Gay couples are being failed in some areas of social policy and the law, Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Belinda Brooks-Gordon told a Stonewall LGBT fringe event at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference.
Leader of the Scottish LIb Dems, WIllie Rennie MSP, addressed the issue of same-sex marriage in his speech to the Scottish Lib Dem Autumn Conference this weekend. He said:
Delga is no more - LGBT+ Liberal Democrats is officially here!
Look out for an important mailing in the next few days if you're a member of LGBT+ Lib Dems - the ballot mailing has now been sent out to elect our 2012 executive.
The count for the election to choose the 2012 LGBT+ Lib Dems executive took place at North West Lib Dem regional conference this weekend. This was a hotly contested election including some 19 candidates for the 9 General Executive Member positions.
Leading LGBT Liberal Democrat Sarah Brown has been named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK. She featured in the Independent on Sunday's top 100 "pink list" at number 28. Sarah, probably the only "out" trans politician holding public office in the UK at the current time, is a current member of the executive of the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats and chair of the Transgender Working Group.