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"

[ResisterRex]

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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I'm loving the frothing and name calling on this thread, especially as it's coming from the Right Side of History tm

I don’t think anyone who stands up for women’s sex based rights is ‘fragile’ anyway

The amount of abuse from men and others

Brilliant all of them

Is this irony?

Most of the name calling is going the other way tbh
And it was a great own goal by whoever posted the diva article and bolded the entirely reasonable sounding summary. Properly funny.

That would be the polite term for it.

It's closing actually
Was 70% when the thread started, now down to 64%
That says to me that a particular persuasion saw the thread early - usually on threads about other issues the vote stays pretty static after a very short while, I've always found it interesting from a statistical sampling point of view 🤓

Ah a majority happy days

Clever women those yanbu ers 😀

It will be interesting to see what happens come the GE that's for sure. And whether this board gets busier or quieter if Labour win.

Let’s see if Labour turns out to screw women over

It’ll get pretty loud indeed, you might be busy elsewhere though 😬

Your Labour waving might be even less popular

I would put money on it getting busier, when the shit show of what Starmer is tying to sneak in becomes apparent to voters.

@EasternStandard cross post!

People expect a lot from Labour with minuscule funding

If the further loss of sex based rights didn’t annoy me this much I’d almost look forward to Starmer trying to actually answer questions

Nah, I've posted here for years. I'll still be around. Might be time for a name change though, I've had this one for ages now

I bet

It’ll be interesting when the pro Labour lot come up against decreased sex based rights

There’s a few posters I can think of

I completely understand this but I really really hope this doesn't happen, for all our sakes.

Oh same

It’ll be too awful. Especially if it comes with new laws on misgendering

We might have been the only country to turn the tide

It's a real risk. You only need to watch Dodds arguing for self-ID and against UK laws and standards in Parliament this morning to see what Labour will do with this.

I feel the same way about when we come up against 5 years of a lying, corrupt, law breaking party who now know the British party will vote for them come what may. I shudder to think how much worse off we can get with 5 years more of the same.

Yes.

Once sex based rights are lost they are rarely reinstated

Look at what Labour put in place with the GRA and all these issues

More so if the ability to challenge is reduced

As this thread seems to have come full circle I'll go back to an earlier post:
This is Labour's problem to fix and they could do so at any time if they so wished.

You've forgotten:
You're Part of the Religious Right, In Fact You're a Fascist

Has quite a catchy rhythm to it...

What tune are we singing this to? 🎶 🎤