The UK's General Election is happening on 4 July 2024 and in recent years LGBTQIA+ people's lives have been used as a political football - and in the past few weeks of the campaign this has ramped up even more.
So in this episode our Lucy Straker (she/they) and Catherine Goodall (she/her) walk us through the manifestos of the Conservatives, Labour, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats - to see what is and what isn't being proposed for LGBTQIA+ people.
The aim of this isn't to tell you who to vote for - but to help cut through the spin and bring the conversation of LGBTQIA+ people into the foreground. Because largely that has been absent in the past few weeks.
Below are the links to the full manifestos for the parties discussed:
In order to keep this episode to a reasonable length we only selected the main parties operating across most of the UK nations. We decided against covering Reform as they did not have any positive elements for LGBTQIA+ people in their manifesto.
If you are unsure of who to vote for we recommend using the Vote for Policies tool which shows you the various policies without the affiliations. You can see that here.
But most importantly on 4 July 2024 please go and vote, it really does matter, think of Emily Davison when you do and please remember you ID!
And if you want to chat about this or any other episode you can catch us at proudchangemakers@gmail.com or follow us at https://linktr.ee/proudchangemakers
Please note that after this we are taking a break over the summer period and our next episode will be with you on 4 September 2024. Thank you for all your support.
