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# LGBT+ Labour holds meeting with Starmer following controversy
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbt-labour-holds-meeting-with-starmer-following-controversy/
- Published: 2021-04-12T14:15:50.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-12T09:25:12.000Z
- Description: LGBT+ Labour has met with party leader Keir Starmer following his controversial visit to Jesus House church.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Keir Starmer, LGBT Labour, LGBTQ, Owen Jones, UK

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Keir Starmer

**LGBT+ Labour** has met with party leader **Keir Starmer** following his [controversial visit](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/keir-starmer-criticised-for-visiting-anti-lgbtq-church/) to **Jesus House** church, which is known for its anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes, which he has since apologised for. LGBT+ Labour said on [social media](https://twitter.com/LGBTLabour/status/1380225686552653831?ref=scenemag.co.uk) that the meeting was *“positive”*, and that Starmer reiterated his apology and is *“committed”* to ‘advancing equality’.

LGBT+ Labour chair, **Alex Beverley**, [said](https://twitter.com/MsAlexBev/status/1380426722596769794?ref=scenemag.co.uk) it was a *“short initial meeting”*, adding: *“We spoke about tackling transphobia in Labour, hate crime, LGBTQ+ healthcare and LGBTQ+ issues being considered intersectionally across front bench policy areas.”* However, many were dissatisfied with the lack of transparency around what was discussed in the meeting, with the co-founder of the autonomous **Labour Campaign for Trans Rights** [saying](https://twitter.com/CharlieXCaine/status/1380442170499416065?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“This is really leaving us in the dark and we need more than this, to be frank. I don’t understand why these little pithy statements keep being made.”*

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Others [asked](https://twitter.com/kira%5Fmillana/status/1380252325869191172?ref=scenemag.co.uk) LGBT+ Labour to confirm if there were trans representatives at the meeting, while LGBTQ+ journalist **Owen Jones** [tweeted](https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1380248123612758024?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“Can LGBT+ Labour people please organise to replace the people running this hopeless organisation.”* Trans Labour activist **Katherine Foy** criticised the group for holding *“secret, unverifiable meetings”*, and [said](https://twitter.com/Katherine%5FM%5FFoy/status/1380234852788809728?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“Time and again over the past year it has felt like LGBT+ Labour exists solely to keep LGBT+ members in line, docile and compliant, for the benefit of the party.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/labour-lgbt-pride-1.jpg)