This week marks the 2 year anniversary of civil partnerships being legalised in the UK.

However, a report this week states that the differences between 'marriage' and 'civil partnerships' are still leading to discrimination for homosexual couples and are leading to 'forced outings' due to the questions asked on forms.

In 1997, Peter Mandelson said “I say to the doubters, judge us after ten years in office. For one of the fruits of that success will be that Britain has become a more equal society. However, we will have achieved that result by many different routes, not just the redistribution of cash from rich to poor, which others choose as their own limited version of egalitarianism…” (Peter Mandelson, Labour’s Next Steps: Tackling Social Exclusion, Fabian Society 1997)

Apparently, Tony Blair has "not yet decided" on whether to give an opt-out on the proposed law to ban discrimination against lesbians and gay men.  Let me offer some help.

Once again the Government seems to be cautious on meeting the expectations of the LGBT community.

It appears that the openly anti-Gay Tory candidate, Ian Laws, has been welcomed back into the fold of his local Conservative party by being allowed to stand as a nominee for the Falmouth & Camborne seat, according to The Times.