1./ Who are we and why are we at the Conservative Party Conference this week? Here are some selections from our website that may provide answers. Above all, we believe in protecting children and young people from the imposition of strange ideologies.👇lgballiance.org.uk
2./ We were, for example, delighted when the BBC withdrew its “educational” video which informed children that there were over 100 genders. News to us. We wrote on numerous occasions to complain about this wholly unscientific and confusing notion being taught to kids. 👇
3./ We defend robustly the factual reality of biology which institutions -from schools to the NHS- seem increasingly to undermine. We do this, in large part, because our rights in law as LGB people are rooted in the reality of two sexes, the binary, of male and female.👇
4./ We worry that many young lesbians are being told they are transphobic if they say they will not consider male bodied people as dating partners. We feel the category of lesbian can’t include male bodied people such as Alex Drummond who “identifies as a lesbian”. Sorry, Alex.👇
5./ But we also took a stand at #CPC21 because the denial of basic science fuels a culture of silencing and bullying which is bad for our public life and threatens the freedoms we all cherish. In the long run, LGB people can never thrive in such a culture. 👇
6./ Please explore our website for yourself. Perhaps… not everything you’ve heard about us is entirely true. Or if you’re at #CPC21 you could pop along to Stand 85 for an informal chat. We won’t tell anyone if you want to keep it a secret. 😏👇lgballiance.org.uk/myths/
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1./ We are shocked by today’s judgment in the Court of Session. For years proponents of GRA Reform assured the public it was merely an administrative measure. Instead it’s now clear it would have profound consequences undermining both women’s rights and those of LGB people.
2./ We have long argued the laws protecting LGB people are being undermined by conflating sex with gender identity. We are grateful the EHRC submission reflected our concerns and disappointed judges “have not found it easy to follow” the important point the EHRC made.
3./ We applaud the work of @ForWomenScot and their legal team. They have shed light as never before on the dangerous confusion surrounding issues of sex and gender in our laws. This must urgently be addressed. Erase sex in law and you erase our rights.
We have today sent a formal complaint to the President of the UN HRC, endorsed by many other groups & individuals internationally, about the conduct of Independent Expert for SOGI Victor Madrigal-Borloz. He pursues his own agenda instead of his mandate. lgballiance.org.uk/formal-complai…
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We have today written to the incoming President of the UN Human Rights Council with a long and
detailed complaint about the failure of the Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, to fulfil his mandate.
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Today is #BiVisibilityDay
2021 ONS estimates put the prevalence of bisexuality at 1.1% of the UK population, rising to 5.3% of 16-24 year olds.
We saw yesterday that attitudes to LGB people generally had improved, but here are some stats on bisexuality specifically (thread)
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#BiVisibilityDay
From reading Prof Michael Biggs’ paper on the history of puberty blockers we find that of the first 70 children on the “Dutch Protocol”, 8.6% were bisexual.
One further child did not know their sexual orientation yet.
With just 30 days to go before Mermaids begin their challenge to our charitable status, we will be sharing one reason every day until then showing why LGB Alliance is so needed by LGB people. (Thread)🧵
1: We made a short film to celebrate the lives of older gay men and are ensuring that 30% of the tickets to the very swanky London premiere are free or discounted 👇
1/6 Why your support for LGB Alliance is effective and really matters (thread).
The govt's decision to abandon plans for a Bill to ban Conversion Therapy is a sign of the confidence that, in general, conversion therapy practices for LGB people are already illegal in this country
2/6 The UK is a fantastic place to be lesbian, gay or bisexual. It’s also a fantastic place to be transgender. Nowhere in the world are trans people more visible, or their rights better guaranteed.
The UK leads the world with our legislation on equality.
3/6 Sexual orientation and gender reassignment are both protected characteristics in the Equality Act and the rights of each group must always be balanced.
We welcome these early findings from the Cass Review. It confirms our view that this service has not been subject to the normal quality controls elsewhere in the NHS. This is even more important with highly experimental treatments. 1/5