for a community that doesn t have representation in parliament, is at the worst end of all the statistics in terms of mental health, physical abuse, sexual abuse. iwill always stand by them, speak up for them. what i would also say to my own community is that if we are also trying to win round hearts and minds, and persuade people and to negotiate the future of lgbt, don t try to shut down people s voices. we have got to engage with this. sometimes it can feel unfair, this idea that you have to justify your own existence orjustify rights that you believe are inalienable and a core part of human rights. but in the end the only way you win an argument is by having a discussion and debate. argument is by having a discussion and debate- and debate. tonally, i think of eole and debate. tonally, i think of people will and debate. tonally, i think of people will balk and debate. tonally, i think of people will balk in and debate. tonally, i think of people will balk in what i and debat
to my own community is that if we re trying to win round hearts and minds and to persuade people and to negotiate the future of lgbt equality, don t try to shut down people s voices. we ve got to engage with this. and sometimes it can feel unfair, this idea that you have to justify your own existence orjustify rights that you believe are inalienable and a core part of human rights. but in the end, the only way you win an argument is by having a discussion and a debate. you see, tonally, i think lots of people will welcome what you re saying, but there will be plenty of of people listening who say, hold on, women are women and there isn t a compromise to be had. women s rights must be respected. and i don t disagree that women s rights must be respected and i think the lgbt movement has got to better empathise with that perspective and to understand why a whole generation of campaigners
part of human rights. but in the end, the only way you win an argument is by having a discussion and a debate. tonally, i think lots of people will welcome what you re saying, but there will be plenty of people saying, hold on, women are women and there isn t a compromise to be had. women s rights must be respected. and i don t disagree that women s rights must be respected, and i think the lgbt movement has got to better empathise with that perspective and to understand why a whole generation of campaigners who fought for women s rights. i think sometimes when people are thinking about what s the answer on trans rights, things like changing language around breast feeding or talking about parents instead of mothers, it s an unnecessary erasure of language and identity, and i think people have to be sensitive to that. similarly, it s perfectly legitimate for people to disagree withjk rowling and her position on this, but you ve got to ask yourself,
and to persuade people and to negotiate the future of lgbt equality, don t try to shut down people s voices. we ve got to engage with this. sometimes it can feel unfair, this idea that you have to justify your own existence orjustify rights that you believe are inalienable and a core part of human rights. but in the end, the only way you win an argument is by having a discussion and a debate. tonally, i think lots of people will welcome what you re saying, but there will be plenty of people saying, hold on, women are women and there isn t a compromise to be had. women s rights must be respected. and i don t disagree that women s rights must be respected, and i think the lgbt movement has got to better empathise with that perspective and to understand why a whole generation of campaigners who fought for women s rights. i think sometimes when people
into the parliamentary theatrics of prime minister s questions, which is a very, very different time and setting it to the one he was faced with today. doing the greatest hits, coming out swinging, just looked tonally so out of step i think today. tonally so out of step i think toda . , today. but isn t the point the prime minister does today. but isn t the point the prime minister does the today. but isn t the point the prime minister does the greatest - today. but isn t the point the prime minister does the greatest hits - today. but isn t the point the primei minister does the greatest hits very well, he is a highly effective politician who does not behave like a lot of other politicians which may be why he was mayor of london and now prime minister? he does things in an unorthodox fashion. absolutely, and this is the benefit of the doubt i would give him, if his advisers and his personal aim today was to come out with no further big hard front page headlines and to flap bac