Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has committed to helping the LGBTQ+ community after recently facing criticism.
Coinciding with the return of the city’s Pride celebrations, the Mayor pledged his support to the ongoing fight against discrimination in an act of solidarity with the region’s LGBTQ+ community. He claimed he was “fiercely committed” to protecting diversity ahead of the event as he sees it as one of the city’s “greatest strengths”, while also recognising that “despite some progress, we still have work to do”.
In light of Mr Rotheram’s message of support, Liverpool’s longest continuously running LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity, Sahir House, dubbed his claims as “lip service” and emphasised the importance of “action over words.” Anthony Hopkinson, the charity’s CEO, told the ECHO : “The Metro Mayor’s sentiment might be true enough but actions speak louder than words. It can feel like lip service when we look at how little action and investment is underfoot - especially in comparison to other metropolitan areas of similar size and status like Greater Manchester.
