Liberal Youth, the youth and students body of the Liberal Democrats, had LGBT+ issues prominently on the agenda at their recent conference in Manchester. Delegates resolved to support LGBT+ communities in Russia against recent Pride bans, and laws against LGBT+ expression, working with international youth bodies like IFLRY. The conference also reaffirmed the party's policy on equal civil partnerships.
Nick Clegg MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister, has recorded a video for World AIDS Day on Saturday 1st December. In it, he calls for support for people with HIV/AIDS and an end to discrimination, along with a future free from AIDS. You can watch the video below or on YouTube:
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Government's response to the equal marriage consultation, as the next step towards delivering equal marriage in the United Kingdom.
The Coalition Government has formally announced in Parliament the Same-Sex Marriage bill to be introduced in the House of Commons. This is a great day for LGBT+ Liberal Democrats who set the ball rolling on this campaign in September 2010, where at their Autumn Conference, local party representatives voted overwhelmingly for Equal Marriage policy, becoming the first major party and first party of Government to support marriage equality.
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats are urging all supporters of equal marriage to write to their MP, asking them to support the second reading of the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill. This is the first Parliamentary vote on the new legislation.
Along with the Parliamentary work being carried out by the LGBT+ Lib Dems exec along with Lib Dem MPs and activists, there's plenty happening in the media around the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.