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LGB Alliance Advert for Scottish Voters

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LostToucan · 05/05/2021 09:51

LGB Alliance has taken out an ad in the The Herald to explain “what is a lesbian”.

Hopefully this will be a timely reminder for voters on Thursday?

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LostToucan · 05/05/2021 19:38

I think someone pointed it out and was then instantly blocked.

Guess they must have been a newbie to a Paisley thread Smile

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 05/05/2021 19:35

@LostToucan

Yeah ... I think someone already has on that thread (not me - I’m not going anywhere near the Twitter loons).
Really? I thought he had blocked everyone who disagrees with him (or who might disagree with him in the future)
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LostToucan · 05/05/2021 19:33

Yeah ... I think someone already has on that thread (not me - I’m not going anywhere near the Twitter loons).

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OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 19:24

Someone should share that with Paisley, OP.

twitter.com/davidpaisley/status/1389948607592337413?s=21

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LostToucan · 05/05/2021 19:07

AFAIK a charity can undertake political activities in support of its aims, as long as that’s not its sole reason to exist.

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610137/CC9.pdf

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SmallPug · 05/05/2021 18:43

I've seen quite a lot of the Twitler Youth (and the grownups who should know better) up in arms about this. Contacting charity commission etc...

yourhairiswinterfire · 05/05/2021 18:17

@MummBraTheEverLeaking

How long till the Herald bow down, claim ignorance (we didn't know what we were printing, honest guv) and promise never to entertain the LGBA again?

Hopefully never, but it's like a script these days....

With a promise to donate to Mermaids thrown in...
allmywhat · 05/05/2021 18:14

[quote OhHolyJesus]And the complaints come rolling in...

twitter.com/notcursede/status/1389863279837814785?s=21[/quote]
The illiterati strike again. 🙄

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/05/2021 18:13

Which part of their code of conduct does it breach? Sex and sexual orientation are both separate from gender reassignment and the LGBA's statement is in line with the EA2010 definitions.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 05/05/2021 18:07

Thank you LGBA 👏👏👏

I think we're absolutely fucked wrt to election but we need to keep making the conversation happen.

OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 17:17

I do feel sorry for the person on the Charity Commission's Twitter account - getting tagged all the time.

LGB Alliance Advert for Scottish Voters
LGB Alliance Advert for Scottish Voters
TabbyStar · 05/05/2021 12:40

Excellent. Just donated Grin

OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 11:48

I can still see it Angry

twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1389893385520046080?s=21

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 05/05/2021 11:48

@AngryBananaSund

Has the twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1389861928810565639?s=21 tweet been deleted! I’m not seeing it
It's pinned at the top of their twitter feed - for some reason the link doesn't work
OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 11:47

Hella

That particular complaint doesn’t surprise me at all

Nor who retweeted it Wink

InspiralCoalescenceRingdown · 05/05/2021 11:40

Great ad. Sets things out plainly and robustly.

AngryBananaSund · 05/05/2021 11:38

Has the twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1389861928810565639?s=21 tweet been deleted! I’m not seeing it

Tibtom · 05/05/2021 11:37

The Herald really should publish a full page apology tomorrow - stating that after communication from QWERTY organisations they recognise that the advert was wrong and men can be lesbians if they want to be. And that women can be gay men too. And that it is transphobic for a gay man to turn down sex with a transman just because they were assigned female at birth.

MummBraTheEverLeaking · 05/05/2021 11:04

How long till the Herald bow down, claim ignorance (we didn't know what we were printing, honest guv) and promise never to entertain the LGBA again?

Hopefully never, but it's like a script these days....

Helleofabore · 05/05/2021 11:04

OhHOlyJesus

That particular complaint doesn’t surprise me at all.

OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 11:01

And the complaints come rolling in...

twitter.com/notcursede/status/1389863279837814785?s=21

OhHolyJesus · 05/05/2021 11:00

They don't shy away from the truth do they?!

Glad to see some bravery and commitment from the Herald.

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LostToucan · 05/05/2021 11:00

I saw one of the Twitter replies made reference to a 1999 US publication on lesbian women’s health as some kind of gender ID gotcha.

I skimmed it and just thought wasn’t it so much simpler when “woman” just so clearly meant adult human female.

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Helleofabore · 05/05/2021 10:52

That is an interesting ad.

Here is a more readable version.

twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1389861928810565639?s=21

I am off to see who they recommend to vote for if anyone.

littlbrowndog · 05/05/2021 10:22

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽