(From The Pink News): The Scottish Parliament today saw the official go ahead for the formation of the LBGTI+ Cross Party Group (CPG), establishing a consensus to tackle many of the issues still surrounding the LGBTI+ community in Scotland.

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie will represent their parties, alongside Jamie Greene of the Scottish Conservatives and Ben Macpherson of the Scottish National Party.

The group first met on 28 September to discuss the potential agenda and aims of the group and is scheduled to first meet officially in the Scottish Parliament on 14 December to agree a work programme for the parliamentary term. (For the complete article, Click Here.

Ron: How long will it take the US Congress to form a cross party committee to look into gay rights? Probably not any time soon.