http://delga.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from DELGA: Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action en-GB DELGA: Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action http://delga.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 DELGA: Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action 2010-03-12T15:12+00:00 United Kingdom http://delga.org.uk/news/000402/scottish_liberal_democrats_back_equal_marriage.html The Scottish Liberal Democrats have come out in favour of equal marriage, following a debate at their Spring Conference in Perth this weekend. This follows Nick Clegg's call for Marriage Without Borders. 2010-03-08T20:00+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000401/delga_launch_lib_dem_lgbt_postcards.html DELGA are proud to announce a new resource for local parties, in the form of postcards promoting the party's record and future on LGBT equality. The cards can be handed out as flyers, or left in local LGBT venues. They have a message on the back and can actually be posted to encourage people to spread the word. 2010-03-08T17:51+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000399/juliet_williams_represents_the_lib_dems_at_national_student_pride.html National Student Pride is a large LGBT Pride event organised each year by the National Union of Students LGBT wing. This year, the event is coming to Brighton, and holding a "Question Time"-style panel event with representatives from several political parties. 2010-03-06T15:56+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000398/excellent_news_for_religious_samesex_couples.html Delga welcomes last night's vote by the House of Lords voted to amend and improve the law on Civil Partnerships. The change means that Civil Partnership ceremonies will be able to be held in religious venues, and may include religious language. The amendment was supported by 25 Liberal Democrat peers, with no Lib Dem opposition; a majority of Tory peers voted against the amendment, and Labour's support was not unanimous. 2010-03-03T10:15+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000397/government_should_not_pander_to_homophobia.html Responding to an amendment to the Government's Children, Schools and Families Bill that would allow faith schools to teach sex education 'in a way that reflects the school's religious character', Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary, David Laws said, "This is a serious and undesirable U-turn by Ed Balls when the Government's policy on sex and relationship education is already pretty weak. 2010-02-22T23:23+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000396/lib_dem_leader_grilled_on_pink_news.html Nick Clegg MP is interviewed by readers of Pink News today. Questions cover issues like tuition fees and ID cards, as well as more obvious "LGBT issues" like same-sex marriage, tackling homophobic bullying and attacks, and the ban on gay and bisexual men, and their female partners, donating blood. 2010-02-17T16:16+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000395/watson_celebrates_victory_for_equal_rights_in_france.html South West Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson is celebrating a hard won victory in the battle to secure equal rights for same sex British couples living in France. 2010-02-05T13:34+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000394/follow_us_on_twitter.html A quick note for Twitter fans that they can now follow us @lgbtld to keep up to date with all new stories posted on the DELGA website. 2010-01-29T22:53+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000393/manchester_mp_grilled_by_gay_press.html Lib Dem MP for Manchester Withington John Leech is profiled in this month's edition of Out North West magazine. He tackles questions about the LGBT equality issues today, the Lib Dem policy on gay asylum seekers, sexuality and the census, and why gay, lesbian, bi and trans voters should vote Lib Dem at the coming General Election. 2010-01-28T21:38+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000392/delga_president_to_address_consortium_conference.html Dr Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West & Abingdon and President of the Lib Dem LGBT group Delga will be one of the key speakers at this weekend's LGBT Consortium conference in London. The conference will bring together staff and volunteers involved in running a plethora of lesbian, gay, bi and trans community projects from across the UK. 2010-01-28T21:28+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000391/council_of_europe_speaks_out_against_continuing_lgbt_discrimination.html The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is to debate and vote today on a report on equal rights for Europe's LGBT community. The report includes recommendations for the legal recognition of same-sex relationships and the adoption of children in homosexual relationships. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has called for full equality of marriage marriage as part of DELGA's Marriage Without Borders campaign. 2010-01-27T11:56+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000390/delga_launches_brighton_branch_on_25th_january.html With an estimated LGBT community of 13% - 17%, Brighton and Hove has long been seen as a gay friendly city. Lib Dem Councillor Paul Elgood has long been one the main LGBT community leaders for the area. The Lib Dems have selected two of their three local Parliamentary candidates, with Paul Elgood in Hove and Juliet Williams in Brighton Kemptown. 2010-01-16T00:00+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000389/cardiff_council_breaks_into_the_stonewall_100.html Every year Stonewall, Britain's largest lesbian, gay and bisexual equality charity, produces a list of Britain's top employers for gay staff - and this year Liberal Democrat-led Cardiff Council is celebrating reaching the coveted "Top 100" for the first time. The council was awarded 75th place, going up 94 places and is the only Welsh Local Authority to feature in the list, which also includes the National Assembly for Wales and North Wales Police. 2010-01-14T23:42+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000388/lib_dem_councils_schools_service_to_gain_new_award_for_lgbt_equality_work.html Cardiff Council's Schools and Lifelong Learning Service is to be awarded a new and innovative quality assurance mark for its performance in meeting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality agenda. Cardiff's Liberal Democrat Council Leader Rodney Berman will be presented with the Rainbow Mark at an award ceremony at the Senedd today. 2010-01-14T23:36+00:00 http://delga.org.uk/news/000387/marriage_without_borders.html Nick Clegg and DELGA are calling for Marriage Without Borders - for marriages and civil partnerships to be available in the UK to people regardless of gender, and for same-sex partnerships to be recognised throughout Europe and internationally. 2010-01-14T02:50+00:00