LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@pluslibdems.bsky.social
The Liberal Democrats party body for gender and sexual minorities. Campaigning for equality. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Promoted by LGBT+ Lib Dems, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
👉 lgbt.libdems.org.uk
👉 lgbt.libdems.org.uk
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Statement from us on today's ruling:
"As LGBT+ Liberal Democrats... we don't think Britain is the sort of country where people should have to show their 'papers, please' in order to use the loo. ...we do not support efforts to legislate in ignorance to enforce conformity."
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"As LGBT+ Liberal Democrats... we don't think Britain is the sort of country where people should have to show their 'papers, please' in order to use the loo. ...we do not support efforts to legislate in ignorance to enforce conformity."
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Voting in the Lib Dem internal party elections closes today at 14:00.
We encourage as many party members as possible to vote - we have some recommendations for who to vote for, too. 👇
We encourage as many party members as possible to vote - we have some recommendations for who to vote for, too. 👇
Candidates for 2025 Internal Elections
LGBT+ Lib Dems and allies standing in the triennial internal party elections
lgbt.libdems.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Voting in the Lib Dem internal party elections closes today at 14:00.
We encourage as many party members as possible to vote - we have some recommendations for who to vote for, too. 👇
We encourage as many party members as possible to vote - we have some recommendations for who to vote for, too. 👇
Thank you all. 💛
We stand firmly for LGBT+ rights as inalienable human rights.
We'll support our members and we're committed to seeking advice from fellow AOs on their area of expertise.
We'll support our members and we're committed to seeking advice from fellow AOs on their area of expertise.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thank you all. 💛
The last two weeks have been a tough one for @libdems.org.uk members, through no fault of their own.
We're grateful to the huge number of members, internal election candidates, and fellow Affiliated Organisations like @libdemwomen.bsky.social who have stood alongside us.
Statement below:
We're grateful to the huge number of members, internal election candidates, and fellow Affiliated Organisations like @libdemwomen.bsky.social who have stood alongside us.
Statement below:
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The last two weeks have been a tough one for @libdems.org.uk members, through no fault of their own.
We're grateful to the huge number of members, internal election candidates, and fellow Affiliated Organisations like @libdemwomen.bsky.social who have stood alongside us.
Statement below:
We're grateful to the huge number of members, internal election candidates, and fellow Affiliated Organisations like @libdemwomen.bsky.social who have stood alongside us.
Statement below:
Today is Intersex Solidarity Day.
Intersex people are a distinct and uniquely vulnerable minority who face specific issues in life.
Lib Dem policy, as passed this Spring Conference, calls for a ban on medically unnecessary, non-consensual treatments or surgeries for intersex infants and children.
Intersex people are a distinct and uniquely vulnerable minority who face specific issues in life.
Lib Dem policy, as passed this Spring Conference, calls for a ban on medically unnecessary, non-consensual treatments or surgeries for intersex infants and children.
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today is Intersex Solidarity Day.
Intersex people are a distinct and uniquely vulnerable minority who face specific issues in life.
Lib Dem policy, as passed this Spring Conference, calls for a ban on medically unnecessary, non-consensual treatments or surgeries for intersex infants and children.
Intersex people are a distinct and uniquely vulnerable minority who face specific issues in life.
Lib Dem policy, as passed this Spring Conference, calls for a ban on medically unnecessary, non-consensual treatments or surgeries for intersex infants and children.
The RO in our internal elections has sent this update round. It is nowhere near good enough: trans and non-binary candidates should never be third-spaced in this way. The gender quotas in Article 2.5 of the party Constitution should be implemented as-written - or suspended if they can't be.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The RO in our internal elections has sent this update round. It is nowhere near good enough: trans and non-binary candidates should never be third-spaced in this way. The gender quotas in Article 2.5 of the party Constitution should be implemented as-written - or suspended if they can't be.
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Our Membership Development Officer, Onyx Rist, writes in @libdemvoice.org today 🧡👇
I know it’s hard but… please stay
It’s been a difficult time in this party recently. I’ll admit that. Those of us who are trans and non-binary have been vilified not just in the media, but within our own party too. I understand why so...
www.libdemvoice.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our Membership Development Officer, Onyx Rist, writes in @libdemvoice.org today 🧡👇
Excellent and sobering piece in @libdemvoice.org today by Cllr. Chris Northwood. All @libdems.org.uk members should read it. 👇
Reflecting on a week as a trans Lib Dem councillor
Last week has been hard and the subject of a lot of soul searching. I’m a Lib Dem for a lot of reasons. I believe in the values of liberalism and appreciate how the party approaches the nuance of thos...
www.libdemvoice.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent and sobering piece in @libdemvoice.org today by Cllr. Chris Northwood. All @libdems.org.uk members should read it. 👇
Huge congratulations to our allies in the Netherlands @d66.nl - a highlight of the autumn so far! 💚
Netherlands, 9:30 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
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+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Huge congratulations to our allies in the Netherlands @d66.nl - a highlight of the autumn so far! 💚
Someone asked us if the events earlier this week around quotas affected our endorsements in the @libdems.org.uk internal elections. This was our answer.
No, actually: the reaction of the candidates has by and large been excellent. Our honorary vice-president @joshbabarinde.bsky.social and member @pruebray.bsky.social have both shown excellent leadership in their responses, and we are happy to recommend both of them for Party President, for instance.
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Someone asked us if the events earlier this week around quotas affected our endorsements in the @libdems.org.uk internal elections. This was our answer.
Are you a 🔶 @libdems.org.uk member? If so, you get a vote in the party's internal elections, but it's a long ballot. Our recommendations on how to vote are here - some excellent candidates standing. 👇
Candidates for 2025 Internal Elections
LGBT+ Lib Dems and allies standing in the triennial internal party elections
lgbt.libdems.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a 🔶 @libdems.org.uk member? If so, you get a vote in the party's internal elections, but it's a long ballot. Our recommendations on how to vote are here - some excellent candidates standing. 👇
If you're a candidate in the @libdems.org.uk internal elections, or ever have been, please revoke the party's right to use or hold your sex assigned at birth. We have a handy form: 👇
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
Lib Dem Internal Elections – Sex Assigned At Birth Data Consent Withdrawal – LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
lgbtlibdems.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you're a candidate in the @libdems.org.uk internal elections, or ever have been, please revoke the party's right to use or hold your sex assigned at birth. We have a handy form: 👇
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
Please sign our open letter to the @libdems.org.uk party asling for the awful decision over diversity quotas to be scrapped. 👇
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
Lib Dem Internal Elections 2025 – LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
lgbtlibdems.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Please sign our open letter to the @libdems.org.uk party asling for the awful decision over diversity quotas to be scrapped. 👇
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats condemn our party's decision to base internal gender quotas on sex assigmed at birth.
This trans-exclusionary decision is an attack on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.
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This trans-exclusionary decision is an attack on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats condemn our party's decision to base internal gender quotas on sex assigmed at birth.
This trans-exclusionary decision is an attack on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.
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This trans-exclusionary decision is an attack on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.
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Thank you for this, Marie. 🧡
The voices of trans people must be heard in Parliament.️ I’ve urged full scrutiny of EHRC’s guidance, which risks undermining their rights. Lib Dems call on the Government to protect everyone fairly and ensure people aren’t excluded from safe facilities or public life.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you for this, Marie. 🧡
📢 If you're a member of LGBT+ Lib Dems, please check your emails for an email from us.
If you think you should have received one but haven't, please get in touch via the link below, and our lovely MDO can sort you out. 😊
If you didn't receive an email but would like to, you can join up too! 👇
If you think you should have received one but haven't, please get in touch via the link below, and our lovely MDO can sort you out. 😊
If you didn't receive an email but would like to, you can join up too! 👇
Connect - LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
lgbt.libdems.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
📢 If you're a member of LGBT+ Lib Dems, please check your emails for an email from us.
If you think you should have received one but haven't, please get in touch via the link below, and our lovely MDO can sort you out. 😊
If you didn't receive an email but would like to, you can join up too! 👇
If you think you should have received one but haven't, please get in touch via the link below, and our lovely MDO can sort you out. 😊
If you didn't receive an email but would like to, you can join up too! 👇
Thank you to @tomgordonld.bsky.social, Lib Dem MP, for speaking up for Trans+ people.
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thank you to @tomgordonld.bsky.social, Lib Dem MP, for speaking up for Trans+ people.
Thank you, Tom - you're quite right. Thank you for all your work as the Lib Dem MP on the Joint Committee on Human Rights. 🧡
The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov’s treatment of trans people may breach human rights law.
This must be a wake up call.
We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years.
Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.
This must be a wake up call.
We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years.
Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thank you, Tom - you're quite right. Thank you for all your work as the Lib Dem MP on the Joint Committee on Human Rights. 🧡
The Human Rights Commissionner weighs in, appropriately in National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
His letters are worth reading.
His letters are worth reading.
Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 14/10/2025
www.coe.int
October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Human Rights Commissionner weighs in, appropriately in National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
His letters are worth reading.
His letters are worth reading.
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Quite a bloody cheek, this, given the UK has the most hostile regime towards healthcare for young trans people and their families in the world (www.gov.uk/government/s...).
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Quite a bloody cheek, this, given the UK has the most hostile regime towards healthcare for young trans people and their families in the world (www.gov.uk/government/s...).
We thought the Brighton Centre looked much better when the @libdems.org.uk had our conference there a year ago.
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We thought the Brighton Centre looked much better when the @libdems.org.uk had our conference there a year ago.
Ming Campbell was one of the most influential Lib Dems of the last few decades - his opposition to the Iraq War inspired a whole generation of Lib Dems to join, and his allyship on LGBT+ matters was always both strong, and appreciated.
He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.
He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.
September 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ming Campbell was one of the most influential Lib Dems of the last few decades - his opposition to the Iraq War inspired a whole generation of Lib Dems to join, and his allyship on LGBT+ matters was always both strong, and appreciated.
He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.
He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.
YES! Chris is a fantastic councillor and advocate for her community. It's a thoroughly deserved award, and good to see HQ having no truck with any nonsense about it. Well done, Chris!
The Express asked us about awarding the Patsy Carlton Prize to Cllr Chris Northwood. We responded:
"This prize acknowledged an exceptional woman in Cllr Chris Northwood. The message it sends to women members and voters is that the Liberal Democrats honour and value all of our women members."
"This prize acknowledged an exceptional woman in Cllr Chris Northwood. The message it sends to women members and voters is that the Liberal Democrats honour and value all of our women members."
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
YES! Chris is a fantastic councillor and advocate for her community. It's a thoroughly deserved award, and good to see HQ having no truck with any nonsense about it. Well done, Chris!
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For those who pay attention to UK politics, the Liberal Democrats and #LDConf
A bunch of TERFs tried first thing this morning to impose a transphobic policy on our internal elections (they wanted to exclude trans women from the gender balance criteria)
They failed, spectacularly.
A bunch of TERFs tried first thing this morning to impose a transphobic policy on our internal elections (they wanted to exclude trans women from the gender balance criteria)
They failed, spectacularly.
September 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
For those who pay attention to UK politics, the Liberal Democrats and #LDConf
A bunch of TERFs tried first thing this morning to impose a transphobic policy on our internal elections (they wanted to exclude trans women from the gender balance criteria)
They failed, spectacularly.
A bunch of TERFs tried first thing this morning to impose a transphobic policy on our internal elections (they wanted to exclude trans women from the gender balance criteria)
They failed, spectacularly.
Glad to see that @libdems.org.uk Conference had no more patience for hate on the agenda than it did last time. We, and Conference, saw that amendment for what it was. Thank you to everyone who voted.
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Glad to see that @libdems.org.uk Conference had no more patience for hate on the agenda than it did last time. We, and Conference, saw that amendment for what it was. Thank you to everyone who voted.
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The arrest of four people after this incident is an outrageous affront to the freedom of expression enjoyed by UK citizens. It is a human right we all enjoy and is protected in law.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The arrest of four people after this incident is an outrageous affront to the freedom of expression enjoyed by UK citizens. It is a human right we all enjoy and is protected in law.
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