Stephen Twigg MP paid tribute to UNISON for its work on and commitment to equalities, including LGBT equality, when he addressed the union’s LGBT conference in Liverpool today.
He told delegates that we can be proud of the “massive progress” that has been made on LGBT equality.
While Labour’s legislative record in office is to be applauded, he added, it didn’t come out of a vacuum but as a direct result of campaigning and work by activists, including those in UNISON.
“Only part of the battle,” had been won, he said, noting that there are major issues around “internationalism, the workplace and education.”
On internationalism, Mr Twigg added that this is why activists in the UK can be concerned about what is happening to LGBT people in a variety of places, including Russia and parts of the Commonwealth, for instance.
He pointed out that there are 78 countries around the world where LGBT people face a very real threat of imprisonment and even death.
