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Tories Say They Will Keep Fighting For Conversion Therapy Ban
Social affairs
Tories Say They Will Keep Fighting For Conversion Therapy Ban
Prominent Conservative politicians and organisations have said they will refuse to give up in the fight to implement a ban on conversion therapy, after legislation anticipated for the promised ban was not included in the King's Speech.
MP Calls For End To 'Toxic Debates' On LGBT Rights Ten Years After Same-Sex Marriage Legalised
Social affairs
MP Calls For End To "Toxic Debates" On LGBT Rights Ten Years After Same-Sex Marriage Legalised
Conservative MP Mike Freer has said "heated, toxic debates" over LGBT rights must end, ten years after he fought for his own right to marry his husband with the legalisation of same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
Lords Diary – Lord Etherton
Defence
By Lord Etherton
Lords Diary – Lord Etherton
From LGBT veterans to the Illegal Migration Bill, the work of the House of Lords has not abated in its intensity at all during the relatively short period that I have been a member
Lords Diary: Lord Lexden
Defence
By Lord Lexden
Lords Diary: Lord Lexden
From record-breaking late night sittings – with remarkable endurance skills – to becoming a 'national treasure'
Footballers face yellow cards – but the LGBT community risks a much graver threat
Culture
By Clive Betts MP
Footballers face yellow cards – but the LGBT community risks a much graver threat
The English and Welsh football teams, as well as seven other nations, took the decision to wear the OneLove armband during their World Cup games in Qatar to promote the positive message of diversity and inclusion in the game in a country where homosexuality is illegal.
Courageous political leadership is needed to end AIDS
Health
By Lord Fowler
Courageous political leadership is needed to end AIDS
We have come a long way. In the mid 1980s, when I started to work on the campaigns to respond to AIDS, there were no medicines.
LGBT+ History Month is a time to empower those in the present
Communities
By Crispin Blunt MP
LGBT+ History Month is a time to empower those in the present
During LGBT+ History Month, it is only natural to reflect on the advances we have made as a society.
The UK must ensure LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are prioritised for resettlement
Home affairs
By Kate Osborne MP
The UK must ensure LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are prioritised for resettlement
Under the Taliban, simply being LGBTQI+ will mean extra-judicial executions and the death penalty. The UK must ensure the inclusion and safety of LGBTQI+ Afghans throughout their resettlement process.
LGBTQ+ People In Afghanistan Must Be Evacuated And Resettled In UK, Government Told
Communities
LGBTQ+ People In Afghanistan Must Be Evacuated And Resettled In UK, Government Told
Pressure is growing on the government to do more to protect LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan at immediate risk of torture and death under the Taliban regime.
To stop the culture wars, learn from gay rights
Culture
By Luke Tryl
To stop the culture wars, learn from gay rights
In dousing the flames of the culture wars, our leaders would do well to look to the push for gay equality and to learn from it how to better live up to the public’s expectations about navigating cultural change in Britain today.
The Green Party Is Tearing Itself Apart In A Furious Row Over Trans Rights
Political parties
The Green Party Is Tearing Itself Apart In A Furious Row Over Trans Rights
Sian Berry alluded to a row about trans rights when she announced her decision not to stand again as Green Party leader this week, lighting a fuse among members – just a few months after record election results.
Pride and Parliament: What does Pride Month mean for members of the gayest Parliament in the world?
Communities
By LGBT+ Parliamentarians
Pride and Parliament: What does Pride Month mean for members of the gayest Parliament in the world?
Pride Month looks different in the pandemic, whether it’s seen as a protest, a celebration or both. But what does Pride mean to some of the UK’s out LGBT+ parliamentarians? Luke Pollard, Baroness Barker, David Mundell and Hannah Bardell share their reflections
A Timeline Of Pivotal LGBTQ+ Political Moments In The UK
Health
A Timeline Of Pivotal LGBTQ+ Political Moments In The UK
From the groundbreaking Wolfenden Report to the first same-sex marriage, the landscape of legislation affecting the LGBTQ+ community has changed drastically over the last 70 years.
No.10 Has Defended Boris Johnson's Trip To An Anti-LGBT Church After Keir Starmer Apologised Over Visit Backlash
Coronavirus
No.10 Has Defended Boris Johnson's Trip To An Anti-LGBT Church After Keir Starmer Apologised Over Visit Backlash
The Prime Minister’s spokesperson has defended his visit to the Jesus House for All The Nations church last month — despite Keir Starmer facing significant criticism for visiting the church last week.
Britain’s global reputation as a leading light on LGBT+ rights is fading
Social affairs
By Crispin Blunt MP
Britain’s global reputation as a leading light on LGBT+ rights is fading
With mounting calls for legislation to ban conversion therapy, the government must take decisive action and show they care about LGBT+ people before they turn their backs on this party and this government.
Government Commits To Banning Gay Conversion Therapy After Three Equalities Advisors Quit
Social affairs
Government Commits To Banning Gay Conversion Therapy After Three Equalities Advisors Quit
The prime minister said ending conversion therapy is "technically complex" but insisted he was committed to "stamp it out" after three government equalities advisers resigned over a lack of action.
Government’s Leading Equality Advisor Resigns Over Creation Of 'Hostile Environment' For LGBT+ People
Social affairs
Government’s Leading Equality Advisor Resigns Over Creation Of "Hostile Environment" For LGBT+ People
This government has created a "hostile environment" for LGBT+ people, according to its own leading equality advisor.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
LGBTIQ+ experiences of COVID-19 in the UK and the need for more inclusive crisis policies
Cross-Party support is vital to refine legislative measures that will give protection from discrimination
Communities
By Lord Cashman
Cross-Party support is vital to refine legislative measures that will give protection from discrimination
Until recently the UK was a world leader in the defence of minorities and equality before the law. This LGBTQ+ history month, we must remember rights and freedoms are achieved across thousands of generations and must be guarded and protected.
We must criminalise abhorrent practice of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
Social affairs
By Alicia Kearns MP
We must criminalise abhorrent practice of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
We need specific legislation rather than relying on existing GBH laws to give survivors the ability to prosecute those responsible, create formal support for survivors, ban advertising of the practice, and create a strong deterrent in law.
Trans Awareness Week 2020: We must end the toxic gender identity debate
Social affairs
By Crispin Blunt MP
Trans Awareness Week 2020: We must end the toxic gender identity debate
We must not continue ignoring the inequalities transgender people face. A sensible, empathetic and evidence-based approach to transgender policy is well overdue.
After His Furious Public Spat With Liz Truss Over Trans Rights, Crispin Blunt Says He Will Not Let The Issue Go
Political parties
By Georgina Bailey
After His Furious Public Spat With Liz Truss Over Trans Rights, Crispin Blunt Says He Will Not Let The Issue Go
After a bitter internal Tory row over the government's long-awaited response to the Gender Recognition Act, Crispin Blunt has vowed to carry on what he sees as a vital battle for trans rights. Georgina Bailey speaks to him
Labour LGBT+ affiliate calls on Keir Starmer to take ‘measurable action’ against MP Rosie Duffield over controversial tweets
Political parties
Labour LGBT+ affiliate calls on Keir Starmer to take ‘measurable action’ against MP Rosie Duffield over controversial tweets
Labour’s official LGBT+ group is calling on the party to take “measurable action” against Rosie Duffield over “troubling” comments she made about transgender people.
Boris Johnson promises ban on 'gay conversion therapy'
Health
Boris Johnson promises ban on 'gay conversion therapy'
Boris Johnson has pledged to implement a ban on "abhorrent" practices aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation.