Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, also known as Lady Phyll, is the co-founder and executive director of UK Black Pride, the first event of its kind in Europe which celebrates and campaigns for the rights of LGBTQ+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Latin American descent. As well as her positions as a trustee of Stonewall, on the TUC race relations committee, and as the current executive director of LGBT+ organisation the Kaleidoscope Trust, Phyll is also a columnist and public speaker with a focus on intersectional matters of race, gender, sexual orientation and class, and a self-described "strong Ghanaian African woman".

On the last day of Liberal Democrat Conference, members resoundingly supported a motion to support trans and non binary people in the party.

The motion (F32) was proposed and summated by LGBT+ LD Exec Members Fraser Graham and Charley Hasted. The motion noted with concern the recent hostility to the trans community in the media, and the disappointing shelving of GRA reform which we condemned earlier in September. The motion also acknowledged the total absence of openly trans or non-binary individuals elected to the House of Commons.

Grief and despair. That's what a great number of trans, non-binary and intersex individuals in the UK are feeling today. Despite 3 years of promises and consultations by successive Conservative governments, which created a storm of anti-trans hatred and disinformation from the media, the Government has scrapped its plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act. We, along with a majority of respondents to both Govenrment consultations, had welcomed proposals to introduce self-identification, remove the spousal veto and allow non-binary individuals to gain legal recognition. Sadly, these have all now been scrapped.

LGBT+ Liberal Democrats stand in solidarity with LGBT+ people and activists in Poland, who are under increasing pressure and hostility from the Polish Government.

As reported by Human Rights Watch and the international media, Polish authorities have become increasingly hostile to LGBT+ people and activists over recent months. This has ranged from inflammatory language, to the arrest of protesters, to the establishment of "LGBT-free zones" by local and regional government.

Two years ago the Government opened a consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) proposing amongst its measures that the requirement for a person to undergo an humiliating, unnecessarily pathologising, and arduous medicalised transition route before they could apply for the simple dignity of having their human rights recognised would be removed and replaced with a simple, non-medicalised system.

Following the elections in July we're pleased to announce that a new Executive has taken office. A big thank you to everybody who took part in these elections.

We are pleased to announce that your new Exec is:

• Chair: Gareth Lewis Shelton
• Vice Chair: Stephen Lambert
• Secretary: Andy Hinton
• Treasurer: Vacant
• Membership Secretary: Jasmine Joséphine Sakura-Rose
• Ordinary Members:
  • Charley Hasted
  • Em Dean
  • Fraser Graham
  • George Rice
  • Jennie Rigg
  • Lucy Tonge
  • Natasha Chapman

LGBT+ Lib Dems have signed a joint statement with other political party's LGBT+ groups, over the recent announcements on trans rights. Our chair Dave Page said "It's good to see the LGBT+ groups in political parties working together on this important issue. We must now use our influence in our respective parties to deliver concrete action.

LGBT+ Lib Dems executive member Holly Cosmo answers common questions for Agender Pride Day.

May 19th is commemorated as Agender Pride Day. I'm agender, and I'm used to that not being a terribly well-understood word, so today I'd like to answer some questions people might have for agender people.

What does agender mean?

Our Honorary President Layla Moran talks about being LGBTQ+ during Coronavirus lockdown for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - the Global page (IDAHOBIT) 2020.