This evening Hannah Blythyn, a lesbian and Deputy Minister for Social Partnership, hosted an online discussion about the LGBTQ+ Plan — which to no one's surprise is all about the TQ+ and barely mentions lesbians and gay men. After 25 minutes of gender-this and gender-that a woman whom I know to be lesbian submitted a polite typed question asking what the Welsh government had planned in support of lesbians and gay men who are same sex attracted. The question was removed. When she politely asked what had happened to her question she was thrown out of the event. I hear from a third party who has stayed in to take screenshots that other women have been thrown out too.
This is how low Welsh Labour have descended. It's clear discrimination against LGB people. Is there a way of challenging the Welsh government legally? They are treating lesbians and gay men detrimentally.
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Wales: Hannah Blythyn online talk re: LGBTQ+ Plan: lesbians thrown out
Queenofscones · 23/03/2023 20:17
Queenofscones · 23/03/2023 20:37
This is the Welsh Government which boasts it wants to be the most welcoming and tolerant country in Europe for LGBTQ+ people...
Queenofscones · 23/03/2023 20:37
This is the Welsh Government which boasts it wants to be the most welcoming and tolerant country in Europe for LGBTQ+ people...
FOJN · 23/03/2023 20:40
Apologies for not knowing enough about how the Senedd functions but was this an official policy discussion meeting?
Can they just throw people out because they don't like the questions?
Ourladycheesusedatum · 23/03/2023 21:14
Has anyone told the Welsh synod they only govern with all yours permission?
Maybe they need reminding. All of them by as many women and men as possible.
I would potentially get a email tree going.
I'm happy to email but I'm not in Wales.
Still signpost me to some email addresses and I'll give it a shot.
Queenofscones · 23/03/2023 20:49
They launched the LGBTQ+ Plan a few weeks ago and this was an informal on-line meeting to discuss it and big it up — because like the previous LGBTQ+ Plan (which was risible) it's all about the T and job prospects for all the Stonewall allies. It was introduced by a trans person and clearly someone trained by Stonewall was doing the admin.
This wasn't an official policy discussion, no — more a public promotion. But very telling that they couldn't cope with questions such as 'What plans do you have to support detransitioners in Wales?'
Queenofscones · 23/03/2023 21:20
We've had a Labour government for the last 24 years. They have no need to bother with democracy. They take it for granted that they'll be voted in next time round, and the time after. It's really clear how corrupting the certainty of power is. They don't have to be accountable, they can just do what they want. There's no party apart from the Conservatives to vote for. Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems are just as woke.
Ourladycheesusedatum · 23/03/2023 21:14
Has anyone told the Welsh synod they only govern with all yours permission?
Maybe they need reminding. All of them by as many women and men as possible.
I would potentially get a email tree going.
I'm happy to email but I'm not in Wales.
Still signpost me to some email addresses and I'll give it a shot.
Queenofscones · 24/03/2023 08:43
Do you have a link to the event publicity you could share?
No link, I'm afraid. I'd heard there was something going on but was too late to get the link. And it was a Zoom event, so no record of it except for all the screen shots women took.
I heard a bit more about it late last night. The event was run by the Welsh Labour LGBTQ+ network, which is apparently not formally the Labour Party and is apparently not accountable — but it has been extremely influential in the preparation of the LGBTQ+ Plan. So this was pretty much the people behind the LGBTQ+ plan chucking people who asked questions about support for detransitioners and lesbians and questioning the conflict of interest between trans rights and women's rights. Kate Harris was thrown out as soon as she mentioned her name and the LGB Alliance — didn't even get to ask her question! But apparently because this is a Labour network there is no come-back.
Apparently it was all about celebrating and not just tolerating young people and their wishes/ decisions. According to one observer it was a lesson in how to create a narcissistic class of people. Not only will you believe the BS I'm talking but you'll celebrate me for saying it...
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