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Stonewall loss of jobs and funding after US aid cuts

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Cismyfatarse · 23/02/2025 22:21

Who knew they were funded via the US government? Not me.

Trump aid freeze ‘may force Stonewall to cut up to half of staff’

www.thetimes.com/article/62cb4fe0-1d91-43f5-a364-bc539eb3234f?shareToken=28cd28f7a1e212f58fca18b4f8ff68b7

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Lovelyview · 23/02/2025 22:35

Every time I see 'LGBTQ+ community' it sets my teeth on edge. (I notice the 'I' for Intersex has escaped the forced teaming). Will Stonewall just grift harder with this loss of funding I wonder. It is a shame they threw out the huge advances in gay rights that they helped achieve by pushing the idea that straight men in dresses were the 'most marginalised' community. The ultimate mission creep.

Codlingmoths · 23/02/2025 22:34

I don’t understand how usaid justifies spending money on a uk charity??

Holeinamole · 23/02/2025 22:33

Couldn’t happen to a nicer organisation.

Interesting details:

  • they have 114 staff - a lot!
  • the LGBTQ slush fund they received significant sums from was administered by the U.S. State Department, meaning the equivalent of the Foreign Office.
  • last year alone they got 230K from this fund - talk about foreign interference
  • the CEO has some nerve talking about “victims of a political agenda thousands of miles away” - that’s exactly what women and girls in the UK were, in institutions that implemented misogynistic ‘Stonewall Law’!
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Cismyfatarse · 23/02/2025 22:30

Not sure if the share token allows anyone to see the comments but there are some crackers.

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MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 23/02/2025 22:26

And people wonder why the US tax payer voted for Trump.

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Cismyfatarse · 23/02/2025 22:25

I would happily donate to support their work with Lesbian and Gay people in Eastern Europe, or in places where LGB people are in danger. But they have wasted political capital, money and time trying to suppress women's rights (including especially those of lesbian women to same sex attraction) and so it is hard to feel much sympathy.

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