LGBT

Nick supports a ban on Conversion Therapy and renews his call for a Royal Commission on transgender issues

Nick talks about his meetings with LGBT+ activists Poland and Ukraine and marching alongside them in Warsaw-Kyiv Pride

Nick says the cancellation of Safe To Be Me global equality conference is an act of self-harm by the LGBT lobby, urges calm discussion on the compromises needed on trans issues and warns against a culture war.

Nick sets out the ambition for the global equality conference he is chairing and why he believes the LGBT+ rights agenda matters.

Nick writes that the Government’s Safe To Be Me global equality conference is an important moment to press for change in LGBT+ rights.

Nick discusses his visit to Buenos Aries as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for LGBT+ Rights.

In an interview with infobae, Nick discusses the state of LGBT+ rights in the UK and around the world

In a House of Lords debate Nick challenges amendments which would place trans prisoners in specified accommodation regardless of risk.

Nick previews the UK's global LGBT+ conference, Safe To Be Me, to be held from 29 June to 1 July 2022

Nick welcomes the lead which the UK has taken in bringing LGBT+ people to safety from Afghanistan and asks the Government to continue to give them priority

The government’s new LGBT rights champion has warned his fellow Tories against fighting a culture war, he tells Tom Newton Dunn.

In an interview with the Thompson Reuters Foundation Nick expresses his concern about Hungary’s new anti-LGBT law.

In a Sky News podcast for Pride month, Nick talks about his worries about a ‘culture war’ over trans rights.

Nick's interview with Rob Harkavy of Out News Global about his new position as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on LGBT Rights

In an article published on Openly, Nick argues that Britain can play an important role in tackling violence and discrimination against LGBT+ people

In a speech in the House of Lords Nick sets out why the UK can be a global force for good on LGBT rights

Prime Minister Boris Johnson appoints Lord Herbert of South Downs as the UK’s Special Envoy on LGBT rights.

Nick chairs the UK’s first ever global LGBT conference to tackle inequality around the world and urge countries to take action, to be held in June 2022.

In the House of Lords Nick raises the impact of the cut in the international aid budget

Nick urges the Government to fund brave LGBT organisations in countries where they have to fight for equality.

Nick warns that LGBT young people who are made homeless are especially vulnerable to further abuse.

Nick asks the Government to ensure that policy on transgender issues is guided by evidence and human rights, and to reject a culture war.

Nick asks a question in the House of Lords about the Government's international LGBT+ rights conference which he is chairing

Nick makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords in the Second Reading debate on the Fire Safety Bill

Nick writes in the journal of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association about the work of the Global Equality Caucus

On 4 September, Nick spoke in Westminster Hall about teaching on LGBT community and acceptance in schools.

On 9 July, Nick spoke in the Commons to support the extension of marriage equality to Northern Ireland.

In his article for ThomsonReuters’ Openly, Nick discusses the global situation for LGBT Rights.

Fifty years ago today a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, then one of the few gay clubs in New York City, resulted in riots that lasted for days. The gay rights movement had been born.

In Nick’s weekly article for the West Sussex County Times, Worthing Herald & Chichester Observer, Nick discusses the launch of a new Global Equality Caucus at the United Nations in New York and his constituency work.