I'm going to try and sum up the points made by the United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination
based on sexual orientation and gender identity. 1. Sums up the visit details (24th April -> 5th May 2023).

"6 reasons religion may do more harm than good."

"It's hard to argue with some of these..."

"Most British people think religion causes more harm than good according, Surprisingly, even among those who describe themselves as “very religious”"

-- Taken from salon article...

🧵 1.  Religion promotes tribalism. Infidel, heathen, heretic. Religion divides insiders from outsiders. Rather than assuming good intentions, adherents often are taught to treat outsiders with suspicion.

Quite a journey.
I really feel the last comment! 😒😖🤭 Alt:
radishnt - which one of u was going to tell me that tea tastes different if u put it in hot water?
mothman-misato - y- you were putting it in cold water?????
boimgfrog - Radish. Answer the question radish.

Let me introduce you to Nadia, or Meena, or Ethan, or Noreen or 1 of more than a 1000 different names I've seen seen them use, but I first met her as Nadia.

They are a scammer who explicitly targets members of the LGBTQ+ community pretending to be one us.

🧵 1/? They claim to do this because they know we try to help when we can and because they hate us and want to take us for everything they can.

🧵 2/?

Main findings from the report Mapping Anti-Gender Movement in the UK - by GATE.

1) Anti-gender movements in the UK have become significantly larger, more visible, and more effective since 2015/2016 to the time of writing in 2021-2022. 2) Fringe groups within feminist and LGB communities, and the religious right, are very centrally or visibly involved in contesting trans rights (in the media, courts, and policy spaces).