It’s LGBT History Month and to mark its start, Lynne Featherstone, who as Equalities Minister, kicked off the process that led to same sex marriage in England and Wales, wrote a blog on the party website:
We must fight oppression in every form so that no LGBT+ person has to live in fear.
Our members make our policies, and incredible LGBT activists and allies have written comprehensive policies that will make our society a kinder and more equal place than it is today.
Our MPs, Peers and members are fighting for these rights every day:
- Trans people being able to change their legal gender and streamlining the Gender Recognition Act to make it easier.
- Businesses with more than 250+ employees to monitor and publish data on BAME and LGBT employees, not just gender.
- A standard curriculum addition for Sex and Relationship Education (SRE), which will include in SRE teaching about sexual consent, LGBT+ relationships, and issues surrounding explicit images and content.
- Gender neutral bathrooms, gender-neutral school uniforms, and ‘X’ option on passports, official documents and forms for those who do not wish to identify as male or female.
Let us celebrate our identities and our freedom of expression. Let us embrace people from all communities and be proud of who we are.
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