sentences:  Minister of Education Evarist Bartolo took a position not to distribute the material.The Labour Party, the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alternative are the most supportive of the LGBT community and their rights in Malta.On the other hand, the Nationalist Party is mixed on its support for LGBT causes, being influenced by the party's traditional social conservatism stance and Roman Catholicism, although the party voted in favor of same-sex marriage in 2017.