Nick Clegg to address LGB Education Conference
Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has been confirmed as speaker at Stonewall's "Education For All" conference next month.
15 Jun 2008
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Turkey must not prohibit gay sexual equality rights
London MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford, Liberal Democrat European justice spokeswoman, has written to the Turkish Ambassador in London calling for a reversal of the recent ruling by an Istanbul court to ban the LGBT organisation, Lambdaistanbul.
6 Jun 2008
Lib Dems to debate LGBT Asylum
DELGA are delighted that our motion to the party's main autumn (Federal) conference on lesbian, gay, bi and trans asylum seekers has been accepted for the conference preliminary agenda, which has just been published.
24 Jun 2008
EU pressure on US to abolish HIV discrimination intensifies
Since 1993 the US government has denied Visa Waiver to individuals suffering HIV or Aids and has made acquiring a visa very difficult. This arrangement amounts to a near ban on travel to the US for sufferers of HIV and Aids. This policy is widely considered to be both discriminatory and lacking in any objective justification. Earlier this year, Lib Dem London MEP Sarah Ludford raised this matter in the European Parliament and launched a campaign to include the abolition of HIV/Aids discrimination in EU visa negotiations with the US. The petition has collected hundreds of signatures.
23 Jun 2008
Nick Clegg challenges Heinz
Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has today written to the Director of UK Corporate Affairs at Heinz, urging him to reconsider the company's decision to withdraw an advert that featured two men kissing.
27 Jun 2008
Gay Ban Could Be Repealed
The Isle of Man's ban on the promotion of homosexuality by public bodies could be repealed as part of a draft Bill to update and strengthen the Island's sexual offences laws.
6 Sep 2005