Results 1-5 of 5 for gay speaker:Diane Abbott

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 26 (18 Jun 2009)

Diane Abbott: Some gay clubs have a big problem with drunk, heterosexual women who insist on gaining entry.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 24 (18 Jun 2009)

Diane Abbott: ...in London, is something I never encountered when I was going to school. Furthermore, physical and verbal homophobic abuse do not occur in a vacuum. They occur in a school society where “gay” is a common term of abuse. A child can attract the term “gay” for a range of activities,  including wearing their school blazer, putting up their hand in class, doing their...

Teaching (London) (25 Jun 2008)

Diane Abbott: ...found that female teachers were less likely to progress in the leadership scale. We need to look at that. The Teacher Support Network has raised questions about the fact that many lesbian and gay teachers feel unsupported in their schools. Apart from those specific issues, we cannot underestimate the pressure and the stress that teachers throughout the country now face in the classroom....

Public Bill Committee: Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]: Clause 170 - Grounds on which civil partnership is voidable (26 Oct 2004)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...'s genuine concern about the prevalence of communicable sexual disease among young people, but he will be aware that in many communities one of the biggest sources of AIDS infections is among gay men who are in the closet, possibly even concealing their sexuality from themselves, who persist in heterosexual relationships and do not talk about such issues. That is one of the greatest...

Litter (23 Jun 1989)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...in Hackney, for the reasons that I have outlined. At this time of the year, when the sun is shining and the blossom is on trees, the rubbish is a particular eyesore. In many ways, Hackney is a gay, vibrant and delightful place to be. Many people have written to me about the rubbish on the streets. Certain roads have terrible problems with rubbish, especially Gunton road, Shakespeare walk,...