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Fighting homophobia in all its forms - advocating for the interests of homosexual males
May 13 7 tweets 2 min read
1/ GMN Director @HassanMamdani and Board Member @MrMennoTweets have tonight written to the Secretary of State for DCMS, the Shadow SOS & the chair of the EHRC regarding BBC discrimination against the same sex orientation protected characteristic

gaymensnetwork.com/letters-and-re… 2/ The BBC has unequal public influence in the UK and it is presently describing a dating reality TV show as "same sex" based featuring "all boys". These claims are incorrect and they constitute conversion practice public messaging. Homosexual males are men who love men.
May 12, 2024 10 tweets 3 min read
1/ The Gay Men's Network renews our call to @aliciakearns to withdraw her Criminal Justice Bill conversion amendment.

In our new briefing on the latest version of this chaotic and quickly changing legislation, we explain why this amendment is dangerous and homophobic. Image 2/ We are not alone in our concerns. Dr. Cass was clear that it is harmful to compare exploratory therapy (and we add to that basic parenting) to a conversion practice. A child's self diagnosis should never be treated as definitive by any responsible adult. Image
Apr 21, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ The Cass review is the reality check the gay rights movement badly needed. That it was ever necessary is a tragedy for gay youth.

We respond substantively to the Cass review and we call for a vision of post-gender gay rights.

Puberty is a gay right

gaymensnetwork.com/letters-and-re… 2/ It is now time for a statutory Inquiry under the 2005 Inquiries Act. Gender Ideology recreated gay conversion therapy within the NHS and the bodies that should have stood up for gay people instead cheered on this crime against humanity. We demand answers.
Mar 17, 2024 7 tweets 3 min read
1/ Following the parliamentary recess ending mid April, Alicia Kearns MP will introduce an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act about Conversion Practices. It doesn't define "gender identity", but would enact it into law and risks fuelling the very problem it tries to solve. Image 2/ Conversion Practices legislation worldwide says doctors must accept the self diagnosis of vulnerable and confused children presenting at gender services. We've highlighted that most of these children grow up to be gay or are autistic before.

Mar 12, 2024 8 tweets 2 min read
1/ The Gay Men's Network welcomes the sensible decision by NHS England today regarding Puberty Blockers. This is a significant step forward for evidence based paediatrics and adhering to the Hippocratic duty to "first do no harm" 2/ We responded to the NHSE consultation in November 2023 making the point that it would be unethical and reckless to prescribe experimental and irreversible drugs, even in "exceptional" cases or clinical trials.

Jan 7, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
1/ GMN has written to @WHO, @DrTedros and @JeremyFarrar regarding the Guideline Development Group consultation about our concerns of institutional capture by gender extremists. Homosexuals must not be forgotten in this consultation. Image 2/ Gender medicine is riven with institutional homophobia and takes no account of autism spectrum overrepresentation in the patient cohort. Staff at the UK Tavistock GIDS "joked" that "soon there will be no gay people left". This is modern day gay conversion therapy. Image
Nov 21, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
1/ GMN has tonight written a public letter to Baroness Burt of Solihull regarding her Private Members Bill in the House of Lords regarding a "Conversion Therapy Ban".

We raise serious concerns about the unintended consequences this bill would have if it became law.
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2/ So-called "conversion therapy bans" cause gay conversion. UK figures state that 80-90% of the children and young people at gender clinics are same sex attracted. The vast majority will grow out of cross sex ideation if left to go through puberty. CT Bans make this impossible.
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May 4, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
1/ GMN is proud today to have stood with LGB Alliance and Lesbian Labour at a meeting with the UN's Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and the (contested concept) of gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz. Image 2/ Together, we pressed concerns each organisation has regarding the homophobia inherent to gender identity ideology. In particular we stressed the plight of detransitioners, gender healthcare more generally and self ID.

Mar 21, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
1/ The Gay Men's Network unreservedly condemns the decision of the legislators in Uganda to vote for a draconian, anti-homosexual bill which imposes the death penalty for homosexual acts and marks a sad milestone in the journey of anti-gay hate in Uganda.

theguardian.com/world/2023/mar… 2/ We note this bill marks an increasing intensity in anti-gay hate in the country with a previous version the bill calling for 10 year sentences. The death penalty now replaces that. The previous bill is here:

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Mar 12, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
1/ The UN Human Rights Council has sent an official to visit the UK in April this year to identify issues in respect of homophobia and the contested concept of "gender identity". We've responded and point out the homophobia of GI ideology itself.

static1.squarespace.com/static/6200252… 2/ It is in everyone's interests that the UN recognise and reflect the plurality of political and ideological opinion among homosexuals and we today call for the UN's "Independent Expert" to live up to that title and confront the specific issues we raise. Image
Feb 24, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
1/ The Gay Men's Network has long questioned the evidence base for dramatic and irreversible medical procedures in gender and drawn attention to homophobia at gender clinics. Today the British Medical Journal decisively intervenes justifying those concerns
medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-g… 2/ The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Endocrine Society all promote guidance that support early medical treatment for gender dysphoria in young people. We believe such guidance is ideologically driven.
Jan 16, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
1/ "Conversion therapy bans" criminalise doctors from asking a child why they believe they have the wrong body or require life changing medication and surgery

Tragically, many children grow up in homophobic environments or suffer internalised homophobia.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… 2/ We have campaigned on clear evidence of homophobia at gender clinics and submitted numerous policy papers to government in an effort to protect children who will grow up to be gay. We first summarised this in our conversion therapy response.

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Nov 27, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
1/ We exist to fight homophobia and today we take a decisive stance against homophobia in "gender medicine" with our NHS England consultation response.

NHS Staff joked "soon there will be no gay people left" at the Tavistock

We fight this homophobia

gaymensnetwork.com/letters-and-re… 2/ NHS England has produced a "proposed interim service specification" - there is much to be welcomed in it - extremist lobby groups have no place in clinical practice in the new model and we are grateful to Dr. Az Hakeem and Clive Simpson for their help with our response
May 29, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
🧵1/ Some are currently comparing us homosexuals to racists and even using the holocaust to suggest our same-sex boundaries or organisations are as evil as Nazism.

This is wrong and it is deeply homophobic.

The Gay Men's Network unequivocally condemns such statements. 2/ We stand shoulder to shoulder with Lesbians who are being told they are "sexual racists" for simply being lesbians.

We stand shoulder to shoulder with Jewish people who object to the Holocaust being trivialised and deployed as a lazy and offensive comparison.