Anti-LGBT+ sentiment would appear to be growing as a result of the Birmingham Primary Schools education row. What started with Parkfield Community School in Alum Rock Birmingham, has now spread to at least four schools across the city and politicians from across the party spectrum are voicing their concerns on both sides of the debate.
After a decade of being excluded from Downing Street guest-lists, Theresa May issues Peter Tatchell an invite to LGBT reception at Number 10. Since the inception of Downing Street LGBT Pride receptions a decade ago, Peter Tatchell’s name has been omitted from the guest list for the receptions by successive Prime Ministers – Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been urged by Peter Tatchell to apologise for Britain imposing anti-gay laws on dozens of other countries during the colonial era. The call coincides with this week’s start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London.
Video messages from Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon and Vince Cable, were release to mark World AIDS Day on December 1.
Gscene columnist Craig Hanlon-Smith has sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, Theresa May about the plight of our gay brothers in Chechnya.
The devils are in the detail as Craig Hanlon-Smith questions if the next Prime Minister should be decided by the Tory blue rinse brigade rather than the country at large. Any relief at the early withdrawal of Stephen Crabb, a front bench Government minister with links to a Christian organisation that offers cure therapies to LGBT teenagers, soon dissipated with a cursory glance at the final three.
Andrea Leadsom MP, one of the three remaining candidates in the race to be the next Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party fails to respond to LGBT Tory about her views on LGBT issues.
Theresa May MP the present Home Secretary has announced today that she will be standing to be leader of the Conservative Party. Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven will be supporting Theresa May in her bid to become the next Tory leader after David Cameron’s resignation last week.
Broken Rainbow, the LGBT Domestic Violence Charity has welcomed news that Ministers are considering plans to create a new crime of domestic abuse. Existing legislation already covers coercive and controlling behaviour, but does not explicitly apply to relationships. Jo Harvey Barringer, Managing Director (Interim), Broken Rainbow UK, said: “Broken Rainbow UK welcomes the proposed new crime […]
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