Thread by @ImplausibleGrrl

A question

LGB Alliance now contends that Gary Powell was not a founder of their organization, apparently on the theory that because his name doesn't appear on the officers list at founding, he isn't a founder

Despite having been involved in the launch and pre-launch

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I was digging through the historical records for Stonewall and found their 1989 incorporation document. Simon Fanshawe doesn't appear in it anywhere. He was appointed as an officer in *1997*

A newspaper article on Oct 29, 1993 mentions him and Stonewall...but separately \2

I DID find a document listing him as being PRESENT at the January 29, 1989 meeting of the Stonewall Group - pre-incorporation

lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

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So...the question:

What is the basis for Simon Farshawe to be considered a *founder* of the Stonewall organization (despite not appearing on any of the legal incorporation papers for Stonewall) while Gary Powell is NOT considered to be a founder of LGB Alliance?

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If that basis is 'formally involved before incorporation', does that mean the "founding signatories" of the LGB Alliance's first action back in Oct 2018 are *founders*?

Please join us in asking Stonewall to reconsider its approach to transgender policy
ipetitions.com/petition/dear-…
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Or does it apply to the signatories to their Sep 22, 2019 letter to The Sunday Times - specifically naming themselves as the LGB Alliance (and with a largely overlapping list of signatories)

thetimes.co.uk/article/anti-w…

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It seems to me that there are couple of dozen people, a number of them PREDATING Bev Jackson's involvement with the LGB Alliance, who could make legitimate claims to be the FOUNDERS of it under the expansive definition that gates Simon Farshawe in as a founder for Stonewall

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If they insist that Gary Powell was NOT a founder (along with the couple of dozen other people formally involved in the LGB Alliance even before Bev was) because *incorporation* defines the founders...then Simon is on shaky ground claiming to be a *Stonewall* founder

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It seems to me the LGB Alliance is trying to have it's cake and eat it too by using different standards for what defines a *founder* depending on whether they are talking about themselves - or Stonewall

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PS. I've discovered a draft document dated earlier than the incorporation document for Stonewall titled 'Stonewall and Iris' which lists Simon

duncancampbell.org/menu/humanrigh…

It's interesting because while Simon is listed in the announcement letter, he is NOT listed in the incorporation articles of 1989-08-09 for Stonewall. The Iris Trust was not declared as a charity until 1989-10-31

Stonewall
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/024122…
Iris
…of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-detail…

More history here: duncancampbell.org/content/foundi…

I note that the LGB Alliance's petition/letter of 2018-09-22 has a rather long list of 'Founding signatories', too