Update from Allison Bailey

Good luck Allison!

I wonder if Stonewall haven't been on the slide for some time. I remember working with an LGBT organisation some time ago (mid 2000s, IIRC) and they gently broached the subject of Stonewall and how they'd behaved to small LGBT organisations. Gently, because they knew what most people who wouldn't be immersed in knowledge would think, which is: Stonewall = good. I was told that Stonewall didn't listen to all sides of the civil partnership debate, and I think many LGB people felt that Stonewall had just shouted loudest, and sold them out. Not all LGB people, but certainly a lot I met at the time. They felt ignored.

I also remember going to some kind of event where they were launching - or had launched - the "some people are gay, get over it!" campaign. I went because I wasn't sure if what I was being told about them was true, and I wanted to see for myself, where I could. The atmosphere was strange and cultish (there was definitely no dissent in the room). And had a disturbing undercurrent of aggression. I remember thinking: "if you're trying to tackle homophobia, what good is shouting in ALL CAPS at people?" As in: why wasn't their approach more rational, and why didn't they show positive images of same-sex couples, rather than this angry campaign that was never going to do anything but convince homophobes they were right?

And now, fast forward to the Tavi. Why oh why haven't they been at the forefront of this, fighting for LGB youth? But maybe it's all been going wrong for some time and we just didn't know it.

Is this like those crime fiction cases where there are two culprits who try and alibi each other out, and it becomes the telling error that gets them caught? I do hope so.

Amazing to think that Stonewall is using public money against Allison Bailey angry

Exactly. I'm so waiting for all these people to be accountable. Fuck off with your crossing out of your names playground bullshit.

in the real universe - the one next to this one that we must have accidentally slipped into, Stonewall would be supporting Allison against the bad guys.

Exactly. I feel that way about Keira Bell too. A young lesbian who was struggling with her identity, sold a massive lie and left with irreversible changes to her body as a result.

Stonewall should have been at the front of the crowd leading the support for her. It'd be nice to see them condemning the homophobia and sexual harassment thrown at lesbians because of gender ideology too.

It's really sad to see them behaving like this.

in the real universe - the one next to this one that we must have accidentally slipped into, Stonewall would be supporting Allison against the bad guys.

Instead, they are the bad guys. Well done to Allison - she has done so much for others even while she is going through such a tough time. I didn't realise her chambers had limited her income - was that effectively a pay cut, or through reduced work do we know?

Amazing to think that Stonewall is using public money against Allison Bailey

Will chip in again when the time comes, with you all the way Allison.

More power to you, Allison.

Thanks OP

Thanks for this OP very keen to see how this goes.

Wipe the floor with them and show them up for what they are!

Hopefully this way!

Those updates
The overreach of these "charities" is unbelievable.

All of the information that I received under the Data Protection Act was redacted and the names of individuals removed, so I could see some of what had been said but not who said it. I could not therefore name the people in the claim-which is now used as the basis to criticise the claim-because they had not provided me with those names.

Slimeballs.

Best of luck Allison, everything crossed for you. Wipe the floor with them and show them up for what they are!

Seems like a new digging exercise is incoming shortly.

I've just read the documents she posted on twitter. I'm not a legal mind of any sort but it appears to me she has a strong case.

Good luck Allison. We're ready and waiting to support you.