Prime Minister and Ms. Sarah Brown continue to be the most progressive first couple on LGBT rights of anywhere in the world. Not only are they keeping their campaign promises to the LGBT community, they continuously seek ways to show their personal commitment. The cause of freedom for LGBT people for the Browns is not a political issue, it is a way of life. In the short time they have been at Number 10 Downing Street, they continue to amaze with constant actions on behalf of the community.
Most dramatically, First Lady Sarah Brown will march in the London Gay Pride parade this coming weekend! My guess is that this is the first time anywhere that a First Lady of a nation has marched in a Gay Pride parade. Afterwards, the Browns will welcome the organizers of the Pride March to 10 Downing Street. The beautiful and intellectual First Lady has been in the forefront of championing issues of the LGBT community. This is the fourth such a reception for LGBT leaders in about six months at the Prime Minister's residence.
The record of Prime Minister Brown has been dizzying in its aggressiveness. He has not stopped at symbolic gestures and made real policy change. In addition to having two openly gay cabinet members and an openly gay person as head of the Labor Party, he has successfully fought against bullying of LGBT students in schools and for the rights of lesbians with their children. The Prime Minister's office stated:
"On April 6th women in relationships got new protections in respect of their children and new rights to fertility treatment when sections of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act came into force. Lots of you campaigned for those new rights for Lesbian and Bisexual women, so big thanks for all you did to make lots of new happy families possible."
In addition, he has mobilized the Foreign Office to protect the rights of LGBT people abroad. The Latvian government removed objections to their Gay Pride Parade after a direct intervention by the British Ambassador. In fact the "Telegraph" ran a major article about the Foreign Offices directive promoting homosexual rights in other nations. The British Ambassadors in Bulgaria and Poland also were critiqued for defending those nation's gay pride marches. The newspaper wrote:
"Steve Williams, the ambassador to Bulgaria, sent a message of support for a Rainbow Friendship Rally in Sofia this coming Sunday. The same event last year in the Bulgarian capital ended in a bloody riot as marchers clashed with nationalists and riot police. "Celebrating diversity is not about promoting a lifestyle," he wrote. "It is about promoting respect for fundamental human rights. It is about the very essence of our European democratic values"
The LGBT community clearly has no better friends than Prime Minister and First Lady Brown. Again, it would behoove the Obama Administration to use them as role models
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