LGB Alliance to plan helpline with Lottery funding

Excellent idea. I see the email address is in the OP.

SFAIK, this refers to indigenous people of Canada. So not sure what this has to do with the UK.

Cultural appropriation. Though I prefer @Hagiography

Double whisky.

Stonewall never existed to provide events or services in the community, even in the good old days before it fell to trans ideology. I can remember the regional Stonewall rep coming to speak to me and the other women who ran a large, busy monthly calendar of events for lesbians in our area — cycling, walking, supper clubs, workshops, weekend breaks, meet-up opportunities — and being really scathing of our 'little social club', though she liked the cheques that we handed her after running a fund-raiser club night and she liked the fact that if we publicised the Stonewall conference they got a good turnout.

Stonewall were always a cut above dealing with the everyday lives of LGB people. They were there to lobby and influence people at the highest level and that was it. It's what enabled them to quietly adopt the T with no one but a few committee members knowing what was going on. It was always run top-down, with a couple of key people making strategic decisions.

Two spirited?? What on earth does that mean?

Was really happy to see this and sadly not surprised at the ridiculous tantrums from some TRAs. Had to retrieve my eyeballs from the back of my head after reacting these two responses. Actually thought the second one was parody but it appears not.

London Community Foundation.

The film grant was withdrawn by the body who awarded it, not by the Arts Council, to be clear. I can't remember the body but can find it ...

They got a grant from the arts council to make a film

yes, billed as 'celebrating gay lives and marking 70 years since Her Majesty The Queen ascended the throne'. heaven knows what was objectionable about that.

This is great news and I hope it stands. If my DC have questions about their sexuality I wouldn't want them anywhere near stonewall. It's reassuring to know there might be somewhere they can go to speak to people solely about sexuality without gender identity clouding the issue.

It is quite astonishing (and very homophobic) that wanting to give young people the opportunity to consider that they may be gay or bisexual, without thinking about whether they may be 'in the wrong body' is problematic.

They got a grant from the arts council to make a film, but it was withdrawn after the predictable meltdown. Has anything changed on that or is it still withdrawn?
I hope the lottery hold steady.

I was invited to donate my Nectar Points to Rainbow charities yesterday, one of which was www.sparkle.org.uk/ It's funny how often the T's get away with not being inclusive.... Well done to the LBGA and the Lottery fund....

That is an extraordinarily unsexy article, isn’t it?

@camphire

You have summed up the situation brilliantly

Your daughter obviously has good clued up parents.

I despair for some of the poor girls, especially after reading rot like this.

www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a34553064/first-time-lesbian-sex/

It just a cruel joke

I don’t know what they’re afraid of either. If a young person phones the helpline because they’re wanting some advice or help about being gay, how do the TRAs work out that that’s a ‘threat to trans kids’?

Excellent news. I’ve sent a thank you email. I hope the TRAs aren’t allowed to sabotage this.

Surely it's a good thing. What is the T so afraid of, that they may not be able to expand their club and make themselves more front and centre than they already are?

Youngster need help and guidance not irreversible indoctrination.

What’s the betting this funding will be withdrawn? Or at least “suspended whilst an investigation takes place”. TRA twitter are having a complete tantrum.

Setting up such a helpline is something Stonewall should have done. The old Stonewall that is, the one that fought for the demographic it was set up to advocate for and not this homophibic Mark 2 variety. You couldn't entrust that shower with organising the proverbial piss up in a brewery.

This is fantastic news. I hope the initial assessment goes well and enables them to plan for a dedicated helpline.

This is great news. My almost 13 year old knows she is a lesbian and although we as her parents are very supportive we have no lived experience. She asked if I could find her a lesbian counsellor recently and it''s been impossible. Everyone just advertises as LGBTQ+ which could mean anything. I don't want someone who is going to tell her she's a boy because she fancies girls.

Hopefully this line will be up and running soon so she can benefit from it.

Great news! Practical help.

great news

Excellent news. And thanks for the tip re Amazon, will do that forthwith.

Great news - really hope the lottery dont cave in. A much needed resource. The response on twitter though .. absolutely deranged. So many brainwashed people.