Motions accepted for debate and passed into party policy have included: LGBT+ Liberal Democrats runs a series of fringe events discussing various topic issues at Liberal Democrat conference each year,[13] including regular joint fringes with LGBT+ campaigning organisation Stonewall.

[14] Events at a joint 2011 fringe received widespread coverage after then Stonewall Chair, Ben Summerskill stated that his organisation did not support equal marriage and that he believed it would cost £5 billion to implement.

The statement resulted in critical comments from prominent campaigner Peter Tatchell[15] and openly gay Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Gilbert, who stated "it should not be up to me as a member of parliament to lobby Stonewall on equal rights.

[16] The controversy later caused a split within Stonewall itself, following further criticism from founder members Ian McKellen and Michael Cashman.

In the first incident G4S, who provided conference security, had insisted on checking banners being carried by members of the group for "potentially offensive campaign material".

[23] Farron's continued fraternisation with evangelical anti-'gay lobby' groups has been seen by the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats as a lapse of judgement, with them asking him to apologise for a "lack of care" shown to the LGBT community.