Diversity Role Models and Stonewall: coming soon to a school near you (June 2026 announcement)

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I thought I would start a new thread for this, after trying to revive an old thread (from 2024) to notify people that Stonewall has just announced a new partnership with Diversity Role Models, 2 June, 2026.

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/news/diversity-role-models-joins-the-stonewall-family-to-expand-support-for-schools-and-young-people-across-the-uk

Diversity Role Models joins the Stonewall family to expand support for schools and young people across the UK.

London, United Kingdom, June 2, 2026
Diversity Role Models and Stonewall have today announced a new chapter in their shared commitment to tackling bullying and helping schools create environments where every young person feels valued, respected and able to thrive.
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Under the new arrangement, Stonewall will support Diversity Role Models’ work as its sole member organisation, providing operational support, national infrastructure and additional resources to help extend Diversity Role Models’ educational programmes to more schools and young people across the UK.

Background to Diversity Role Models (previous MN threads), from 2024 and 2020 (I did find some of this difficult reading!)

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens%3Cu%3Erights/5036673-diversity-role-models-charity

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/3943889-Asda-partners-with-Diversity-Role-Models-and-gets-angry-response-to-love-has-no-age-limit-message-Edited-by-MNHQ-at-OPS-REQUEST?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Thanks to @MrsOvertonsWindow @Ereshkigalangcleg for pointing me in the right direction.

I haven't seen anything yet in Safe Schools Alliance or Transgender Trend websites, but it was just announced today. I'm sure they will be on top of things, but if anyone here is in contact with them, it might be worth mentioning to them.

Thanks, it did, but it seems he has moved on. They are obviously updating the page, or ...something.

Well...

The 2024 thread about Diversity Role Models seems to have disappeared ( or the link is broken)

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens%3Cu%3Erights/5036673-diversity-role-models-charity

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5036673-diversity-role-models-charity

Sorry, think I found it again.
(2024 Mumsnet discussion about Diversity Role Models)

This is still on their website:

How My Son's School Became a Centre of Inclusivity for Trans Students

“…a plan of action was put into place for when my child would ‘officially’ transition at school“

You can guess what sex the “son” is.

https://www.diversityrolemodels.org/news/transforming-classrooms-how-my-sons-school-became-a-centre-of-inclusivity-for-trans-students

and archive copy: https://archive.ph/t7yyO

Thanks for archiving that! It's reads as a little behind the times now, doesn't it? I have noticed that some areas if their website have not been updated since last year.

That's actually a very chilling article. It's a classic example of the lack of knowledge, understanding and care for child development / psychology / peer relationships and the role of schools that transactivists display. A little girl just out of primary school and the school uses a video of her and show it to every class to gaslight children that she's changed sex. Of course the children were kind about it - they're 11 and their instinct will be to be kind and accepting.

Once that video was shown, that child was glued into that identity as a boy. The school was shamefully used as a tool to imprison her in that assumed identity. After that video, few children would ever have the confidence to admit that they were mistaken. There could be no possibility that an 11 year could change her mind, regret her decision as she matured.

That was the advice to schools from transactivist groups back in the day - I read it all when dealing with a similar situation in a school. However in my school we recognised the inappropriate demands in the (Mermaids) guidance, the lack of understanding of schools and children and sought informed, child centred support instead for a child with significant mental health and other needs.

It's interesting that an adult organisation promoting sex change to children keeps an article like that on its website presenting it as positive. In reality it demonstrates just how unqualified they are to be anywhere near children and schools.

Having spent quite a bit of time on their website today, there are lots of areas that need improvement, just from an accessibility point of view. And their news pages are out of date, which makes it seem as though they are promoting things that just look "old" now. Things are moving so quickly now. That article was from 2023. It may be a sign of how disorganized they are. Some of the content just looks out of touch, and, therefore, yes, inappropriate.

I'm wondering how they are planning to get past their previous history (ASDA, etc.) when we have all the receipts.

On the other hand, it's possible that they are just clinging on by their fingernails and have no real news to post. The only thing I've seen is this partnership with Stonewall, and Stonewall might also be a sinking ship, they just don't know it yet. 👋

Just wanted to copy @MrsOvertonsWindow 's post from 2024 here, because it sets out the previous issues with Diversity Role Models clearly and resources from Safe Schools Alliance and Transgender Trend (in case the 2024 thread link breaks again):

MrsOvertonsWindow · 26/03/2024 14:50
Safe Schools Alliance & Transgender Trend have exposed how unsuitable these adult activists are to work with children in schools.
The SSA information highlights how DRM's online presence renders them unsuitable to be working with children & clarifies how this breaches DfE guidelines. They openly promote mixed sex changing, showers etc and got into hot water during lockdown for promoting the dodgy "‘love has no age’ and ‘love has no age limit’" paedophile associated slogans in an Asda funded home learning pack.
https://safeschoolsallianceuk.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Parents-Guide-to-external-PSHE-RSE-providers.pdf
They make a good living out of children in schools but are unfortunately are a queer theory activist group so not politically impartial
https://www.transgendertrend.com/diversity-role-models-conformity-new-ideology/
Lots of information in the links to use in asking the school why they are outsourcing their inclusion work to an adult group like this.