Stonewall came tumbling down - The Critic Magazine

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[–]reluctant_commenter 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Seems like a solid enough quick summary of the events surrounding Stonewall UK in the last decade or so. Thanks for sharing.

I'm curious about the details of political infighting within the organization. I wonder whether anybody there tried to sound the alarm about the organization's change in values/ideology.

edit: I also want to emphasize, I love that Jo Bartosch included this:

But sexual orientation is not something that can be opted out of when the pendulum swings back.

Often this observation is missing from media articles on LGBTQ+ organizations and their problems.

[–]MyLongestJourney 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Make no mistake, the public has lost patience with their money being wasted on campaigns which exist to do little more than pay the mortgages of Kelley and co. But sexual orientation is not something that can be opted out of when the pendulum swings back.

When the greysexuals have settled-down in the suburbs in their heterosexual relationships, it will be the lesbians, gay men and bisexuals who are left to pick up the pieces of Stonewall’s failure".

Exactly.