Cameron invited to ‘coming out’ party
April 9th, 2010 by Chloe.Setter
Conservative Party leader David Cameron has been invited to a ‘coming out street party’ by lesbian environmental activist Tamsin Omond and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
The pair invited the leader of the opposition to attend ‘David Cameron’s Coming Out Street Party’ at 2pm on Sunday (11 April) outside the Tory election campaign headquarters in Millbank, London.
According to the pair, the event has been organised so that Cameron can ‘come out’ on what his party’s gay rights policies are.
“Right now, the Tories don’t have any official lesbian and gay rights policies,” said Tatchell. “The Conservative Party annual conference has never voted for gay equality and there are no gay rights policies in any Tory policy document. The Conservatives are offering the gay community no new measures to remedy the remaining vestiges of homophobia.”
Omond added: “David Cameron talks about gay rights but he hasn’t got any specific gay rights policies. He isn’t saying what he would do for gay people if he became Prime Minister. We want to know.
“Sunday’s street party will be a lot of fun. We hope David will join us. This is his big opportunity to end the confusion and outline his policies to ensure gay equality. We want him to join us – and to bring Chris Grayling too,” she said.
Grayling is the shadow home secretary at the centre of a row over the rights of B&B owners to turn away gay couples from staying at their properties. He said he believed it was up to the individual to choose who stayed, which sparked an outrage in the gay community.
The carnival-style street party has already attracted nearly 1,000 supporters on Facebook, following Cameron’s lack of action over the Grayling row and the party’s mixed messages about gay rights.
Yesterday (8 April), the founder of the Conservative’s LGBTory group criticised Cameron for his inaction over Grayling and for the party’s homophobia.
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