Thread by @YPinfo101

1. Was the take off of organisational capture in UK around 2015 linked to regional (EU) and international policies?

https://twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1452309821441593351

2. In 2013, Foreign Affairs Council EU drew up the LGBTI Guidelines which were adopted by 27 member states. They refer to international operations of EU member states however they also put pressure on those states to adopt same LGBTI policies nationally.

tgeu.org/tgeu-stament-t…

3. In the UK the Foreign Secretary belongs to the four Great Offices of State and wields much influence. How much do regional agreements like this affect national policy? Gender identity features prominently and of course the YP are cited.

consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Dat…

4. In 2014 the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) charter, which 'recognised explicitly the equal right of LGBT trade unionists to full inclusion' was adopted. Gender identity is explicitly mentioned.

tuc.org.uk/sites/default/…

5. 'In the UK, the TUC has adopted resolutions committing it to campaign in solidarity with those facing repression abroad alongside its commitment to achieving equality domestically, explicitly including LGBT people'.

6. Trade unions are encouraged to show solidarity by lobbying the UK Foreign Secretary to take action against states. We see this as a form of Queer Colonisation. We also wonder how these international policies in turn affect domestic policy.

7. It was also in 2015 that the Trans Inquiry took place led by Maria Miller and the absence of women's voices was notable.

@helensaxby11 comprehensive article giving background on this, always worth a re-read.

notthenewsinbriefs.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/whe…

8. In 2016, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting where he & others developed an idea to create 'Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination Against LGBTI people'.
weforum.org/projects/accel…

9. In 2019 the Partnership for Global LGBTI Inclusion (PGLE) 'a coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual & collective advocacy to accelerate LGBTI equality & inclusion globally and drive positive change' was launched at the WEF.

Stonewall are members.

10. The list of supporters of the PGLE includes a vast number of companies who operate in the UK and globally. Is this another reason why so many companies around the world have been captured?

global-lgbti.org/the-supporters