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UK: Home Secretary announces LGBT policies

By Alliance Alert

Home Office Press Release: "Theresa May today announced the start of an ambitious cross-government programme to tackle prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people. . . . [They include] a commitment to remove historical convictions for consensual gay sex from criminal records; new work to end the blight of homophobic bullying in schools' work to allow same-sex couples to register their relationships in a religious setting; lobbying other countries to repeal homophobic legislation and recognise UK civil partnerships; ending the removal of asylum seekers who have had to leave particular countries because their sexual orientation or gender identification puts them at proven risk of imprisonment, torture or execution."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).