WE'LL CONTINUE to make a bloody nuisance of ourselves, Purton, speaking from the Labour Campaign for Lesbian and day.
LGR) at the campaign's fringe meeting at Labour Party conference.
spoke of the historic opportunity that lesbians and gay men in the party now had Good paper policy is all very we're greedy - we want full equality' mering any pe best tended or the Around eighty years.
Robin Cook MP, Shadow Health Secretary spoke about the policies that Labour were of- the repeal of Section 28 (to be part of office), abolishing specifically uch as Section 30 of the Criminal Justice Act (1991), the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the armed forces. Equal Opportunity Act which would outlaw He went on to talk about Labour si Iscrimination of lesbians and gay men. He also promised a review into discrimination in parenting adoption and immigration law.
Anne Gibson, National Officer of MSF and Diana Holland, South-East Regional Officer of the TWU gave a trade union perspective op lesbian and gay rights. Both talked about tackBing aiscrimination trade unionists, and listening to lesbians and say men in the uriors The biggest controversy at the meeting was around people's attitudes toward the 'Queer Power' action, organised by Brighton Area Action Against Section 28 at the beginning of Kinnock's Tuesday speech conference. The protesters were angry at the party leadership's attempts to sweep policies on lesbian and gay equality under the carpet.
What attitude should lesbian and socialists have towards such actions?
passionately those who thought that this was "neither the time nor the place' for such actions, and those to keep lesbian and gay issues on the party's agenda.
Ahrens, speaking from BAAAS28 reminded the meeting tha was announced, frontbench supported it. It was only through active pressure from movement that this policy was reversed.