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./ Do you need a little pick-up after so many politicians struggled to master basic biology? Here's a behind the scenes look at the preparations for OUR conference. Yes, us: the only LGB group in Britain that focuses solely on LGB people. For a start, here's our tiny venue.👇
2./ The QEII Centre is modern architecture at its best. Powell and Moya's building is surprisingly subtle, with all those variations in the facade. Inside though the space is vast. Here's us plotting banners and decor for the day and trying not to be distracted by the views. 👇
3./ Later in the day we took a quick 20 min walk to visit the Churchill Estate in Pimlico, which made Powell and Mayo's name in 1947. They designed it in their early 20s. It was dubbed 'Humane Modernism', partly because they retained the Victorian pub. Good move boys.👇
“Homosexual means people of either sex who are attracted to people of their own gender" is a belief promoted by gender identity campaigners.
People with same-sex sexual orientation object strongly to being redefined. #SexNotGender
“Homosexual” means sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex.
Please be aware that referring to (subjective) “gender” instead of (objective) sex makes homosexuality meaningless. We are LGB people. Our sexual orientation is based on #SexNotGender.
The @bbc Style Guide also says: “Bisexual is an adjective to describe someone who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to more than one gender."
“More than one gender?” Another redefinition by gender identity groups.
What is going on here, @bbc?
Tokyo 2020 finished at the weekend. And what an Olympic triumph it was for openly LGB athletes: over 50 medals! Here’s just a few of their notable achievements:
Gold winning USA women’s basketball team, with FIVE!! out lesbian team members, including Sue Bird, fiancée of the soccer star Megan Rapinoe. Pictured here with teammate Diana Taurus. 👏👏
Britain went wild for Tom Daley who won gold in the synchronized 10-meter platform: “I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion.” Imagine the impact of those words on young gay men with sporting dreams. 👏👏
@ForwomenScot@iancollinsuk@talkRADIO “LGB Alliance has no links whatsoever to the Religious Right in the United States or their cynical attempts to attack trans rights as part of a long-term strategy to undermine LGBT rights.”/1of5
@ForwomenScot@iancollinsuk@talkRADIO “LGB Alliance supports trans rights as protected by law. What we oppose is gender self-ID. We strongly oppose gay conversion therapy.”/2of5
BBC routinely broadcasts homophobic slurs on its Arabic service. Here is the statement that LGB Alliance contributed to this news story:/1of4 dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
“It’s shocking the BBC is beaming such homophobic content to Arabic viewers. 69 countries criminalize homosexuality and many of them speak Arabic. Some, like Saudi Arabia, impose the death penalty.”/2of4
“We’ve asked to meet the Director General several times to express our concern about the BBC’s homophobic output. He refuses to meet us. But even we hadn’t imagined the BBC could sink as low as this.”/3of4
1./ A HERO FROM UGANDA.
The struggle for equality for LGB people in Uganda has had many heroes but none perhaps greater than David Kato. It was his murder in 2011 that inspired @RogerRossWill to make his brilliant documentary 'God Loves Uganda' 👇
2./ In interviews about the film, Williams explained Kato had told him there was "an untold story of the damage American fundamentalist evangelicals are doing in Uganda and their aggressive effort to harvest young, unclaimed souls... " tfiny.org/blog/detail/ro…
3./ Kato had warned him evangelicals had come to Uganda "to preach a gospel of love intertwined with a gospel of intolerance." A founder of the country's gay rights movement Kato spoke at a UN human rights conference in Kampala in 2009. A US diplomat later described the reaction.