Thread by @ALLIANCELGB

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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Endorsed by:

@LesbianLabour
@lgballiance_aus
@LGBAllianceNZ
@ENoMW
@LGBAllies_Cymru
@LGBAlliance_CA
@MensNetwork1
@samtokin22
@llh2019
@NoSelfID_tw
@LHBForbundet
@LGBLiberalForum
@fairplaywomen
@DeclarationOn
@ConfluenciaMF
@LgbDefence

And many others.

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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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In short, he dedicates himself to the “GI” part of his mandate while largely ignoring the “SO” part. He urges countries to introduce gender self-ID and promotes the activist manifesto known as the Yogyakarta Principles instead of doing his job.

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He has proposed no plan to counter the criminalization of same-sex relations in 69 countries. He has proposed no plan to counter the worldwide discrimination and violence targeting people with same-sex sexual orientation.

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He repeatedly insists that gender self-ID poses no risk to the rights of LGB people or women, despite being supplied with a mountain of evidence to the contrary.

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Besides dismissing the facts presented to him, he also misrepresents the law, asserting that international human rights law requires the introduction of gender self-ID.

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He is required to publish the submissions he receives, but he does not publish those from LGB groups that reject gender identity ideology, apparently deeming them “hateful”.

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Our letter to the President of the Human Rights Council concludes:

“It may be that you find yourself in sympathy with Victor Madrigal-Borloz’s views, or have taken
them to be progressive.

If so, we would like to add this.
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People who are attracted to others of the
same sex are subjected to discrimination and violence worldwide - whatever their beliefs. That is
assuredly one of the key reasons the SOGI mandate was created.

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We represent gay, lesbian and bisexual people who might be assumed to deserve protection under the SOGI mandate.

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However, it is clear from everything Victor Madrigal-Borloz says and does that he considers us only worthy of attention if we mouth the mantras: ‘Trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary
identities are valid.’

That is a belief system.

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It is entirely separate from sexual orientation. We do not share this belief system. Our sexual orientation has nothing to do with how someone identifies.

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Please let us know if it is now the established view at the United Nations that lesbian, gay and bisexual people who do not subscribe to this belief system no longer deserve its protection.

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It would be good to know whether or not we are still included in the global family of the United Nations.
Yours sincerely,
Kate Harris and Bev Jackson
LGB Alliance”

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