Organisations Leaving Stonewall: The List

Amid increasing scrutiny of the benefits of participation, at the time of going to press 24 of the 77 Diversity Champion law firms contacted by RollOnFriday confirmed that they remained members of the scheme, while nine, including Travers Smith, Pinsent Masons, Gateley, Cleary Gottlieb, and Baker McKenzie, said they intended to renew their memberships.
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The Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority both declined to clarify whether or not they were still Diversity Champions.

As citizens, I think we have a public interest right to know if the regulatory bodies and leading firms are supporting an organisation that misrepresents the law and continues to do so despite numerous corrections.

The first law firm has broken ranks

www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/exclusive-law-firm-quits-stonewall-over-its-disquieting-recent-actions

Good summary of the whole sorry state of affairs in that article as well.

Yes I agree JoodyBlue
More breaking down barriers and treating one class as objects to be available for the other class, ties in nicely with sex work is work.

[quote Igneococcus]Top story in the Times Law section today "Critics call for law firms to quit Stonewall":

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3cd95f0a-c3ac-11eb-8601-6a2ece3e4634?shareToken=0aefb8ba4f71beb82e010a1310e150a7[/quote]
Excellent piece by Catherine Baksi (who I hadn't heard of before).

The category I find most troubling is the "demi sexual" as a descriptor of someone who needs an emotional connection before sleeping with someone. In the good old days this would have been the aim of most of us, who didn't fall under the arsehole category. Most especially those of us who could get pregnant. Now then it is a rare category. If that is really the case it is depressing beyond measure.

[quote Leafstamp]Good article by Maya Forstater, just published:

thecritic.co.uk/stonewalls-ratner-moment/[/quote]
That’s a belter!

Top story in the Times Law section today "Critics call for law firms to quit Stonewall":

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3cd95f0a-c3ac-11eb-8601-6a2ece3e4634?shareToken=0aefb8ba4f71beb82e010a1310e150a7

Interestingly, my local council do not appear to be involved with Stonewall. I'm tempted to FoI them ask why not. Could be illuminating.

Fingers crossed they are already on the path of dumping Stonewall then eurochick!

@Leafstamp there has been no policy change yet in the organisation but I was told our association with Stonewall was already being discussed when I raised it. So better than the brush off I was expecting!

What did you Head of Diversity say @eurochick? I’m guessing it was not a fruitful discussion?

I had to google Jamie Hooper, and see that he’s actually gone freelance now by the looks of it:

uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-hooper-he-him-1862935a

I wonder how much Sport England (and others?) pay him?

His practice seems a bit like Ruth Hunt’s?

Very interesting indeed. For the record, it says the policy is under review. Hope my photo attach works.

Interesting...

I put my head above the parapet last week and asked the head of diversity what the hell we were doing still associating with this bunch. I have tried...

[quote Leafstamp]Good article by Maya Forstater, just published:

thecritic.co.uk/stonewalls-ratner-moment/[/quote]
That is a blinding article. Absolutely brilliant.

Just asked a Uni where my daughter is holding a place to confirm that they have quit Stonewall's 'Diversity Champions' lobby; why send her to a Uni that would support the denial of same-sex attraction, thus my existence as a lesbian, and her existence as a young woman with sex-based rights. This is from the investigation into Stonewall's activities re:Essex University that have been described as illegal.
“The report sets out in extremely clear terms how following a ‘simple’ misrepresentation of the Equalities Act 2010 to include ‘gender identity’ can result in stopping academic debate of trans rights, or of the necessity to maintain sex-based rights… Universities must act upon the hectoring and bullying of those who hold gender critical views, especially when that hectoring comes in the form of violent and profane imagery and language.”
lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/05/university-of-essex-apologise-for-serious-mistakes-in-freedom-of-speech-victory-and-face-questions-as-a-stonewall-diversity-champion/

Good article by Maya Forstater, just published:

thecritic.co.uk/stonewalls-ratner-moment/

Have you got MS Access, Embarrassing? That was the database programme I used about a million years ago. It was quite good for pulling different data out afterwrds ... not sure I could still use it now, tho!

A number of organisations respond that they have no SW membership/contact and never have - which raises the question about the accuracy of SW's list.

If anybody is knowledgeable about databases, it would be very helpful if they could specify how to organise these FOIs and the responses better.

I don't think organisations always answer FOIs properly. Sex Matters has North Wales Police as having left. Yet at www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_about_your_dealings_408#incoming-1730292 they state they have had no involvement with Stonewall in 2019 or 2020.