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LGBT issues are again headline news as the discussion about same-sex marriage hots up and the government’s proposed consultation gets closer. With a flurry of newspaper columns and a parade of senior religious figures appearing to tell us…
Much fanfare has been made about the opening this week of a government consultation on equal marriage. However if you look behind the headlines, all is not as it seems. I have two key issues with the government's proposal as it stands: The…
By Tom King Update: The e-petitions website seems to be struggling today, therefore the link to the survey may not work. We're chasing this up with DirectGov. >> Sign the e-petition to end the gay blood donation ban << Earlier this week…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last night, with LGBT Labour, London Young Labour and the Young Fabians, LabourList co-hosted a hugely successful debate watch party, with over 100 people joining us in London. We were joined by Labour's…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new poll conducted by PinkNews.co.uk, Europe's largest gay news publication, has found that LGBT support for the Tories has fallen by 5% in the past month. The slide follows David Cameron's blunder in a TV…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As we know, David Cameron likes to assess his audience and say what he thinks different groups of people want to hear. Last week, in an interview with Johann Hari, he persisted that he'd abstained on voting on…
By Richard Lane / @politicana Today, a comment like this from an elected official would pass without mention. We now live in a society of relative tolerance and acceptance and firm legal protections for gay men and women. But when Lord…
By Peter Tatchell of OutRage! In less than decade, the government has legislated astonishing, huge improvements in LGBT human rights, such as equalising the age of consent, introducing civil partnerships, repealing Section 28, outlawing…
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting In the words of Stonewall chief Ben Summerskill, something "historic" happened this week: David Cameron apologised for the piece of Tory hate legislation well known to the LGBT community as 'Section 28'…
By Dean Newby "Pride is just an excuse for a party", "Pride is pointless, it has lost all meaning". These are just some of anti-Pride lines I've recently heard, and each time I hear them I am forced to argue against them. The first is in…
By Simon Wright and Katie Hanson You might be getting bored with the list of Labour achievements on equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Try thinking about it this way: When the Conservatives were last in government…
By Chris Smith It's nearly twenty-five years now since I came out. The occasion is well-documented: I was speaking at a rally in Rugby, that had been called to protest against the City Council's decision to exclude "sexual orientation" from…
