New figures for HIV show that across Britain there were 7,000 new diagnoses recorded last year - a rise of 6% on 2006. Liberal Democrat health spokesperson, Sandra Gidley, said: "These figures are very worrying but not surprising. They are the legacy of a government which has left sexual health services to languish by the wayside. It is crucial that we ensure future generations are not now put at risk."
Commenting on the case of Abbas Bagherian, the Iranian gay asylum seeker who sought refuge in Cyprus, Liberal Democrat justice and human rights spokeswoman Sarah Ludford MEP welcomed the decision of the Cyprus Minister of the Interior to grant him resident status. She said: "I strongly welcome the decision to allow Mr Bagherian to remain in Cyprus, since a rejection of his application and his return to Iran would have left him vulnerable to imprisonment, torture and in the worst case the death penalty, simply for being gay."
"The Equality Bill in today's Queen's Speech could be excellent news for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people", says DELGA Chair Jen Yockney. "But we need to see the details and make sure that it is suitably broad in its scope. Parliament must take this chance to get it right - particularly on the breadth of trans inclusion, to go further than the limited Gender Recognition Act."
Former Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London Brian Paddick has been voted off ITV show "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!" He'd been on the programme for 15 days and was the sixth person to be evicted, after spending a night in a cage with rats and cockroaches.
Lib Dem MP for Oxford West & Abingdon, Dr Evan Harris gave a speech welcoming delegates at the FA's 'Football for All' Homophobia Summit today.
Speaking on World AIDS Day, Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Michael Moore said: "The AIDS pandemic is one of the most significant public health challenges of our time. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals of ensuring universal access to treatment by 2010, and reversing the spread of the disease by 2015, will require a sustained commitment on the part of the international community."