David Cameron has been a great supporter of LGBT rights, both domestically and abroad. Last month he held a reception to celebrate achievements and advancements in LGBTory rights, but also talk about the future fights that will have to be had. The Prime Minister focused on 4 areas:
- Legal barriers. The vast majority of these have now been removed in Britain, with Conservative Party's push for equal marriage end one of the largest injustices left.
- Failures to deliver for the LGBT community. These aren't legal barriers, but rather public services and Government agencies not undertaking their work with full reference to LGBT issues. In particular, the Prime Minister said he welcomed the the provision of PrEP by the NHS following the current review.
- Cultural barriers. These are neither legal or formal - they rest in homophobic, biphobic and transphobic discrimination at work, school, or other ways. The Department of Education has continued it's Homophobic Bullying Fund to support schools to stamp out discrimination.
- International LGBT rights. While in Britain, legal and formal barriers are all but gone, that cannot be said for the rest of the World. Indeed, several countries even in the Commonwealth continue to criminalise homosexuality.
These are the battles and barriers the Prime Minister committed himself and the Government to tackle.