Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, Stephen Williams MP spoke at the EuroPride rally on the subject of homophobic bullying in our schools. He criticised the BBC Governors' decision that deemed the use of the word 'gay' by Chris Moyles to mean 'lame' or 'rubbish' was perfectly acceptable.
Commenting on the publication of Health Protection Agency statistics which reveal that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections rose by 3% from 2004 to 2005, with the biggest rise of 23% seen in syphilis cases, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister, Sandra Gidley MP said, "The rise in sexually transmitted infections is a direct result of the Government's failure to make delivery of sexual health services a priority. The full picture is that new cases of STIs rose by 20% between 2000 and 2004.
The Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman for Women and Equality, Lorely Burt MP, has tabled an Early Day Motion in response to the use of the word 'gay' by as a term of derision on BBC radio. Her EDM has already attracted cross-party support from Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative MPs.
Evan Harris MP has welcomed government proposals to make it easier for same-sex female couples to access fertility treatment without the sperm donor being present. This should make IVF treatment more accessible to both single women, and lesbian or bisexual women in same-sex relationships.
The Liberal Democrats will have a stall at LGBT Pride in Oxford tomorrow, July 15th. DELGA members and supporters coming along to the event - do come and say hello or even lend a hand on the stall for a while.
Unlike the hugely successful and inclusive EuroPride event in London two weeks ago, or the many smaller Pride festivals around the UK this summer, authorities in Riga, the capital of Latvia which since 2004 is an EU member state, refused permission for the 'Riga Pride 2006' march on Saturday.