Tory MP Sajid Javid replaces Maria Miller and becomes new Equalities Secretary
Conservative MP Sajid Javid has replaced Maria Miller as the most senior minister responsible for equalities in the UK Government. Prime Minister David Cameron made the announcement on Twitter. Mr...
View ArticleTory minister Alan Duncan: Anti-gay laws are a problem in ‘primitive cultures’
International Development Minister Alan Duncan has rejected calls to cut foreign aid to countries with anti-gay laws. The gay Conservative MP told The Huffington Post that the UK was “increasingly...
View ArticleGay Tory minister defends appointment of anti-equal marriage Minister for Women
Planning minister Nick Boles has rejected criticism over the appointment of Nicky Morgan as the new Minister for Women. In a government reshuffle on Wednesday, sparked by the resignation of Culture...
View ArticleTory MP Nigel Evans: ‘Rape suspects need anonymity’
Conservative MP Nigel Evans says it’s time rape suspects were granted anonymity and has expressed sadness over the arrest of Oxford Union President Ben Sullivan. Mr Sullivan, 21, a history and politics...
View ArticleTory Equalities Minister: A lot has been achieved for LGBT rights but we must...
Writing exclusively for PinkNews on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Cabinet Minister for Equalities Sajid Javid says the government is “by no means complacent” when it comes to...
View ArticleMichael Fabricant: Blair once dubbed the Tories ‘homophobes’– but we’ve moved on
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has said his party is no longer made up “retired colonel types” with “horrendous” views. The Lichfield MP has also revealed that the Labour Party unsuccessfully...
View ArticleTory MP Nigel Evans: Those cleared of sex charges should receive counselling
Conservative MP Nigel Evans says people who are cleared of sexual offences should be entitled to the same counselling that is offered to crime victims. In May, Mr Evans, MP for Ribble Valley in...
View ArticleTory MP: Gay marriage was a mistake – Labour would have done it anyway
Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh has called for his party to “apologise” for legalising same-sex marriage, saying a future Labour government would have introduced the measure anyway. Mr Leigh, MP for...
View ArticleTory MP Nigel Evans elected to senior party committee
Conservative MP Nigel Evans has been elected to the influential 1922 committee. The committee is a forum for Tory MPs to connect with the leadership and is seen as a barometer of party opinion. Mr...
View ArticleAnn Widdecombe: ‘I was very alienated by gay marriage’
Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe says David Cameron’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage left her feeling “alienated”. Promoting her new autobiography ‘Strictly Ann’ in an interview to The...
View ArticleGay activist hopes to unseat Tory MP who warned of ‘aggressive homosexuals’
An LGBT rights campaigner is running to become a selected Labour candidate in a seat occupied by a Conservative MP who previously warned of the “aggressive homosexual community”. Former defence...
View ArticleAnn Widdecombe backs anti-gay marriage Belfast bakery
Ann Widdecombe is supporting the owners of a Belfast bakery who refused to make a cake featuring a pro-equal marriage message. Ashers Baking Company declined an order from an LGBT rights activist,...
View ArticleWill Nicky Morgan champion LGBT equality in schools as Education Secretary?
Michael Gove, who previously resisted updating sex education guidance in schools, has been replaced by a minister who voted against same-sex marriage – and is now responsible for the entire equalities...
View ArticleThatcher told me: ‘I don’t want anything to do’ with the AIDS campaign
Margaret Thatcher “pursed her lips” over the 1986 government campaign against the AIDS epidemic, refusing to take any responsibility, says Edwina Currie. The ex-Tory MP has spoken to GT (Gay Times) of...
View ArticleTory MP: ‘Equalising blood laws is the next frontier for UK gay rights’
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant says blanket restrictions preventing gay and bisexual men from giving blood must end. Writing in The Guardian, the former Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party...
View ArticleA growing number of Tories are calling for statutory sex education
Former Conservative Party Vice-Chairman Michael Fabricant has become the latest Tory to back calls for statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education. The Lichfield MP told...
View ArticleTories should back statutory sex education, says Health Committee Chair
Conservative MP Dr Sarah Wollaston is calling on her party to support statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education. The Totnes MP has praised the Conservative peer and former Health...
View ArticleNicky Morgan: ‘Let me have a think about making PSHE statutory’
Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Nicky Morgan has hinted that she could be moving towards supporting statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education. On...
View ArticleSenior Tory MP slams anti-gay Devon columnist for ‘repellent’ views
Conservative MP Dr Sarah Wollaston has condemned the “repellent” remarks of a Devon newspaper columnist who described homosexuality as an “aberration”. The MP for Totnes is the latest Devon MP to...
View ArticleGay Tories rally round Business Minister over Labour ‘full of queers’ accident
Senior Tories have criticised Labour MP Chris Bryant for suggesting Business Minister Matthew Hancock should be sacked for accidentally tweeting that Labour was a party “full of queers”. Mr Hancock,...
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