Lord Herbert of South Downs was taken on as the Government s Special Envoy on LGBT rights in May, with the aim to champion equality at home and abroad
The Conservative gay rights envoy has claimed Boris Johnson has told off his cabinet for getting into a culture war on LGBT issues - and wants them to show kindness and tolerance .
Lord Herbert of South Downs was taken on as the Government s Special Envoy on LGBT rights in May, with the aim to champion equality at home and abroad .
The Tory peer - and Britain s first openly gay MP - claimed the Prime Minister doesn t want ministers to take a side in what some are seeing clearly as a culture war .
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UK to host its first global LGBT conference
The UK will host its first ever global LGBT conference to tackle inequality around the world and urge countries to take action.
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16 May 2021
Countries across the world invited to London to attend the UK’s first global LGBT conference in June 2022.
Safe To Be Me’ will be the largest event of its kind and will focus on making progress on legislative reform, tackling violence and discrimination, and ensuring equal access to public services for LGBT people.
Conference Chair Nick Herbert (Lord Herbert of South Downs) has also been appointed by the PM as the UK’s Special Envoy on LGBT rights to promote the conference and champion LGBT equality at home and abroad.