"We do not believe it is the place of councils to tell queer organisations whether they are representative or not, and believe this sets a worrying precedent."
This is precisely case in point. Queer =/= Homosexuality. The term queer, unless it's being used a slur, does not denote a homosexual person. It describes someone who adheres to the ideological and political framework of queer theory. It's a political identity, not a sexual orientation. The entire premise of queer theory is quite nebulous and, ironically, homophobic in that their belief system recasts sexual orientation as sexual preference. It's the idea that subjective self-declaration trumps biological truth. A man can declare himself a lesbian, and the lesbian who dares reject him is deemed as a discriminator that needs to re-examine her biases and prejudices.
A self-declared queer person can be wholly heterosexual, and that's the point. LGB people are NOT being represented by 'queer organisations', because queer theory in itself undermines the idea of innate, exclusive same-sex attraction. TQ+ has completely cannibalised the LGB, and 'Queer' sensibilities are placed at the forefront. It's no longer about homosexual rights, it's about ideological capitulation to queer theory.
It's not only appropriate but necessary for councils to ask whether these organisations truly represent the people they claim to. Because what we're seeing is not a continuation of the gay rights movement, but its replacement. And the people being pushed out are the very ones who once stood at its heart.