Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Norman Lamb has set out an LGBT-heavy agenda for the contest for the party’s leadership following the post-election resignation of former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Lamb used an interview with LGBT website Pink News to state that Britons should be allowed “gender neutral passports” and claimed that transgender people should not have to get the approval of their spouses in advance of being officially gender re-assigned – thereby effectively forcing the partners of transgender people to enter into a same sex marriage.

The former government minister also clarified that he wants children to learn more about gay relationships in school. He said, “It was not enough to repeal Section 28, a ban on the ‘teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. We must do the exact opposite. We must make sure every part of government – especially schools and local authorities, are promoting the total equality of same sex attraction, relationships, and yes, sex.”

Lamb said he wants more homosexual relationships on children’s television, too:

“…it is deemed inappropriate to show same-sex couples on children’s television – in a manner not dissimilar from the treatment of mixed-race couples a generation ago. Our broadcasters must realise that sexuality is not, fundamentally, about who you want to have sex with – but who you are, and who you love.”

Lamb’s comments follow those of another Lib Dem leadership candidate Tim Farron, who called for the Church of England to be dis-established.