Our next profile for #LVW25 is the inestimable Helen Belcher 🔶 Helen Belcher OBE. A #LibDems candidate in Chippenham and Reading West & Mid Berkshire, Helen first came to prominence during the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, and has been campaigning ever since. 1/2

What's that? Oh, just Ed Davey campaigning alongside a trans #LibDem local election candidate as the main picture in the leading article about the local elections in today's FT! 🧡 Best of luck to all Liberal Democrats candidates in tomorrow's local elections. 💛 1/2

STATEMENT ON PRIDE: While we understand #Pride organisers' frustrations with Labour and the Conservatives' swithering on LGBT+ and especially trans+ rights of late, we are sickened to our core to be lumped with them in a blanket suspension on parties attending major Prides. 1/4

Excellent Early Day Motion by Liberal Democrats Equalities spokes Christine Jardine 🔶 on the work ahead of us to regain our community's trust in politics. 💛🏳️‍🌈 edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

Tonight LGBT+ Lib Dems 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🔶 has written to Lib Dem MPs, urging those who haven’t yet signed Christine Jardine 🔶’s Early Day Motion on political parties at Pride to do so. This is a pivotal moment for politicians and parties to start the next steps in rebuilding trust. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

I’ve written to Ministers asking them to fulfil their promise to legislate to end Conversion Therapy practices in Scotland. The SNP was elected on a pledge to do so. All political parties included it in their 2021 manifesto. My message is simple: if ministers won’t do it, I will.

All political parties promised to back a change in the law to ban conversion therapy practices in their 2021 manifestos. The SNP made an explicit promise if they got into government to introduce this Bill and haven’t. If they won't introduce this bill, Jamie Greene MSP will.

Today is IDAHoBiT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia. We need to do better on this: as a society, as a Party, and as individuals. We have a great record, but we can't rest on our laurels. We're in the fight to do better, and we won't let up. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💛

We've been working with LGBT+ Lib Dems 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🔶 and ALDC on a template council motion on trans rights that ALDC will be sending out next week! Transphobia isn't feminist, and Lib Dem Women will always stand with the Trans community. libdemvoice.org/idahobit-how-l…

Liberal Democrats will keep fighting until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

"It’s clear the fight for LGBTQ+ equality must go on - and I’m determined that Liberal Democrats remain at the forefront of that fight." Ed Davey - read more: libdems.org.uk/news/article/p…

It's Pride Month 2025 - wherever you are, we hope you have a safe one. 🧡🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ People have rightly been asking what we mean when we say we Liberal Democrats need to 'do better' or 'step up' as a party. There's no such thing as 'done' of course - but this is what we're pushing for atm. 1/2

On the 7th of June, 1954, Alan Turing died. He was discovered the following day. His birthday would have been the 23rd of June. He had opted for chemical castration following his conviction for homsexuality and indecency. Now, of course, we celebrate June as Pride Month. 1/3

Congrats to the volunteers at Highland Pride! Many across the LGBTQ+ community feel targeted and their rights threatened by divisive culture wars. While today was a lot of fun, it was also a show of strength. We must never stop fighting for everyone's rights to be who they are!

📅 One year ago. 🔶72 Liberal Democrat local champions. 💪🏻 The largest third party in Parliament in 100 years.

📣 Government Acts Following My Debate on LGBT Veterans Scheme 🇬🇧🌈 After leading a debate in Parliament yesterday on delays to the LGBT Veterans Financial Recognition Scheme, the Government has now announced plans to speed up its delivery. ✅ Almost doubling the number of

On International Non-Binary People’s Day, Liberal Democrats are proud to stand with and celebrate non-binary people in the UK and all around the world. We will keep fighting until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

Until 2000, the Armed Forces had a ban on LGBT personnel, who could be discharged or face criminal prosecution. Jess Brown-Fuller MP has won action from the Government to speed up compensation for LGBT veterans who lost their jobs and were stripped of their pensions.

Today we celebrate 12 years since the Liberal Democrats passed the Same Sex Marriage Act, with some lovely photos of our married and engaged Plus members. Including our Chair, Charley Hasted (they/them), who’s getting married in October, and our HVP, A.Hyyrylainen-Trett (They/Them), who celebrates their 10th anniversary.

What is transmisogyny? 🧵 In a society with strict ideas about gender roles, the perception of trans women is shaped by patriarchal ideas about femininity.