Contact us – LGBT Foundation

LGBT Foundation – A national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.

Corporate partners – LGBT Foundation

LGBT Foundation is 50! – LGBT Foundation

Page not found – LGBT Foundation

News – LGBT Foundation

Events from 22 December, 2023 – 29 May, 2024 – LGBT Foundation

Publications – LGBT Foundation

Legacy Giving – LGBT Foundation

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Contact us – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/contact-support/	14
LGBT Foundation – A national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.lgbt.foundation/	14
Corporate partners – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/corporate-partners/	14
LGBT Foundation is 50! – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/50years/	14
LGBT Foundation – A national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.lgbt.foundation/?form=Support	14
Page not found – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/invented-url-for-404-page	14
News – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/news/	14
Events from 22 December, 2023 – 29 May, 2024 – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/events/tag/online/	14
Publications – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/publications/	14
Legacy Giving – LGBT Foundationlgbt.foundation/legacy-giving/	14

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