Christine Jardine: Why I support equal marriage and transgender rights

Our place to talk – an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK.

The most-read independent website by and for Lib Dem supporters. Not paid for by trade unions or millionaires.

Advert

Christine Jardine: Why I support equal marriage and transgender rights

By Caron Lindsay | Sun 17th June 2018 - 10:55 am

Here’s Christine Jardine speaking to Edinburgh’s Pride march yesterday. One of these days, I’ll remember to hold the phone round the other way.

She was speaking at the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile to a vast, sparkly and bright crowd. As always the atmosphere was incredible.

The Scottish Young Liberals and Edinburgh Lib Dems did proud with t-shirts, a stall and a Brexitometer.

LGBT+ rights are human rights @LGBTLD #EdinburghPride2018 #pride2018 pic.twitter.com/Ghgjd6KRSF

— Scottish Lib Dems (@scotlibdems) June 16, 2018

It seems that the marchers are not so impressed at the thought of Brexit.

What do LGBTQ+ folk at @PrideEdinburgh think of Brexit? @LGBTLD @catherinemep @agcolehamilton @cajardineMP #ExitFromBrexit @EdinburghLibDem pic.twitter.com/b1gGcmyR7j

— Stephen Harte (@sjharte) June 16, 2018

And Greyfriars Bobby went all rainbow:

There was a pre-pride Lib Dem Pint on Friday at which much pink Prosecco and alcohol of other descriptions was consumed and much laughter had.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

Read more by Caron Lindsay or more about LGBT, pride edinburgh or scottish young liberals.
This entry was posted in News.

Advert

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Website

Comment

Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Most Read

Op-eds

Welcome to Lib Dem Friends of Gaelic Language and Culture (Caron Lindsay)
Going for four in a row in Scotland (Grant Toghill)
Lib Dems call for action on smart spectacles – some constructive feedback (Caron Lindsay)
AI has moved from future threat to present reality (Sean Worrell)
Where next for the Lib Dems in London? (Josh Lucas Mitte)

Advert

Recent Comments

sean
@Peter Davies Agreed, and that's arguably the strongest argument for the UK acting through coalitions (G7, EU adequacy frameworks, UN processes) rather than wai...
sean worrell
@paul barker The grid strain is real and measurable, and it's a fair reason to demand efficiency standards and clean-power conditions on new data centre approva...
Matt Wardman
@Nonconformistradical . i do not think that would work. Consider how many times Doctors, when asked to consider reporting eyesight defects wrt driving lic...
Matt Wardman
This is a good call for consideration, rather than kneejerk reactions, from Karen. But I think it is massively too narrow trying to focus the question on one va...
Tristan Ward
I certainly support a hard Lib Dem campaign I Holborn & St Pancras arguing for closer relationships with European states and the EU, strong defence and urg...