‘LGBTQ+ people have to remember that our rights can be rolled back’
Philip Baldwin speaks with Ray Collins, Lord Collins of Highbury, about the importance of LGBTQIA+ History Month, the “extremely worrying” conservative rhetoric and the importance of ‘working together in solidarity’.
WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN February is LGBTQIA+ History Month. It was an honour to speak to Ray Collins, Lord Collins of Highbury, to discuss what the month means to him and some of the areas he thinks are important.
Ray has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011. He has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQIA+ rights and supports many HIV charities.
He is currently Shadow Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords. For many of us this feels like a bleak time, from global instability to the cost-of-living crisis and its vital we remember there are politicians out there, like Ray, who continue to fight the good fight.
