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Charity Times urges charities to act unlawfully?
By Robert Jessel, LGB Alliance Press Officer The cardinal rule of PR is never to criticise journalists. But when a newspaper misleads its readers and encourages them to ignore the law, that principle goes out of the window. The risk of staying silent (and thus...
Gay Rights Are Not For Everyone
Lord Hanson of Flint has announced that the government will accept an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to classify hate crimes targeting LGBT and disabled people as aggravated offences. Here’s what the letter from Lord Hanson says: In our manifesto we...
LGB International: Meet the Chair
Frederick Schminke is the President of Alliance LGB France and the new Chair of LGB International. We asked him why he got involved and what he hopes LGB International will achieve. Why did you get involved? I have been an out and proud gay man since I came out at...
In Plain Sight
A call for better safeguarding It is a grim truth that paedophiles look like you and me. They are heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual. Some will claim a gender identity and many will not. They are teachers, social workers, bankers, gardeners, librarians and...
The curious story of Belper Pride
Belper is a pretty market town on the edge of the Peak District. Comfortably middle-class and a quiet kind of place, it has a population of just 18,000 and benefits from good schools and a selection of attractive shops. Despite the small population, last year’s Pride...
Perfecting The Business Of Victimhood For Pride
By Jo Bartosch. This piece was commissioned for and originally published on the LGB Alliance Business Forum website.Let’s be honest—if you’re gay, lesbian or bisexual, you could do a lot worse than Britain. Sure, we’ve got our problems, but we also have legal...
Wendy’s Story
There are two things that underpin my adoption journey; the first is I always wanted to be a mum and the second is that I would not change a single decision in my life up to the point I met my daughter. Growing up I was not a doll playing girly girl, I was as big a...
Harshil’s Story
My husband and I knew that we wanted a family, and providing a loving and safe home for children in need of a forever family seemed like the obvious way to go. Having thought about it for a long time, we eventually got in touch with a local adoption agency in 2019. At...
Bev Jackson on US vs Skrmetti
Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/APToday, 4 December 2024, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the US v Skrmetti – the name of the Attorney-General of Tennessee. At issue was the constitutionality of Tennessee’s bill banning puberty blockers and...