{"id":41703,"date":"2020-03-03T16:41:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=41703"},"modified":"2020-03-03T16:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:41:27","slug":"senedd-event-celebrates-lgbt-figures-from-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/03\/senedd-event-celebrates-lgbt-figures-from-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Senedd event celebrates LGBT+ figures from history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong><strong>You find out some inspirational stories\u2019 &#8211; Stephen Doughty, MP<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"LGBT+ History Day at the Senedd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwxdCUFQjNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"LGBT+ History Day at the Senedd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwxdCUFQjNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>Senedd event celebrates history of LGBT+ community in Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>PEOPLE&nbsp;gathered at the Senedd on Saturday, to celebrate&nbsp;the history of&nbsp;the LGBT+ community in Wales and the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Pride Cymru led the event, inviting&nbsp;people who had improved equality for the&nbsp;lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans&nbsp;community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Doughty, MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, attended the event and chaired a panel discussion about gay politicians in South Wales\u2019 history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolute crucial to&nbsp;recognise&nbsp;LGBT History Month.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed coming to these events in the past because you&nbsp;find out some absolutely fascinating stories.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Talks, panel discussions and films about&nbsp;influential&nbsp;LGBT+ people were held throughout the day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018You find out some inspirational stories\u2019 &#8211; Stephen Doughty, MP PEOPLE&nbsp;gathered at the Senedd on Saturday, to celebrate&nbsp;the history of&nbsp;the LGBT+ community in Wales and the UK.&nbsp; Pride Cymru led the event, inviting&nbsp;people who had improved equality for the&nbsp;lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans&nbsp;community.&nbsp; Stephen Doughty, MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, attended the event and chaired a panel discussion about gay politicians in South Wales\u2019 history.&nbsp; He said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolute crucial to&nbsp;recognise&nbsp;LGBT History Month.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed coming to these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":41712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,3],"tags":[1014,315,1015,1016,352],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-41703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-bay","category-news","tag-cymru","tag-history","tag-lgbt","tag-pride","tag-the-senedd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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