Labour party

Trans man spearheads efforts to 'tackle anti-trans rhetoric' in Labour party

Trans
Jul 30 2020

This trans Labour member is spearheading efforts to ‘tackle anti-trans rhetoric’ in the party and maybe, finally elect a trans MP

Labour Party lawmaker Lloyd Russell-Moyle won re-election to Parliament in 2019. (Andres Pantoja/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UK
Jul 17 2020

Gay MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle resigns from Labour frontbench following heated row over JK Rowling’s anti-trans tirades

Transgender people and their supporters gather in Parliament Square to protest against potential changes to the Gender Recognition Act on 04 July, 2020 in London, England. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Trans
Jul 09 2020

Majority of women support trans people’s right to self-identify despite years of relentless transphobia, eye-opening polling finds

Keir Starmer's 'deafening silence' on trans rights slammed by activists

Trans
Jun 19 2020

Labour members plead with Keir Starmer, Marsha de Cordova and the party to come out swinging for trans rights in the wake of alleged Tory attacks

Blood donation rules finally relaxed for gay and bisexual men

Health
Jun 15 2020

Senior Tories join cross-party group of MPs piling pressure on health minister to end blood donation ban for gay and bi men

Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly trans MP

Trans
Jun 01 2020

World’s first openly trans MP awarded Queen’s Birthday Honour for pioneering services to the LGBT+ community

Liz Truss just wished everyone a happy Pride – 17 days in

Trans
May 07 2020

Every major political party has now condemned Liz Truss’ ‘troubling’ attack on trans youth. Yes, even her own Tory party

Angela Rayner was elected deputy leader of the opposition Labour Party by its half a million electorate. (Martin Hobby)

Exclusive
Apr 07 2020

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner on her ‘natural affinity’ with LGBT+ people and ‘accidentally’ turning up to a fetish night

Juliet Jacques on transphobia

Trans
Mar 09 2020

Trans author perfectly explains how transphobia has become ‘respectable bigotry’ in the UK

At long last, Keir Starmer has addressed Labour's transphobia problem

Politics
Mar 02 2020

Keir Starmer on a storied career spent fighting for LGBT+ rights and standing shoulder to shoulder with the trans community

UK
Feb 20 2020

Tony Blair says he’d refuse to sign trans rights pledge and warns Labour not to get involved in a ‘culture war’

Shadow secretary of state for exiting the European Union, Keir Starmer. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Opinion
Feb 20 2020

Keir Starmer: ‘This is how I’ll put the fight for LGBT+ rights at the core of the Labour Party’

News
Feb 13 2020

LGBT+ Labour follow the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights with a list of crucial pledges for leadership hopefuls to sign

Labour Leadership Contender Emily Thornberry gestures as she speaks on stage during her Leadership Campaign Launch at Guildford Waterside Centre on January 17, 2020. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Exclusive
Feb 12 2020

Labour’s Emily Thornberry on a career spent fighting for queer rights, Minogue vs Minogue and her gay icon Queen Elizabeth I