Top Liberal Democrats including Sarah Ludford MEP, Liz Lynne MEP, Chris Davies MEP and London Euro candidate Jonathan Fryer have added their names to an ILGA pledge on lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality ahead of the coming European elections.
Birmingham Liberal Democrats will be taking part in the city's Pride festival on 23/24th May. Local campaigners will be showing their support for the LGBT communities with a stall at the festival, listening to the concerns of LGBT residents and organisations. We will demonstrate both our record of local action and our proud record of ongoing action for LGBT people.
A Euro Elections LGBT community hustings has been organised by the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and will take place at Conway Hall on the evening of May 15th. Representing our corner will be Jonathan Fryer, Lib Dem London Euro Candidate and broadcaster and journalist.
Lib Dem Brian Paddick led the 2009 Stonewall Equality Walk in Brighton this Bank Holiday weekend. The event raises funds to pay for DVDs for schools to tackle homophobic bullying.
Lib Dem councillor Chris Ward will be guest speaker at Gay Surrey's celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia in Weybridge this Sunday, 17th May - one of a whole host of events marking the date, which is the anniversary of the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
Jonathan Fryer, the Number 2 Liberal Democrat candidate for London in the forthcoming European elections, has launched a campaign to have same-sex partnerships mutually recognised by all the European Union countries that have them.