DELGA and the Lib Dems will be on the march at London Pride tomorrow, and members and supporters should meet at the junction of Wigmore Street and Seymour Mews at 12pm. The parade leaves at 1pm. There will be a rally in Trafalgar Square afterwards and London's Lib Dem MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford is speaking on the stage at 4:37pm.
DELGA have welcomed the extension of the smoking ban to England - which comes into force today - for the positive impact it will have for the LGBT communities.
Baroness Sarah Ludford, Lib Dem MEP for London addressed the crowd from the main stage at London Pride today, welcoming the 35th London Pride event but remembering there is still much to be done to achieve LGBT liberation both in the UK further afield.
David Cameron's decision to appoint Sayeeda Warsi as Shadow minister for community cohesion makes a mockery of his claims to support equality for LGBT people, says DELGA Chair Jen Yockney.
In this week's Liberal Democrat reshuffle, Ming Campbell has moved Lorely Burt from the Shadow Women & Equalities post - which covers lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues - to work alongside Lembit Opik on business, enterprise and regulatory reform.
The Liberal Democrats' new spokesperson in the House of Commons on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues is Jo Swinson. At 27 Jo is one of the youngest MPs in the house, winning the new seat of East Dunbartonshire in 2005. She was appointed Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland after Ming Campbell's election as party leader last year, and now takes on the Women and Equality portfolio which includes LGBT rights.