1./ CRISIS!!!! We have some very bad news. Our management team are deeply divided. There have been bitter words. Doors have been slammed. Can you PLEASE help usπŸ™. We need YOU to choose the first track at our Conference disco on 21st October. πŸ˜‚
2./ Some team members argued we have an LGB duty πŸ‘€ to keep the sound of the summer holidays going. They plumped for 'Summer Thing' by @dragonette etc a great sound of 2021 which might keep those memories of Mykonos, Lesbos or ..er..Hebden Bridge alive. πŸ‘‡
3./ Others suggested 'Take Your Time' by @arty. Its lyrics could sum up many people's feelings who are gender critical but too scared to speak up. Yet.
"Saying all the right things at all the wrong moments. ..... The Stars align. When the time is right." πŸ‘‡
4./ Someone argued for @LilNasX 'Industry Baby' which contains prison scenes never imagined by the creators of Cell block H. 😏 But here's a track we surely have to hear on the night: his version of Dolly Parton's Jolene (2 gay icons in 1 track).πŸ‘‡
5./ One member of the team insisted on this track by @SIYA. When the rest of us asked is this lesbian rapper ...gender critical, she replied...."is Lil Naz?" Err..good point. Who knows? Who cares. Choose good music please. πŸ‘‡
6./ Otherwise. Put it this way....if you don't choose something else we're bound to end up with up with this absolutely fabulous but slightly err.....old track ...the danceable disco mix of Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield.πŸ‘‡
7./ Or maybe this track from some people's teen years by the @thecure. If not them you just know it's going to be ruddy Abba. Again. We're counting on YOU. Get Voting. Send us suggestions of tracks and any good LGB memories associated with them. 😏

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10 Oct
1./ To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth we'd like to draw your attention to a conversation we love between two of Britain's most remarkable lesbians: @BluskyeAllison and the great Linda Bellos. What does the word 'lesbian' mean to Linda? For her, she says, it's a badge of honour.πŸ‘‡
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7 Oct
1./ A thread. πŸ‘‰Tonight we issued this press statement in support of Dr Kathleen Stock. "LGB Alliance stands with Dr Stock against the vile abuse and threats she has faced, not only in the last week, but over the last several years. 1/5
2./ We are encouraged that she now has the support of Sussex University, which is committed to the principles of rational debate, free speech and open enquiry - as any university worth the name ought to be. 2/5
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6 Oct
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2./ What we know about religion could probably be written on the back of one of our tiny stickers we’ve been giving out supporting free speech. πŸ‘‡ So imagine our surprise when the Rev Alan Kennedy said he was a huge supporter. Who knew?
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4 Oct
1./ In a hugely important piece @AbigailShrier argues many young people are receiving what is, in effect, highly experimental surgery at too young an age: before they’ve had a chance to experience their adult body. Many may have gone on to become LGB.πŸ‘‡
2./ This concurs with this often overlooked insight from 2018 by the leading trans author and thinker Jack Halberstam where he counsels against radical physical change before a young person has had the chance to experience sexual function in their adult body. πŸ‘‡
3./ We want the best possible health care for young trans and LGB people but Jack Halberstam points out these kids may not understand the full implications of loss of sexual function which may be a result of puberty blockers followed rapidly by surgical or hormonal transition.
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3 Oct
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.πŸ‘‡lgballiance.org.uk
2./ We were, for example, delighted when the BBC withdrew its β€œeducational” 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. πŸ‘‡
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.πŸ‘‡
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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.πŸ‘‡
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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.πŸ‘‡
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