongoing challenges...
This month is LGBT+ History Month, and the theme is activism and social change. Over the last seven decades, older LGBT+ people in the UK have had a lot to protest about. People born in the 1940s and 1950s (the ‘baby boomer’ generation) had lived through decades when...
LGBTQ+ people face alarmingly high rates of homelessness, yet many avoid seeking help due to mistrust, discrimination, and a lack of inclusive services. This blog from Dr Edith England and Dr Neil Turnbull explores the barriers LGBTQ+ individuals encounter when...
Across the globe, February marks LGBT History Month. Its foundations began in the mid-90s in the US before being established in the UK in 2004 within schools to start to provide education and information about LGBT people. Within my own lifetime, laws have been in...
Dr Mhairi Ross, a recent PhD graduate, discusses her thesis on lone mothers' experiences in Easterhouse since the 1980s, emphasising the significance of female social networks and the impact of gender-based inequalities and structural violence. As one of the first...
Amy Binner (University of Exeter), Christopher Timmins (University of Wisconsin), and Gwilym Pryce (University of Sheffield) explore the complex interplay between innate human tendencies toward discrimination and external factors such as legal frameworks and local...
Presenting stories from the OurStory Scotland Archive OurStory Scotland is an LGBTQIA+ community-led, voluntary and charitable organisation that exists to collect, archive, present and celebrate the life stories and experiences of fellow LGBTQ+ people living in...