Liberate’s first public ‘outing’ was at the Guernsey Arts Commission Seafront Sunday on the first Sunday of June 2014. We had an amazing day and a fantastically positive response to the work we are doing. We’d especially like to thank everyone that took part in our Dance for Equality. The video will be up on our You…
Ben was raised in Guernsey and recently returned from Cornwall with his husband Oliver. They want to raise a family here and are hoping to adopt. Having been through the adoption approval process in the UK they are now embarking on that same journey here in Guernsey. Surprisingly, very few same sex adoptions have happened…
Pink News report on Liberate’s meeting with the Chief Minsters and Union Civile, which we hope will be one of the most progressive marriage equality laws in the world. Click on the image to read the full Pink News report.
We met with Guernsey’s Chief Minister this week to discuss key challenges facing Guernsey’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Questioning community. The meeting was arranged so that we could discuss these issues directly with the Chief Minister. You can read and watch a bit more about the presentation by, our honorary Chair, Martin Gavet, and…
Guernsey’s proposed “Union Civile” law is one of the most forward-thinking pieces of marriage legislation in the world, says a gay rights campaigner. Martin Gavet, chairman of the gay rights campaign group Liberate, was speaking after a meeting on Tuesday with Chief Minister Jonathan Le Tocq. The meeting was friendly, frank and refreshing, said Mr…
Liberate met with Guernsey’s Chief Minister, Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq today (Tuesday 27th May 2014). The meeting was friendly, frank and pleasantly surprising. The full joint media statement issued can be found below the presentation video that Liberate’s Chairperson gave to the Chief Minister. You can watch the presentation below. Please note that the initial…
The Island FM news team report on the Chief Minister of Guernsey requesting a meeting with Liberate – in response to our petition to end LGBTQ discrimination in the Channel Islands. They also report on the details of our petition and the support it has received so far. Please click on our You Tube links…
Welcome to our new website. We hope you like it and find it fun and informative. My name is Martin Gavet, I’m Liberate’s Honorary Chairperson and I’ve been asked to write a ‘blog’, which I’ve never done before. I hope you like it! When I was approached about setting up a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender…
You can listen to Island FM’s news reports on HSSD’s decision to fund gender reassignment surgery at the bottom of this post. Liberate, and Rachel, the first Trans lady in Guernsey that this decision will affect, would like to express their thanks and say how grateful they are for everyone that has been involved in…
We wanted to do a couple of blog posts to help people understand more about the ‘T’s’ amongst our LGBTQ community. Especially with this subject being the hot topic of conversation in the Guernsey at the moment. We wanted to put some ‘voices and faces’ to the Trans community of the Channel Islands, along with…