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I’m not just gay, I mean, I’m a proper dyke. I wear three-piece suits and ties … Baroness Ruth Hunt

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IwantToRetire · 22/08/2023 00:31

With reactionary stereotypical ideas like that is it any wonder that Ruth Hunt let lesbian and gay issues at Stonewal be over run by trans rights. With "friends" like this who need enemies.

“Part of what this House values is that deep expertise, so I feel that’s something I should deploy.”

This came to the forefront earlier this year after the UK government attempted an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 preventing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from proceeding to Royal Assent. “We were able to get a briefing out to allies on that very, very quickly and help different people across all Houses. Being a crossbencher means I work assiduously with every single side, really helping people understand the facts, not telling them what to conclude about those facts. It was so complicated and needed quick translation.”

The topic at the top of her list moving forward is surrogacy. “It’s going to be a big theme for me because the Law Commission has recommended reform of surrogacy law, and that hasn’t been picked up here yet. It needs to be, really. That will have a huge impact on lots of gay men who are wanting to start families. So that’s on my mind.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/baroness-ruth-hunt-quitting-stonewall-131554098.html

I cant think of anything sadder than a lesbian who thinks she has to prove her sexuality by adopting the costume of her and other women's oppressors - men.

But with these socially reactionary ideas no wonder she fits into the HoL. The public school boys must be thrilled.

Baroness Ruth Hunt on quitting Stonewall and being ‘way too young’ for House of Lords

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/baroness-ruth-hunt-quitting-stonewall-131554098.html

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Draigosaurus · 22/08/2023 06:19

Interesting. Hunt and her partner worked together at Stonewall before they became a couple. Hunt’s partner left Stonewall in 2016 as it wasn’t appropriate for them to be in an intimate relationship as work colleagues. Hunt then left Stonewall in 2019 so she could work with her partner in the company she’d set up.

“Caroline subsequently set up Deeds and Words as a sole practitioner, with Hunt joining after leaving Stonewall. Together they work to build inclusive cultures within some of the UK’s biggest organisations.”

“Our day together is set to involve an afternoon immersed in the Lords, alongside a meeting with Hunt and partner Caroline Ellis’s company Deeds and Words, which today sees them talking “values” with the London Fire Brigade’s communications team.”

“This work is kept separate from her contributions in the House of Lords, but she says the two roles complement each other nicely.”