LGBT+ Labour

Written by Tom Burke and Bev Craig , the National Co-Chairs of LGBT Labour Next year marks the 40th anniversary of LGBT Labour. Emerging as the Gay Labour Group, it was a sign of new urgency for lesbian, gay and bisexual people to claim…

This evening an event hosted by LGBT Labour will celebrate Michael Cashman's (CBE) lifetime of work as he retires as a Labour MEP. Cashman - formerly an actor on EastEnders who with Colin Russell performed the first kiss between two male…

Midnight chimed, the registrar smiled, and the grooms grinned. When she reached the words "you are now joined in marriage as husband and husband" we all cheered. Me, I always love a wedding. And of course for Kyle Emerson and Richie Wood…

At one minute past minute, several couples were married. Yet these weddings were remarkable not just for the obscure time of night at which they took place, nor for the crowds that waited outside. The people getting married weren't…

Tomorrow we celebrate the first same-sex marriages to be held in the UK. It will be the culmination of a long process in which the Labour Party played a very significant part. Labour’s record on equality for LGBT people has made a big…

Today I’m off to a good friend’s wedding. It will be a happy, joyful occasion and of course, I wish my friends all the best in their future together. Yet there will be one jarring moment for me, when the registrar will say that: “Marriage…

1) Amy Lame’s hen night... 2) Chris Smith comes out 3) Michael Cashman takes equality to the living room 4) Britain’s “gay mafia” 5) Alan Turing apology 6) Decriminalisation 7) Civil partnerships 8) Gay adoption and fertility rights 9)…

By Michael Cashman MEP and Mary Honeyball MEP Tory MEPs showed their nasty side again today - their anti-women, anti-choice, anti-LGBT side David Cameron tries so hard to shield from public view. The Tories sided with UKIP to oppose a range…

This week has been a milestone for equality. Mind you, we’ve had quite a few of those this year, not least of all the Equal Marriage Bill which received Royal Ascent on 17 July. This week’s victory is smaller, but packs a punch. B & B…

Last night, with significant support from Labour MPs, Parliament took the first steps to achieve marriage equality. Same sex relationships will be recognised in law on an equitable basis to others. Trans people will not have marriages…

Today much of the interest will be in the size of the Tory "rebellion" (it's technically not a rebellion as it's a "free vote") over Equal Marriage. Labour MPs have also been offered a free vote on Equal Marriage, and thanks to research…