Keir Starmer wants Labour to be the ‘party of the family’. That absolutely includes the LGBT+ community, says Wes Streeting

As leader Keir Starmer positions Labour as the ‘party of the family’, shadow minister for schools, patron of LGBT+ Labour and proud gay MP Wes Streeting explains how that vision absolutely includes the LGBT+ community.

At a time when right-wing populist movements across Europe and North America have shown that the progress we’ve made on LGBT+ equality can also be reversed, Labour will never cede ground to those who would write us out of our national story or seek to turn back the clock on our rights.

It is in that context that Labour leader Keir Starmer today sets out his vision to support families through the pandemic and rebuild our economy in its aftermath.

One of the reasons I knew I was Labour when I was growing up was

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