LGBT+ Liberal Democrats - From DELGA To LGBT+

From DELGA To LGBT+

When the Liberal Democrats party was formed, it was initially called the Social and Liberal Democrats, sometimes referred to by the shortened version 'Democrats'.

As such when a lesbian & gay organisation for the party was formed, as successor to the Liberal Lesbian & Gay Action and Social Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action groups, it adopted an abbreviated form of its name "DEmocrats for Lesbian & Gay Action" as DELGA.

In the mid 1990s the remit and full name of the organisation was changed to include bisexual and transgender, becoming Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action. However, the same shortened form of the name was retained as the constitutional 'alternative name' to an unpronounceable acronym.

In September 2011 following a vote by the membership, both names were dropped in favour of "LGBT+ Liberal Democrats".