Alternattiva Demokratika - has reiterated its commitment to ensure that Maltese LGBT people are treated as full citizens without exception, thus enjoying all the rights and responsibilities as all other citizens and declared its support for the proposals put forward by the Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM).

AD spokesperson for social policy and civil rights Angele Deguara, said: "Alternattiva Demokratika is pleased to announce that its manifesto meets all the 6 priorities identified by MGRM for the next legislature. We are also pleased to be raising the national bar in favour of marriage equality and the removal of discrimination in parenting and adoption legislation, thus ensuring that Maltese LGBT people are treated at a par with fellow LGBT people in modern European countries like Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden; and soon France and the United Kingdom.

AD Chairperson Michael Briguglio, held that if elected in parliament AD will ensure that LGBT issues are on the agenda as Alternattiva Demokratika is the only party that stands for real and uncompromised change for LGBT people.