Congress Rapporteur on “Free to speak, free to meet: guaranteeing the rights of LGBTI persons in local communities”, Helen Belcher (United Kingdom, ILDG), will make a keynote speech on “Political Leadership at the Subnational Level: Change from the Ground Up, Local Leadership for Equality” during the Political Leadership Programme at the WorldPride Human Rights Conference. In her remarks, she will outline the specific role of local authorities in upholding LGBTI people’s rights to freedom of expression and assembly.