It has now been 100 days of the new Labour Government and as an organisation The Diversity Trust wants to ensure our MPs will uphold their roles to support everyone in their constituencies. As we have seen in the years gone by LGBTQ+ people have either not been supported or actively discriminated against by the government.

We want to start an open dialogue with all the MPs who represent the people living in the Avon & Somerset and Gloucestershire regions.

The Trust would welcome hearing from MPs as to how they will stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ people, and hold the government to account to make sure LGBTQ+ issues are still very much on the table and part of the government’s conversations.

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