Legal Rights / PoliticsTrans groups go to war with Charity Commission over LGB Alliance

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[–][deleted] 37 insightful - 1 fun37 insightful - 0 fun38 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If any organization didn't deserve charity status it's Mermaids. Their entire mission is harming children.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 31 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Why does it fucking matter if the LGB Alliance isn't helping advance trans people in any way? They're allowed to have whatever mission they want and to still be a charity; it's not all about trans people all of the time. This is like screeching that the ASPCA isn't doing enough to advance BLM. They're completely separate things! It's not all about you!

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 29 insightful - 2 fun29 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

We’re not allowed to have our own groups, our own spaces, but guess what? We’re gonna have them anyway, charity status or not.

[–]julesburm1891 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Tbh, I’m just waiting for trans groups to start attacking innocuous charities like food banks or funds to keep music education in schools because they don’t cater to trans people. TRAs really don’t seem to get that not everything is about them and that this sort of behavior only wants to make people separate more.

[–]powpowpowpow 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They already did that when Super Straights tried to donate to a women's rape shelter

[–]filbs111 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Charity status is a wierd thing. It's a bit like a tax break, and is similar to government funding. What helps you get charity status? Friends in government? IMO everying should have "charity status" or nothing should.

[–]millicentfawcett[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Further article from The Times on this. Seems to have been reported on widely today. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2db3626e-c3b1-11eb-8601-6a2ece3e4634?shareToken=d7d4fc16d949353cafd4cdbef3fa5b8b

[–]Uranian 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

My legal eagle friend says they've got very little chance of even getting the case heard because it's bogus. Also, Stonewall have since dropped their support for the case. Another day, another clown car!

[–]justagaydude123 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a shame that only the Daily Mail would actually include a section on what a vile person Green is and lengths she went to to trans her son.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Another article, from Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/lgbt-groups-including-mermaids-and-stonewall-appeal-against-decision-to-make-lgb-alliance-a-charity-in-transgender-row-12323296 (never heard of it but sharing to aggregate the articles)

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sky News is a prominent tv news channel in the UK. This is a major mainstream source.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

They mention that Allison Bailey is a “lesbian barrister.”

Can they specify each time they mention Susie Green and Mermaids that she is a straight woman and that it is an org run by a straight woman? I can’t wait til they start scrutinizing her Ted Talk and call out that she is married to a man that she admits is homophobic?

Finally we are left with Gendered Intelligence UK. They are more mysterious. I can’t even find out who is leading them even after reviewing their website. But they describe themselves as “trans-led.”

I’d be more than fine with articles saying straight, and trans-led to describe these orgs and their leadership. It proves the exact point LGB Alliance is trying to make. They should call that out now that they’re getting mainstream press.