South West Liberal Democrat MEP and President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform party Sir Graham Watson today introduced David Chalmers, who sits on the Board of the Kaleidoscope Trust, to European Commissioner for development Andris Piebalgs regarding EU funding for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex issues in the developing world.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Lib Dem MP and Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has reiterated her support for the Government's forthcoming consultation on how to introduce equal civil marriage. She says, "This is about the underlying principles of family, society and personal freedoms."
Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford has expressed disappointment at the defeat of a key paragraph in a European Parliament committee vote on a report on EU citizens' rights. This paragraph demanded full freedom of movement with legal rights for same-sex couples and an end to Member States' obstruction of a 2004 EU law meant to achieve this.
Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford has expressed disappointment at the defeat of a key paragraph in a European Parliament committee vote on a report on EU citizens' rights. This paragraph demanded full freedom of movement with legal rights for same-sex couples and an end to Member States' obstruction of a 2004 EU law meant to achieve this.
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats will be at Welsh Liberal Democrats conference this Saturday, at a fringe meeting with Stonewall Cymru entitled "The Fourth Assembley: What Next for LGBT People in Wales". Chris Ward from the LGBT+ Lib Dems executive will be a speaker on the panel, along with Cllr. Rodney Berman, the Lib Dem leader of Cardiff Council.
On Tuesday's debate in the House of Lords on Schools, Lord Rennard asked "whether the government will take steps to prevent the booklet Pure Manhood: How to Become the Man God wants You to Be being read as part of the school curriculum. Three Liberal Democrats Peers, Lord Rennard, Baroness Walmsley and Lord Avebury pressed the government to act including a further specific question asked by Lord Rennard on "what specific actions the government might consider to prevent the distribution in any school of literature that is clearly homophobic, undermines HIV prevention campaigns and is likely to incite further homophobic bullying?