Out-Out Group, an LGBTQ+ organisation based in Rugby, Warwickshire, has spoken up after a legal challenge was raised accusing the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) of bias for participating in Pride events

In an ongoing battle over flag flying in Warwickshire, the County’s Council’s LGBTQ+ staff group have called for the Pride Progress flag to be reinstated as part of the authority's policy, allowing it to be flown during Pride Month in June; as it has in the past.

Several Labour MPs, including representatives from the Midlands, have supported trans rights in letters responding to concerns from their constituents.

Labour MP for Nottingham East, Nadia Whittome, has said she is proud of her party’s pledge to tackle violence against women and girls but is ‘appalled’ by their stance on trans rights. She hopes, however, to be able to push from within the party to influence change on trans rights, and move the party forward.

Ellie Chowns, the Green Party member for North Herefordshire, has labelled a row that has broken out in Warwickshire over Pride flags as ‘pathetic’.