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Gender-critical activists, including Suella Braverman MP, Dr David Bell and Olympian Sharron Davies, sign open letter expressing ‘grave concerns’ about Conversion Therapy trans ban

Graham Robson October 20, 2024

Gender-critical activists, including Suella Braverman MP and Olympian Sharron Davies, have signed an open letter warning Sir Keir Starmer that Labour plans to ban trans conversion therapy would risk ‘criminalising’ parents opposed to their child’s transition. More than 140 people including peers, MPs, doctors and psychotherapists, signed the open letter to the Prime Minister with […]

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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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HIV

Labour commits to new HIV Action Plan in election manifesto

Graham Robson June 13, 2024

The Labour Party has announced it would “commission a new HIV Action Plan in England, in pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030” in their General Election manifesto. The announcement follows Tory commitments to ending new HIV cases by 2030 and justice for those impacted by the Infected Blood Scandal. HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins […]

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Election Special

LGBT+ Labour raises “record funds” to support LGBTQ+ parliamentary Labour candidates

Graham Robson May 29, 2024

LGBT+ Labour has announced it has raised £27,500 to support LGBTQ+ Labour parliamentary candidates ahead of the general election on July 4, surpassing the previous record held since the 2015 general election. LGBTQ+ Labour said: “LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms are increasingly under threat: from the rise in hate crime, to the failure to deliver a […]

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LGBTQ+ News

“Sickening”. Rishi Sunak’s trans jibe – made while mother of Brianna Ghey attended Prime Minister’s Questions – condemned by Amnesty International

Graham Robson February 7, 2024

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for aiming a political jibe about trans people at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer – while the mother of murder victim Brianna Ghey attended Prime Minister’s Questions. In Prime Minister’s Questions, his weekly showdown with MPs and the leader of the opposition, Mr Sunak said the Labour leader had broken […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Sir Keir Starmer vows to ban trans ‘conversion therapy’ if he becomes PM

Graham Robson February 1, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has vowed to push ahead with a ban on transgender ‘conversion therapy’ if Labour wins at the next general election. The Labour leader reiterated his party’s commitment to a ban on ‘all forms of conversion therapy’ at an LGBTQ+ event in Parliament , where he promised his […]

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