As a gay MP, I support PM’s equal rights assurance. Veteran Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: Damien Moore, the newly-elected openly-gay MP Conservative for Southport, has today welcomed an assurance from Prime Minster Theresa May that any government arrangement with the DUP will not affect LGBTI rights. The pledge came after a meeting between the PM and gay Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. Miss Davidson, who plans to marry her partner in the near future, was concerned because the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) opposes same-sex marriage and it is illegal in Northern Ireland. Thirty-seven-year-old Mr Moore, who last Thursday took … Continue reading As a gay MP, I support PM’s equal rights assurance