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Lesbian Labour anniversary newsletter
Greetings on the first anniversary of the launch of Lesbian Labour website, marking a full year in the public gaze. Picking up where we left off in the last newsletter, we had a busy time at autumn conferences. At FiLiA we joined in with the Women Uniting cross-party meeting, sharing woefully similar tales with our

Not So Safe to be Me…
Thoughts on the cancelled alphabet soup conference, the “enlightened” response from the C of E, and the government’s cautionary approach to banning conversion therapy for gender identity. A global conference which focused on banning such practices (see article) everywhere would have been a useful step. Instead… histrionics. Footstomping. “If you don’t do what we want

Leaks and U-turns
Whilst the dust is settling on the government’s double U – turn on banning conversion therapy, let’s remember that Lesbians are particularly impacted on by this issue. We are not a political football to be kicked around. If the government or the opposition really care about LGBT they need to stop performing concern, virtue signalling,

CALL TO ACTION – Support LGBT refugees in the Kakuma Refugee camp, Kenya
We ask our supporters and members to petition the UNHCR to release LGB+T refugees in Kenya at risk of being killed, by allowing them to leave the camp where they are being violently attacked. They lack basic shelter, food and facilities and our lesbian sisters in particular are at risk of sexual abuse. More information

Lesbian Labour anniversary newsletter

Not So Safe to be Me…

Leaks and U-turns

CALL TO ACTION – Support LGBT refugees in the Kakuma Refugee camp, Kenya

Statement in response to the EHRC intervention
Conversion Therapy Consultation – A Lesbian Perspective

What we have been doing to advocate for Lesbians in the Labour Party

“We will not be meeting you” – LGBT+ Labour’s response to our request for dialogue
