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Conservative councillor criticises council for not consulting trans and non-binary communities on new public toilets

Graham Robson October 25, 2024

Ed Pitt Ford, a Conservative councillor, has criticised Westminster City Council for not consulting trans and non-binary communities on new public toilets. The new toilets – part of the council’s modernisation scheme to freshen up the existing facilities – are set to be split into men’s and women’s toilets. But Pitt Ford, who is also […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Suella Braverman faces backlash after describing Progress Pride flag as “monstrous”

Graham Robson July 10, 2024

Suella Braverman MP, former Home Secretary, has faced backlash after she described flying the Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” and blamed “liberal Conservatives” for the party suffering a record defeat in General Election. Braverman, who is touted as new Tory leader, was speaking at the the National Conservatism conference in Washington DC, criticised the flying […]

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Election Special

From gender-affirming care to conversion therapy, where do the main political parties stand on LGBTQ+ rights?

Graham Robson June 15, 2024

As the UK prepares to go to the polls on July 4, the nation’s two main parties – the Labour Party and the Conservatives – have released their manifestos, with LGBTQ+ issues and policies featuring in both. Key topics – such as gender-affirming care, conversion therapy and single-sex spaces – have been major points of […]

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Opinion

OPINION: It is time we take pride in our politics

Xantippe Steele November 23, 2023

The LGBTQ+ community across the UK was hit with the reveal of the latest cabinet reshuffle on November 13. Whilst we all may have breathed a sigh of relief at the sacking of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, who has publicly declared anti-trans, anti-migrant, and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, there is zero representation of the LGBTQ+ community […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to drop ban on conversion therapy

Graham Robson September 25, 2023

Ministers, who have concluded that similar legislation has proven problematic or ineffective in other countries, are reportedly working on an alternative solution, which would highlight existing laws that the government believes already criminalise several aspects of conversion therapy.

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Community

Tory MP Crispin Blunt calls for new Equalities Minister after debate on Gender Recognition Act

Graham Robson September 26, 2020

Crispin Blunt MP calls for Liz Truss MP to be replaced following a debate on reform of the Gender Recognition Act

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