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Starmer: "trans-inclusive" conversion therapy ban, "modernise" the GRA, all hate crime to be aggravated offences as part of making every child "proud and confident"

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ResisterRex · 30/01/2024 10:26

Exclusive in Diva, following a reception at a LGBT+ Labour event in Parliament on 29 Jan:

https://diva-magazine.com/2024/01/29/exclusive-keir-starmer-lgbtqia-rights/

"“We’ll strengthen the law, so every category of hate crime is treated as an aggravated offence,” Starmer said. “We’ll cut NHS waiting lists for LGBT+ people waiting for urgent physical and mental health care. We’ll modernise the Gender Recognition Act. We’ll implement a full, trans-inclusive, ban on all forms of conversion therapy. We fully support the view that conversion therapy is psychologically damaging abuse.”

“We are committed to a decade of national renewal and will work with all the organisations in this room tonight so every child can feel proud and confident in who they are, to stand up for LGBT+ rights at home and abroad and to get Britain’s future back.”

The mention of children is unclear but must have a background to the full speech? LGBT Labour hasn't tweeted about it but others have. Rayner and Dodds also in attendance.

https://x.com/djrm94/status/1752057964767101041?s=46&t=WHoOZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

https://x.com/stevenatkins/status/1752256944843162016?s=46&t=WHoOZZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

x.com/anuox/status/1752094930074325420?s=46&t=WHoOZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 30/01/2024 10:47

What a prat.

Emotionalsupportviper · 30/01/2024 10:47

Never trusted his u-turn on his previous gender statements.

He's a lying, slippery, self-serving A-hole. He might get some youth votes - but if this becomes widely known he'll lose even more women, and many men who see the danger to their children.

Who the hell do we vote for?

I'd vote for Kellie-Jay Keen's party or for Reform if there were candidates standing - otherwise it has to be Tory (and it will choke me)

Precipice · 30/01/2024 10:46

So attacks on women still not aggravated, because misogyny is not a hate crime, but direct the same comment at a man you think looks too feminine and it might be down as transphobia?

Home is the UK in 'home and abroad', but as it comes right after the child mention, my first thought was the SNP's proposal of people reporting 'hateful' comments around the dinner table.

anyolddinosaur · 30/01/2024 10:46

I'm going to have to vote conservative then, was really hoping to avoid that.

RoyalCorgi · 30/01/2024 10:45

Alarm bells ringing here. What does he mean by cutting NHS waiting lists for LGBT people? There are currently 7m people on NHS waiting lists, so it seems unlikely that he intends prioritising lesbian and gay people on those lists above anyone else. One can only assume he's referring to trans-specific healthcare, ie gender surgeries and hormones.

I want to know what he means by modernising the Gender Recognition Act.

Also the conversion stuff is nonsense, as we all know.

alivio · 30/01/2024 10:41

yeah. When Starmer said he knew what a woman was and pretended to believe in the importance of sex vs gender, he couldn't be trusted. As shown here.

RethinkingLife · 30/01/2024 10:31

Well, that's the bold set of declarations.

They're banking on a youth quake result and that all young people agree with them and have no difficulties with the deconstruction of science, reality, major institutions and the prioritisation of a sacred caste above all others.

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