English: I'm very pleased to take part in this debate today, and congratulations to the Members who have put it forward. I think this does give us an opportunity to celebrate the advances that are being made towards equality and to celebrate the individuals who've made this possible. First of all, I want to say I think it is so important that we have gay and lesbian Assembly Members leading the debate today. Hannah said in her introduction, 'You can't be what you can't see' and I think that is such an important message. I think we are more credible as an Assembly now in having this debate being led in the way it is being led. I wanted to use the time I had to mention two individual women who I know very well, who have made significant contributions to making Welsh life more tolerant and open-minded. The first is my constituent Janet Jeffries, who set up FFLAG - families and friends of LGBT people - after her son came out, and she has campaigned for many years for equality. She told me that her aim in all the work she's done is to help parents and families to relate to their children with love and pride. At the time Janet set up FFLAG in 2001 - sixteen years ago - it was a very different world, and many of the Members who have spoken today have referred to that. She said then that parents' attitudes were fear of the discrimination that their children might face, their fear of AIDS, fear that they wouldn't be able to get a job, and every day they were worried about issues they would have to face: gay couples were turned away from hotels, and there was none of the legislation that we've heard about today. I'm also very proud that Labour did lead the way in passing many of the groundbreaking legislation, because politics does make things happen, and Labour certainly had led the way. I was very pleased to be in the House of Commons to vote for the age of consent to be equalised, to vote for the repeal of section 28, which, as many people have said here today, was the most pernicious bit of legislation I think that we can ever think about, and also very pleased to vote for the Civil Partnership Act in 2004 and the Gender Recognition Act in 2004, and, of course, the adoption Act. At the time Janet was working, she said that it was commonplace for literature that they produced to be sent back from the printers. She said they sent a banner off to the printers for the organisation, and it was sent back because the word 'gay' was on it. You still hear of incidents like that, such as the bakers in Northern Ireland that refused to bake a cake with pro-gay marriage messages on it. But I think that is becoming much less often - it's much more rare now. As Janet has told me, the world has changed now, but, of course, there's still a long way to go, as we heard from the discussions in the church that have been taking place over the last couple of days. Janet was awarded a British empire medal in the new year's honours list for her campaigning work, and I'm very proud to have her in my constituency, and wish her a speedy recovery from her illness. The other woman I want to mention is Gloria Jenkins, who features in the exhibition Icons and Allies. She, with Janet, set up FFLAG, and she's been a campaigning force in south Wales for many years. She was the co-chair of Stonewall Cymru and is one of the key people to establish it firmly as an organisation in Wales. I've known Gloria for many years, and my husband, Rhodri Morgan, at the time MP for Cardiff West, with Kevin Brennan, his assistant at the time, campaigned with Gloria and with her family and friends for Gloria's daughter's Canadian partner, Tammy, to be able to stay in the UK. This was a very high-profile campaign and it was successful, and Tammy was one of the first lesbians to be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK because of a meaningful same-sex relationship. So, that was what Gloria started to campaign on, and she has campaigned ever since. It was fantastic to see her there up in that Senedd reception today, and I want to congratulate her on all she's done. So, I just wanted to use the opportunity to mention these two women who've been great allies and have worked really, really hard, making a tremendous contribution. I'd just like, finally, to end on a policy level, echoing what many people have said in this debate and the previous debate. I want to give a plea for meaningful sex and relationship education to be given in schools. As the Terrence Higgins Trust says, good-quality, age-appropriate LGBT-inclusive sex education should be available in all schools in Wales.
Welsh: Rwy'n falch iawn o gymryd rhan yn y ddadl hon heddiw, a llongyfarchiadau i'r Aelodau a'i cyflwynodd. Rwy'n credu bod hyn yn rhoi cyfle i ddathlu'r datblygiadau sy'n cael eu gwneud tuag at gydraddoldeb ac i ddathlu'r unigolion a wnaeth hyn yn bosibl. Yn gyntaf oll, rwyf am ddweud fy mod yn credu ei bod mor bwysig fod gennym Aelodau Cynulliad hoyw a lesbiaidd yn arwain y ddadl heddiw. Dywedodd Hannah yn ei chyflwyniad, 'Ni allwch fod yr hyn na allwch ei weld' a chredaf fod honno'n neges mor bwysig. Rwy'n meddwl ein bod yn fwy credadwy fel Cynulliad yn awr gyda'r ddadl hon yn cael ei harwain yn y ffordd y mae'n cael ei arwain. Roeddwn eisiau defnyddio'r amser a oedd gennyf i sôn am ddwy fenyw rwy'n eu hadnabod yn dda iawn, sydd wedi cyfrannu'n sylweddol at wneud bywyd Cymru'n fwy goddefgar ac eangfrydig. Y gyntaf yw un o fy etholwyr, Janet Jeffries, a sefydlodd FFLAG - teuluoedd a ffrindiau pobl LHDT - ar ôl i'w mab ddod allan, ac mae wedi ymgyrchu ers blynyddoedd lawer dros gydraddoldeb. Dywedodd wrthyf mai ei nod yn yr holl waith a wnaeth yw helpu rhieni a theuluoedd i ymwneud â'u plant gyda chariad a balchder. Ar yr adeg y sefydlodd Janet FFLAG yn 2001 - un ar bymtheg o flynyddoedd yn ôl - roedd yn fyd gwahanol iawn, ac mae llawer o'r Aelodau sydd wedi siarad heddiw wedi cyfeirio at hynny. Dywedodd bryd hynny mai agwedd rhieni oedd ofn y gwahaniaethu y gallai eu plant eu hwynebu, ofn AIDS, ofn na fyddent yn gallu cael swydd, a phob dydd roeddent yn poeni am yr hyn y buasai'n rhaid iddynt ei wynebu: câi cyplau hoyw eu troi ymaith o westai, ac nid oedd yr un o'r deddfau y clywsom amdanynt heddiw'n bodoli. Rwyf hefyd yn falch iawn fod Llafur wedi arwain y ffordd drwy basio llawer o'r deddfau arloesol, gan fod gwleidyddiaeth yn gwneud i bethau ddigwydd, ac yn sicr fe arweiniodd Llafur y ffordd. Roeddwn yn falch iawn o fod yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin i bleidleisio dros oedran cydsynio cyfartal, i bleidleisio dros ddiddymu adran 28, y darn mwyaf niweidiol o ddeddfwriaeth y gallwn feddwl amdano, fel y mae llawer o bobl wedi dweud yma heddiw, a hefyd roeddwn yn falch iawn i bleidleisio dros y Ddeddf Partneriaethau Sifil yn 2004 a'r Ddeddf Cydnabod Rhywedd yn 2004, ac wrth gwrs, y Ddeddf mabwysiadu. Ar yr adeg roedd Janet yn gweithio, dywedodd ei fod yn ddigwyddiad cyffredin i lenyddiaeth a gynhyrchwyd ganddynt gael ei hanfon yn ôl gan yr argraffwyr. Dywedodd eu bod wedi anfon baner at yr argraffwyr ar gyfer y sefydliad, a'i bod wedi cael ei hanfon yn ôl am fod y gair 'gay' arni. Rydych yn dal i glywed am ddigwyddiadau fel hynny, megis y pobyddion yng Ngogledd Iwerddon a wrthododd bobi cacen gyda negeseuon o blaid priodasau hoyw arni. Ond credaf fod hynny'n digwydd yn llawer llai aml - mae'n llawer prinnach yn awr. Fel y dywedodd Janet wrthyf, mae'r byd wedi newid erbyn hyn, ond wrth gwrs, mae yna ffordd bell i fynd, fel y clywsom o'r trafodaethau sydd wedi bod yn digwydd yn yr eglwys yn ystod y dyddiau diwethaf. Dyfarnwyd medal yr ymerodraeth Brydeinig i Janet yn rhestr anrhydeddau'r flwyddyn newydd am ei gwaith ymgyrchu, ac rwy'n falch iawn o'i chael yn fy etholaeth, ac yn dymuno adferiad iechyd buan iddi o'i salwch. Y fenyw arall rwyf am sôn amdani yw Gloria Jenkins, sydd i'w gweld yn yr arddangosfa Eiconau a Chyfeillion. Hi, gyda Janet, a sefydlodd FFLAG, ac mae hi wedi bod yn ymgyrchydd grymus yn ne Cymru ers blynyddoedd lawer. Hi oedd cyd-gadeirydd Stonewall Cymru ac un o'r bobl allweddol a'i sefydlodd yn gadarn fel mudiad yng Nghymru. Rwy'n adnabod Gloria ers nifer o flynyddoedd, a bu fy ngŵr, Rhodri Morgan, a oedd yn AS Gorllewin Caerdydd ar y pryd, gyda Kevin Brennan, ei gynorthwyydd ar y pryd, yn ymgyrchu gyda Gloria a'i theulu a'i ffrindiau i sicrhau bod partner merch Gloria a oedd yn dod o Ganada, Tammy, yn gallu aros yn y DU. Roedd hon yn ymgyrch ag iddi broffil uchel ac roedd yn llwyddiannus, a Tammy oedd un o'r lesbiaid cyntaf i gael caniatâd amhenodol i aros yn y DU o ganlyniad i berthynas ystyrlon rhwng pobl o'r un rhyw. Felly, dyna y dechreuodd Gloria ymgyrchu yn ei gylch, ac mae hi wedi bod yn ymgyrchu byth ers hynny. Roedd yn wych ei gweld yn y derbyniad yn y Senedd heddiw, ac rwyf am ei llongyfarch am y cyfan y mae hi wedi'i wneud. Felly, roeddwn eisiau defnyddio'r cyfle i sôn am ddwy fenyw sydd wedi bod yn gynghreiriaid gwych ac wedi gweithio'n wirioneddol galed, a gwneud cyfraniad aruthrol. Hoffwn orffen, yn olaf, ar lefel polisi, gan adleisio'r hyn y mae llawer o bobl wedi dweud yn y ddadl hon ac yn y ddadl flaenorol. Rwyf am apelio dros gynnwys addysg rhyw a chydberthynas ystyrlon mewn ysgolion. Fel y dywed Ymddiriedolaeth Terrence Higgins, dylai addysg ryw o ansawdd da, sy'n addas i'r oedran, ac sy'n gynhwysol o ran LHDT, fod ar gael ym mhob ysgol yng Nghymru.