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# Liz Truss announces equality policy overhaul
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/liz-truss-announces-equality-policy-overhaul/
- Published: 2020-12-19T12:12:29.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-19T10:13:02.000Z
- Description: On Thursday December 17, Liz Truss, the women and equalities minister, announced the government is adopting a “new approach to equality” in the UK.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Politics, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, Liz Truss, Stonewall, UK News

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On **Thursday December 17**, **Liz Truss**, the women and equalities minister, announced the government is adopting a *“new approach to equality”* in the **UK**, which is led by *“facts not fashion”*. Truss [said](https://twitter.com/GEOgovuk/status/1339570106888835072?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the policy overhaul will be *“founded firmly on Conservative values”*, and will be less focused on issues surrounding sexuality, race and gender.

She continued: *“While it is true people in these groups* \[e.g. the LGBTQ+ community\] *suffer discrimination, the focus on protected characteristics has led to a narrowing of the equality debate that overlooks socio-economic status and geographic inequality…This means some issues – particularly those facing white working-class children – are neglected.”*

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Truss argued: *“Too often, the equality debate has been dominated by a small number of unrepresentative voices, and by those who believe people are defined by their protected characteristic, and not by their individual character”*, and vowed to *“reject the approach taken by the Left, captured as they are by identity politics and loud lobby groups.”* She believes too much attention has been given to groups such as **Black Lives Matter**, saying: *“The point is that fashionable causes may be good causes, but it leads to other people and real issues being ignored and neglected.”*

LGBTQ+ organisation, **Stonewall**, [criticised](https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-statement-women%E2%80%99s-and-equalities-minister%E2%80%99s-new-approach-equality?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the new governmental approach for seemingly turning a blind eye to the issues queer people face: *“LGBTQ+ people are part of every community and in every location. We can’t separate experiences of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, and racism from socio-economic status and geographic location.”*