Leading openly gay rap artist QBoy is lending his support to anti-bullying week by specifically highlighting the problems of homophobic bullying. Starting off with a performance at an anti-bullying conference, QBoy has also recently interviewed out Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams for a Channel 4 show to be shown in February.
The European Parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights is seeking an amendment to a statement from the European Parliament Bureau on diversity, after it was revealed that sexual orientation was removed from a bureau resolution. The document details anti-discrimination principles within the workplace of the European Parliament which covered non-party-political employment - broadly equivalent to the Civil Service in the UK. It states that employees should not be discriminated against based on sex, disability race, colour or ethnicity.
DELGA's Autumn 2006 newsletter is out, reporting from the Federal Conference in Brighton and with news of the new executive elected for our organisation in 2007.
Official figures show that same-sex couples have registered 15,672 civil partnerships formed in the UK between December 2005 and the end of September 2006. The initial burst of 2,000 in the first month has reduced to around 1,500 ceremonies a month, so after the first twelve months around 36,000 people will have had their relationship formally recognised.
The European Parliament's Intergroup (all-party parliamentary group) on Gay and Lesbian Rights has launched a new website featuring a documentation centre, regular press reviews, a massive links directory, and easy-to-use communication tools that enable direct interaction between the public and members of the Intergroup.
In recognition of World AIDS Day tomorrow, John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling on the government to commit the resources needed to care for those living with HIV all year round.