Press Release Goes Out

The South West LGBT Greens
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NEWS FROM THE GREEN PARTY of England and Wales LGBT GROUP

http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/

LGBT Greens Go West!
For immediate release: 28.1.9

LGBT Greens have chosen LGBT History Month to launch in the South West region. This will bring another network to the LGBT Group in the Green Party of England and Wales, the SW following London, Brighton and the North West. The group’s establishment in the South West comes after months of fostering opinion on the way forward for political and human rights campaigning in the SW. The group’s geographical remit runs from Bristol around the Severn and all the way through the West Country and back to Dorset.

The European Elections candidate for the Green Party, Ricky Knight stated:
“The Green Party's record on campaigning for the rights of minorities is second to none. Human Rights and protecting the civil liberties of individuals is fundamental to our ethos. As such, I
wholeheartedly welcome and endorse the setting-up of an LGBT group to function within the Green Party South West.

Ricky continued:
“I look forward to working with members to further common aims, not just within the scope of LGBT issues but also in other areas relevant to Human Rights, ethnicity and the erosion of our Civil Liberties.”

The mission of the South West LGBT Green Group is to “advance lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gender equality in our society and to raise awareness through the political process and understanding of Green values among the LGBT community. The Group aims to build a sustainable and equal society where everyone is valued as an individual. The diversity within the LGBT community enriches all our lives, and should be encouraged and promoted.”

More information on the Group can be found at: http://swlgbtgreens.blogspot.com/

Phelim Mac Cafferty, Media Officer for LGBT Greens commented:
“While most political parties are seeing a drop in their memberships and indeed in the sorts of advocacy and political campaigning they are able to do for the LGBT communities, Ryan Cleminson and colleagues in the South West affirm the Green Party’s relevance to the LGBT communities and will hopefully put us in a stronger position to understand and represent LGBTs.”