Caroline Lucas MEP (SE England)

Caroline Lucas The European Parliament's Equalities Coalition consists of a series of inter-groups made up of members from across the political divide. It includes the inter-groups on aging, disability, race, and lesbian and gays. Jean is an active member of all of these groups.

Caroline Lucas Green Part MEP In February 2004, European Parliament adopted a resolution establishing the EU's recommendations for the 2004 UN Commission on Human Rights. Following a proposal made by the Green group, the paragraphs referring to the resolution on sexual orientation were improved to call for support of the full integration of a gender perspective throughout the United Nations system. The Parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights offered thanks to the Greens for the work they did on this.

Caroline's election pledge to the LGBT community was to continue to work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality by:

Pressing for action against national governments not fully complying with the EU directive on employment protection
Supporting measures to outlaw homophobic and transphobic discrimination in access to goods and services, eg life insurance and mortgages
Campaigning for the recognition of same sex marriages and registered partnerships throughout the EU
Seeking to extend the definition of 'family' to include LGBT partnerships in areas such as asylum legislation
Commissioning a report on best practice in policing, with a view to developing a Charter for Policing LGBT Communities