When EHRC meets KCSIE: You get Shic Creek
The Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE) guidance has been released and will be in force in schools from 1 September 2026. The EHRC has also released their guidance for schools which is now out for consultation. This article will look at this provisional guidance and point out what is good, bad and contradictory. _________________________________________________________ […]
Keeping Children Safe In Education – But Will It?
Keeping Children Safe In Education or KCSIE gives schools and colleges in England a clear, consistent framework for protecting children from harm. The Good: By putting the advice about use of single-sex facilities within KCSIE, the government has placed compliance within the remit of school inspections. The result will help to restrict activist teachers and […]
Amnesty – an attack on our democracy
Joint statement from Lesbian Labour and LabourLGB Amnesty International UK has a big problem with our Equality Act. Rather than discuss this with those groups protected by the Act to identify what their views are, they have gone on the attack. The latest debacle being the publication of their report “A Growing threat: The Anti-Rights […]
Conversion therapy: still not illegal – or still not happening? The Sex Matters view.
“It is beholden on us all to ensure that this conversation is based on real facts.”Olivia Bailey, Minister for Equalities, 25th June 2026. Click the link below to read Sex Matters’ alarming exposé of the flimsy evidence base for the claimed extent of abusive conversion practice. Read about the £360,000 contract awarded to pro trans […]
‘Labour’s draft Conversion Practices Bill is unnecessary, illiberal and politically motivated’
LabourList article succinctly and eloquently puts the case against the draft CP bill from a lesbian, gay and bisexual perspective. We agree with every word. This bill must be stopped because of the damage such a ban will reap on young gender non-conforming LGB people. Read the article here: ‘Labour’s draft Conversion Practices Bill is […]
WPATH sued for making deceptive claims about gender affirming care
The self-described and self-anointed World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the body responsible for many of the false claims underlying gender affirming care, is being sued in the US by four states and the Federal Trade Commission. One of the many malign ‘achievements’ of WPATH was validating gender affirming medical pathways, obliging medical insurance […]
Pride and Fall: How Rainbow Capitalism and Gender Ideology Killed the Gay Rights Parade
This article was written by Paul Knaggs and published in Labour Heartlands on 10th June 2026. Here is the original https://labourheartlands.com/pride-and-fall/ Pride and Fall Pride, the old proverb warns, comes before a fall. And so it has proved. A movement born so that a man could love a man and a woman could love a […]
BETRAYAL BY MOTION: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO KILL WOMEN’S RIGHTS CODE
Article by Paul Knaggs in Labour Heartlands 2 June 2026. Click here for the original: https://labourheartlands.com/betrayal-by-motion-parliament-moves-to-kill-womens-rights-code/ “No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.”– Susan B. Anthony, suffragette, 1920 MPs from five parties have signed a motion to kill the EHRC’s Code of Practice on single-sex […]
Women’s Rights: EHRC Code Laid Before Parliament, and Reality Finally Enters the Room
Article by Paul Knaggs of Labour Heartlands published on 21 May 2026. Here is the original: https://labourheartlands.com/womens-rights-ehrc-code/ The EHRC Code Ends Eight Months of Confusion: But Will Labour Act? After eight months of delay, the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s statutory Code of Practice has been formally laid before Parliament. For every NHS trust, council, charity and […]
Letter to Wes Streeting: Puberty Blockers and “Gender Affirming” Medical Care
Dear Mr Streeting We are pleased and, above all, relieved that the puberty blocker trial has been paused on the grounds of safety. We are writing to ask you to ensure that it is not reinstated in any circumstances. We also want to thank you for laying an order to progress the Data Linkage Study, […]
LGB Alliance says “Gay Rights are not for everyone” and calls for the Disaggregation of LGBTQI+
LGB Alliance argues that the casual use of the acronym LGBT+ conflates Sexual Orientation, a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010, with ‘transgender identity’, a concept which does not exist in the law. This is in response to the government’s announcement that it will accept an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to […]
LGB Alliance Business Forum event, LGB Rights: We Mean Business Scotland
Dee McCullough represented Lesbian Labour and LabourLGB at an LGB Alliance Business Forum event in the Scottish Parliament on 11th February. The event which hosted an influential audience, including 15+ MSPs from different political groups, shone a spotlight on Scottish business leaders and the unique challenges that face them. The event included a panel discussion, […]
Why we need to disaggregate LGBTQ+
The term BAME is largely no longer considered acceptable, in that it groups together diverse peoples, masks disparities and is often unrepresentative – except, strangely, when it comes to Labour role holders. [It does make one wonder, is Labour always late to the party?] Any Labour Party BAME Officers reading this, may we ask, can […]
Pushing conversion therapy bans across Europe: Transactivist demands enabled by political indifference
Athena Forum is a European think tank and strategic hub working to safeguard and advance sex-based rights across law, policy and civil society — and confront their misrepresentation in public discourse. Athena Forum was formed just last year by ex Green Austrian MP and lesbian activist Faika El-Nagashi. It was Athena that put out the […]
UN study into violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women needs reframing
The UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity is consulting on a report on violence and discrimination against lesbians. This would be welcome except he thinks men can be lesbians and has explicitly included them in his call for input.Lesbian Persistence and Lesbian Labour have written a response objecting to that approach, which […]
Council of Europe UK delegation – why to oppose a ban on conversion practices
Dear Member of the UK Delegation The Council of Europe PACE Conversion Practices Resolution We are a collective group of lesbians and gay men, writing to express our deep concern about the forthcoming vote (on 29 January) in the PACE on the resolution tabled by Kate Osborne in the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (and […]
Jonathan Hinder – An exemplar for all Labour MPs
LabourLGB is grateful to many MPs and peers for their support on issues of importance to the UK’s LGB community. The big issue we face right now is the government-sponsored trial into puberty blockers for pre-pubescent children, the great majority of whom would likely grow up to be gay or lesbian. We will profile in […]
Gay teens aren’t sick – letter to MPs – oppose the trial to block puberty of LGB children
Dear Member of Parliament We write to you on behalf of LabourLGB, a coalition of Labour Party members campaigning for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights. We are profoundly concerned by the Government’s proposal to conduct trials involving the use of puberty blockers on children and young people, the vast majority of whom will be gay, […]
Welcoming in the new year, with an alternative version of Auld Lang Syne, by Welsh lesbians
Memorandum of Understanding on the Role of Puberty in Adolescent Development
LabourLGB is a co-signatory to this statement alongside a great many other organisations and individuals in the UK that are committed to the welfare of adolescents. For the full wording of the Memorandum and for the opportunity to add your name it can be viewed on our publications page or follow this link: Protecting Puberty […]
LGBT survivors tell of ‘barbaric’ NHS shock therapy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6348qegxo Today the BBC continued with their campaign of deliberate public misinformation. We at LabourLGB and Lesbian Labour know the truth of what happened to lesbians and gays in 1960-1970’s. We personally know many who were subjected to this cruel and degrading medical treatment which was supposed to ‘cure’ homosexuality, as if we were sick […]
We urge Bridget Phillipson to delay no more with the EHRC guidance
Dear Bridget As you know, we are lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour Party members and it is our role to speak up for LGB rights within the Party and while we are in government. The Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland (FWS) brought welcome clarity to the interpretation of the Equality Act after a […]
The Pathways puberty suppression trial … and why it should be cancelled
Dear Wes As you are aware LabourLGB is the only group within the Labour party representing the interests of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people. We know that you will have received many letters demanding that the Pathways puberty suppressing trial should not go ahead. We wish to add our voice to that demand. Our […]
Joint statement on the BBC
This week has been a difficult week for the senior management and board of the BBC. LabourLGB, Lesbian Labour and our members have Iooked on with concern as the news story has unfolded. We recognise the criticisms of the BBC especially as they pertain to coverage of gender critical or sex realist views. Many of […]
A personal reflection on being lesbian
I am a 66 year old biological female, lesbian, same-sex attracted – that is, I am onlyattracted to other biological females. I have many friends who identify in different ways, aslesbian, heterosexual, bi-sexual, and some younger acquaintances who refer to themselvesas queer or non-binary. My younger acquaintances question why I refer to myself as lesbian.My […]
The importance of lesbian community in later life
This is a speech given by Lynn Alderson for the Filia Lesbian Sessions – Building Lesbian Community I wanted to take a few minutes just to talk about the importance of lesbian community to us in later life. And, as we’ve heard already, there are networks and friendship groups created by lesbians that endure and […]
Why do Humanists believe in science but not in biological science?
As a Labour MP you hold a position of great responsibility and wield considerable influence in UK society. We write to you today because of your Humanist affiliation. We put to you our deep concerns around trans ideology from a homosexual perspective. LabourLGB and Lesbian Labour are coalitions of lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour party […]
Congratulations to Lucy Powell
Dear Lucy Firstly, congratulations on your recent election as deputy leader of our party. We look forward to working with you to implement some of the changes you spoke about during your campaign. We would greatly welcome the opportunity to meet you to discuss how the party engages on the issue of lesbian and gay […]
Open letter to Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell
We are lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour Party members who do not feel represented by LGBT+ Labour, a group that now works to undermine same-sex attraction and women’s rights. Labour LGB has members from across the country and across all political traditions of our Party. We will be voting as individuals in this leadership election […]
Labour Women’s Declaration fringe event
Dee McCullough, Lesbian Labour/Labour LGB discusses the vital role lesbians played in the landmark Supreme Court case and how the rise of gender identity ideology has impacted same-sex attracted people. You can view or download a PDF of the speech transcript here
Letter to Lisa Nandy regarding ‘Protect the Dolls’
Dear Lisa Nandy Labour LGB represents many lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour Party members who are active within the party and in our communities. It has recently been drawn to our attention that you attended your local pride event wearing a ‘Protect the Dolls’ t-shirt. We want you to understand why we find this upsetting […]
LGBT+ Health Inequalities Review – The protected characteristic of sexual orientation and the NHS
Dear Secretary of State We are writing to you as Labour Party members who are part of Labour LGB. We campaign for the rights of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. We oppose the way our rights have been obscured, infringed, even denied under the influence of a pernicious ideology which promotes the bundling of the […]
Labour LGB welcomes new clear guidance from Labour Party NEC
Labour LGB welcomes the NEC guidance on the Supreme Court Judgment recently published on the Labour Party website. No-one can be in any doubt that the Party will now implement the Equality Act on the basis that biological sex is the protected characteristic. Labour LGB spokesperson said: “Lesbian, gay and bisexual people have been central […]
NEC Guidance and LGB right of association
Dear Prime Minister We are delighted that you have welcomed the clarification of the Supreme Court judgment and we appreciate the guidance provided by the NEC on the definition of ‘woman’. However, the Supreme Court ruling went further than this and made it clear that Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people have a right of association […]
When Pride is not Gay Pride
Pride, once known as Gay Pride March, celebrated same sex attraction and called for homosexuals to have the same rights as our heterosexual colleagues. Today many Pride events are publicly banning the participation of LGB people and organisations which support the rights of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals who declare that they are same-sex attracted. We […]
Letter to Chris Bryant on the Data Bill
Dear Chris Bryant Professor Alice Sullivan in her review of data on sex and gender found that “the meaning of sex is no longer stable in administrative or major survey data (and) this instability is evident across key policy areas including health and … has led to a widespread loss of data on sex. In […]
Why lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour members welcome the Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled, and the judgement is absolutely clear. The justices stated that sex in the 2010 Equality Act, enacted by the Labour Government, can only ever mean biological sex. For same-sex attracted people, this clarification of the law is confirmation that we, as homosexuals, have our human rights fully protected and we […]
Open letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister LGB Issues We write to you as Labour LGB a group of lesbian, gay and bisexual Labour Party members. For us, as for the great majority of the UK population, biology is real and sex matters. We launched on 1 February 2025 at the beginning of LGB History Month. Within hours, we […]
Ban on Prescribing Puberty Blockers and Proposed Trial
Dear Wes On behalf of Labour LGB, the campaign for lesbian, gay and bi rights in the Labour Party, we would like to express our continued support for you and the indefinite PB ban on prescribing puberty blockers, which you have now implemented in the UK. However, we are extremely concerned about the proposed puberty […]
LabourLGB launches new campaign to promote LGB rights
A new group has been created to promote lesbian, gay and bi rights in the Labour Party. The group is made up of Labour Party LGB members from across the UK. Labour LGB held its first full steering group meeting on Monday 10 February 2025 and launched its social media presence on 1 February 2025 […]