Elton John and Ian McKellen lead backlash over Braverman’s call to crack down on gay asylum seekers
Sir Elton John ‘very concerned’ over Braverman’s comments about LGBT refugees
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/suella-braverman-home-secretary-lgbt-david-furnish-lgbtq-b2419117.html
Suella Braverman said that offering asylum to a person discriminated against in their home country for being gay or a woman was not sustainable.
Question for the UK LGBT community: This article makes it sound like the pink vote is significant to the Tories. As an American, I’m having a really hard time imagining how that comes about. I’d accuse it of being slanted, but it quotes a number of Tory MPs who are publicly and strongly criticizing the statement.
In the US, the LGBT vote is pretty overwhelmingly Democratic. There’s a small group that support republicans, but it’s very rare - to the point it’s something worthy of notice and a point of contention.
So, is the portrayal in this article accurate? What are the politics over there? I’ve been active politically since the days of ACT UP, so I know what things are like over here, but I’m completely stunned by what they’re presenting about the political alignment over there.