AQO 44/16-21 Oral question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the Sexual Orientation Strategy.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 2 June 2016
- Answered
- Oral
- Tabled
- 2 June 2016
- Answer due by
- 14 June 2016
- Answered
- 14 June 201612 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The good relations strategy, Together: Building a United Community, gives a commitment to publishing a Sexual Orientation strategy. The Stormont House Agreement and the Fresh Start document both state that the Together: Building a United Community will be implemented in full.
The Executive agreed a draft Programme for Government Framework 2016-21, which included 14 outcomes supported by 42 indicators for change. Included within the outcomes are references to ‘a more equal society’ and ‘a shared society that respects diversity’. These are very high level outcomes that we need to develop supporting actions to deliver against. Detailed work has started with the launch of the Framework for public consultation and I would welcome the views of everyone, including those from the LGB community, as part of that consultation process.