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1/ The Cass review is the reality check the gay rights movement badly needed. That it was ever necessary is a tragedy for gay youth.
We respond substantively to the Cass review and we call for a vision of post-gender gay rights.
Puberty is a gay right
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The Gay Men's Network stands with women exercising the right to unimpeded pollical assembly and free speech. Modern homophobia and misogyny are linked and the GMN stands against forces promoting both. Without sex, there is no same sex attraction.
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The Gay Men's Network stands shoulder to should in support and solidarity with Tonje Gjevjon.
Across the world lesbians are being harassed simply for standing up for same-sex attraction.
Homosexual males like us stand with them against this oppression
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The Gay Men's Network Stands with Allison Bailey
A fearless gay rights shero
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The Gay Men's network congratulates Allison Bailey for this historic judgment and salutes her strength and fortitude in bringing this case. Organisations persuaded to join extremist schemes who are then found to victimise lesbians must take note.
Huge respect from us Allison
1/The Employment Tribunal found that Garden Court Chambers discriminated against me because of my gender critical belief when it published a statement that I was under investigation & in upholding Stonewall’s complaint against me.
#AllisonBaileyWins
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We thank
@jk_rowling
for this thoughtful and astute show of support to an elder statesman of the gay rights movement and her tireless defence of women generally and all of us standing up to this increasingly extremist, violent and dangerous force which must and will be defeated.
After a weekend of intimidation and abuse of female protesters in the UK resulting in three arrests, a gay rights icon is beaten to the ground by a mob of gender ideologues in the US. Violence is not a bug, but a feature of this authoritarian movement. 🧵
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We agree and add our voice to the many condemning this ant-women public disorder. Eruptions of violence have no place in civilised politics. These ugly scenes are acts of terror and we condemn them utterly.
We gay men stand with women speaking.
And we will not be intimidated.
We are appalled to see a violent mob attack
@theposieparker
as she tries to speak about women’s rights. It demonstrates a lack of respect for freedom of expression, a misrepresentation of sex-based rights, and a dangerous lack of political leadership.
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The Gay Men's Network offers our unqualified support to Lesbian Strength and their efforts to organise peacefully away from those who oppose political autonomy for homosexuals.
We are offering legal and other support to our sisters.
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We're proud to be signatories to this important letter calling for an end to the growing tide of violent suppression of civil advocacy by women. Without sex, there is no same-sex attraction. We call on the Secretary of State to act. Public disorder cannot become the new normal.
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1/ We exist to fight homophobia and today we take a decisive stance against homophobia in "gender medicine" with our NHS England consultation response.
NHS Staff joked "soon there will be no gay people left" at the Tavistock
We fight this homophobia
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1/ Homosexual rights are based on the legal recognition of same sex attraction. A Labour government must listen to gay men and lesbians. We are not "same gender" attracted and it's time to listen to our concerns about the homophobia of extreme gender ideology.
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It cannot be right that in 2023 a lesbian-only public meeting is deemed unlawful in Australia. This is a shocking backwards step in gay rights and lesbian rights in particular. We at GMN stand in solidarity with the LAG and all those fighting this homophobic decision.
The waiting is over. As expected, but it is still a kick in the guts, the AHRC has rejected our application for an exemption to run a lesbian only event. Their rejection will be up on their website shortly.
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The Gay Men's Network stands with Lesbians in support of our rights as exclusively same-sex attracted persons to politically organise without fear.
We agree with
@BluskyeAllison
"Our rights are not contingent on accepting gender ideology"
#LesbianStrength
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On International Lesbian day we homosexual men want to send our love, support and respect to our sisters.
These images are from a 1984 blood drive at the height of the HIV crisis - Lesbians gave blood when few would.
They stood with us then - we stand with them now
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1/ Neale Hanvey MP was completely justified in raising a point of order today regarding an unfortunate exchange in the Conversion Practices debate which was otherwise nuanced and reasonable on all sides. No one wins where debate becomes bellicose or unreasonable.
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@jk_rowling
We offer our thanks, if we may, for your consistent and implacable support of gay rights legends such as Fred - you once said, "without sex there is no same sex attraction" and you stand up for us gay people not caught up in gender. We are so grateful. Thank you.
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1/ "Conversion therapy bans" criminalise doctors from asking a child why they believe they have the wrong body or require life changing medication and surgery
Tragically, many children grow up in homophobic environments or suffer internalised homophobia.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network unreservedly condemns the decision of the legislators in Uganda to vote for a draconian, anti-homosexual bill which imposes the death penalty for homosexual acts and marks a sad milestone in the journey of anti-gay hate in Uganda.
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We continue to stand with Allison Bailey
The Gay Men's Network Stands with Allison Bailey
A fearless gay rights shero
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1/ The Gay Men's Network renews our call to
@aliciakearns
to withdraw her Criminal Justice Bill conversion amendment.
In our new briefing on the latest version of this chaotic and quickly changing legislation, we explain why this amendment is dangerous and homophobic.
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🧵1/ Some are currently comparing us homosexuals to racists and even using the holocaust to suggest our same-sex boundaries or organisations are as evil as Nazism.
This is wrong and it is deeply homophobic.
The Gay Men's Network unequivocally condemns such statements.
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This is what courage looks like.
The Gay Men's Network stands with Lesbian Strength.
The word Lesbian is taken.
Homosexuality is exclusive same sex attraction and it is a protected characteristic in law.
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We continue to send our support and admiration to everyone at
@ALLIANCELGB
and their tireless defence of the rights of same-sex attracted persons to politically organise freely and autonomously.
Bi/Homosexual rights are human rights.
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1/ The Scottish Government's proposed conversion legislation presents a risk of real harm to homosexuals by state mandating affirmation only gender medicine and criminalising normal parenting. Our full response is here
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1/ The rights of gay men under the Equality Act 2010 depend on a stable definition of "sex" which recognises our exclusive same-sex attraction.
That is under threat by forces who claim we are "same-gender" attracted.
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GMN sends our profound thanks to the steadfast and heroic leadership team at the Alliance and everyone who worked to bring about this result. This is a significant blow against "no debate" and attempts to silence homosexuals and bisexuals. Huge congratulations.
#LGBAllianceWin
We are delighted that the tribunal found in our favour and that Mermaids and the LGBT Consortium have failed in their bid to remove our charitable status.
#LGBAllianceWin
See our statement here:
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'At the core of gender identity ideology, is a very simple proposition that's seductive, and it looks attractive, but in fact is very dangerous.'
Dennis Kavanagh has created a new group aiming to push back against 'the new homophobia' of gender identity ideology.
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1/ The UN Human Rights Council has sent an official to visit the UK in April this year to identify issues in respect of homophobia and the contested concept of "gender identity". We've responded and point out the homophobia of GI ideology itself.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network has responded to the
@CPSUK
consultation on sex crimes involving deceptions as to biological sex.
In it, we warn of Institutional ideological capture, victim blaming and inequality before the law
Read our full response here
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1/ GMN is proud today to have stood with LGB Alliance and Lesbian Labour at a meeting with the UN's Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and the (contested concept) of gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz.
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2/ We are not alone in our concerns. Dr. Cass was clear that it is harmful to compare exploratory therapy (and we add to that basic parenting) to a conversion practice. A child's self diagnosis should never be treated as definitive by any responsible adult.
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The Gay Men's Network welcomes the recent thoughtful and important letter by the EHRC about bringing legal certainty to the Equality Act. Same-sex attraction based rights depend on a stable definition of sex.
Read our press release here:
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The Gay Men's Network stands in solidarity with
@StrengthLesbian
and one of our directors
@jonwhay
is in attendance.
The word Lesbian is taken.
Same sex attraction is not hateful.
Our rights as homosexuals are not contingent on accepting gender identity ideology.
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4/ This amounts to Gay Conversion 2.0 because 80-90% of young people presenting at the now discredited Tavistock were same-sex attracted. They were told by homophobes they had the wrong body and that they needed medical and surgical correction.
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2/ It is now time for a statutory Inquiry under the 2005 Inquiries Act. Gender Ideology recreated gay conversion therapy within the NHS and the bodies that should have stood up for gay people instead cheered on this crime against humanity. We demand answers.
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5/ Former gay right organisations and media are not prepared to stand up against gender.
We are.
We have produced a comprehensive and professional response designed to safeguard and advocate for homosexuals.
We focus male homosexuals but what we say applies to lesbians.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network welcomes this serious commitment by the Secretary of State to ensuring that conversation therapy legislation doesn't fuel the very problem it claims to solve. 80-90% of patients at gender clinics are same sex attracted.
Self-ID and social transition add up to a very dangerous ideology that can have terrible effects on young LGB children, who are being put on a medical pathway to irreversible physical changes.
We are not going to run away from this issue. We will sort it.
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5/ Puberty is a human right and puberty is a gay right. In the vast majority of cases puberty is the cure for distress around cross sex ideation. This legislation would stop doctors and parents looking after children and adolescents and it is dangerous.
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Strength, dignity, bravery and courage.
Never bet against determined gay people.
The GMN stands with Allison Bailey and all lesbians facing down victimisation and harassment at work.
#AllisonBaileyWins
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The Gay Men's Network sends our best wishes and solidarity to the heroic Allison Bailey in her appeal against Stonewall. Employers should not be encouraged by trans rights organisations to discriminate against lesbians. It is not acceptable or proper.
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4/ The Gay community needs to heal and put division behind us. 80-90% of the young patients at the Tavistock were same sex attracted. This was obviously gay conversion. This was heterosexualising treatement. Dr Bell warned in 2018 of homophobic parents transing children.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network is tonight writing to the First Minister of Wales to raise serious concerns over proposed "conversion therapy bans" which sound good, but ignore homophobia as a safeguard risk and put ideology above evidence based healthcare for vulnerable youths.
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4/ Same-sex attracted young people are at grave risk in gender clinics. Dr. David Bell at the Tavistock and the safeguarding lead Mrs. Sonia Appleby both raised this issue.
Nothing was done or said.
Both were cancelled.
The Tavistock is now to lose because it is "not safe"
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5/ This can never happen again and GMN commits to playing our part in speaking up for gay men. We will continue our advocacy and we are lucky to have the dedicated team we do working in this area.
This is gay rights 2.0
The right to be free from gender ideology
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3/ In our response we set out a comprehensive list of policy proposals and we analyse the findings of the Cass report. We broadly welcome this report, but we can see no circumstances in which a live trial of puberty blockers can ever be ethical. Gay youth are not test subjects.
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1/ GMN has tonight written a public letter to Baroness Burt of Solihull regarding her Private Members Bill in the House of Lords regarding a "Conversion Therapy Ban".
We raise serious concerns about the unintended consequences this bill would have if it became law.
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3/ Under this amendment, a child "proposing" to change their gender has a "transgender identity" and any attempt to change, replace or negate this will be fraught with the risk of prosecution. In reality this means prosecuted doctors and parents who fail to affirm.
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2/ Our complete statement on the matter is available here and we call for calm and measured contributions to debates which affect gay people and gay rights. We also ask that gay men in parliament are not misrepresented or chastised across the chamber.
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The Gay Men's Network offers our unqualified support for this statement by gay rights living legend Fred Sergeant in his hero's call for the protection of same sex attracted persons against "gender".
He has our adoration, admiration and support.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network has long questioned the evidence base for dramatic and irreversible medical procedures in gender and drawn attention to homophobia at gender clinics. Today the British Medical Journal decisively intervenes justifying those concerns
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We were proud to sign this letter. "Gay" and "man" mean "homosexual" and "biological male". Without these definitions gay male rights suffer. If you cannot definite it in law, you cannot protect it.
Sunak urged to change law after Scottish court says definition of woman in the Equality Act ‘not limited to birth sex’
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The Gay Men's Network continues to stand with
@ALLIANCELGB
In a democracy politically organising as same-sex attracted people is protected in law and a cornerstone of an enlightened society.
Our rights are not contingent on such being approved by heterosexuals.
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2/ NHS England has produced a "proposed interim service specification" - there is much to be welcomed in it - extremist lobby groups have no place in clinical practice in the new model and we are grateful to Dr. Az Hakeem and Clive Simpson for their help with our response
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3/ While the return of normal clinical standards in the proposed ISS is welcome, there is nothing said of the vile and virulent homophobia in gender medicine.
We record a terrifying chronology of evidence of anti-gay hate in appendix 1 to our submission.
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@AllianceLGB
GMN sends our profound thanks to the steadfast and heroic leadership team at the Alliance and everyone who worked to bring about this result. This is a significant blow against "no debate" and attempts to silence homosexuals and bisexuals. Huge congratulations.
#LGBAllianceWin
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8/ NHS Staff and decent homosexuals have for years warned of the terrible safeguarding risks at the Tavistock.
Court cases are now in progress.
This must never happen again.
Support our submission and make the point homophobia has no place in the NHS.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network welcomes the launch of The Lesbian Project and we salute the serious figures involved in the group in bringing lesbian concerns to the fore at a time when lesbian voices are so often silenced or dismissed.
Today we are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of our new organisation for lesbians - The Lesbian Project.
Find out more about who we are, what we stand for, and what we plan to do, on our website here:
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2/ We stand shoulder to shoulder with Lesbians who are being told they are "sexual racists" for simply being lesbians.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with Jewish people who object to the Holocaust being trivialised and deployed as a lazy and offensive comparison.
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6/ This is a poorly drafted piece of legislation. It borrows concepts for an act designed for sentencing criminals, a separate task to making new offences. Many of the defences it provides are circular or nonsensical. It breaches Articles 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Human Rights Act
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2/ We have campaigned on clear evidence of homophobia at gender clinics and submitted numerous policy papers to government in an effort to protect children who will grow up to be gay. We first summarised this in our conversion therapy response.
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4/ Evidence of homophobia as a safeguarding risk in gender medicine is alarmingly widespread and clear.
We summarised the appalling history of institutional homophobia at the Tavistock in appendix 1 of a response to a recent NHS consultation:
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7/ To any younger gay people shocked, upset of scared by this new form of homophobia, we say this.
Gay people are now organising and fighting back against these attacks. Many of us have had a lifetime of experience of doing so.
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GMN warned of institutional capture at
@CPSUK
in our response to a consultation about sex by deception. We said gender ideology was affecting impartiality at the service. We support Fair Cop in raising similar concerns regarding recent one-sided domestic abuse guidance.
Our open letter to
@MaxHillKC
of
@CPSUK
. We will let you know our next steps and what response we get. We will be taking legal advice about whether we have standing to take this further. The CPS have fallen
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@ALLIANCELGB
To secure such a success in the face of modern homophobia is a testament to your tenacity, grit and sheer desire to just get out there and help LGB people.
Your organisation is an inspiration and well deserving of these continued victories. We wish you all the best.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network calls upon
@aliciakearns
MP to withdraw amendment NC42 to the Criminal Justice Bill.
As Dr Cass pointed out, "Conversion" legislation criminalises doctors who question why gay/autistic youth are now saying in large numbers they have the wrong body.
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8/ It is time for some to stop speaking over and for gay men. As a volunteer organisation, we are now producing multiple briefings when a responsible legislator would simply listen to gay people or read the Cass review and reflect.
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We do not "have" same-sex attraction. We homosexual males "are" same-sex attracted.
We are not LGBT "or" same-sex attracted. G = same sex attracted.
We will not give up our "G" and become "or SSA" - we will not be erased as a constituency.
Some people are gay. Get over it.
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7/ Remarkably, for the first time in the chaotic history of changes to this amendment, it even criminalises some private prayer. This is probably a drafting error, but it is a clear sign of a careless and dangerous approach to creating serious criminal offences.
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1/ The Gay Men's Network welcomes the sensible decision by NHS England today regarding Puberty Blockers. This is a significant step forward for evidence based paediatrics and adhering to the Hippocratic duty to "first do no harm"
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1/ GMN sends our congratulations to
@DeniseFahmy
on the Employment Tribunal unanimously finding her claim for "harassment related to the protected characteristic of religion or belief is well-founded and succeeds".
Denise stood up for gay people.
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4/ It is also a proper function of human rights law and common sense to permit minority groups to associate and organise around a shared protected characteristic. No gay man should be told his speech or associations are conditional on belonging to any political team.
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3/ As Hansard makes perfectly clear, Mr Hanvey expressed perfectly reasonable concerns for both same sex attracted people and trans people. We are surprised he was met with the reaction that followed. This is an area of debate which badly needs less heat and more light.
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3/ We were joined in our concerns by many other organisations and the UK statutory guarantor of the Equality Act, the EHRC. The government listened and properly paused legislation that risked causing the very problem it set out to solve.
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3/ Same-sex sexual boundaries are not morally wrong.
To say they are equivalent to racism is just another way of saying they are morally wrong.
Gay people owe no one an explanation for our boundaries and we will not be told we are morally wrong simply because we are gay.
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9/ We thank the general staff and policy team at GMN and special thanks to Dr. Hakeem and Clive Simpson.
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1/ December 1st is World AIDS day.
Our thoughts are with those in our community who have lost more than many will ever know, and we salute the collective strength of homosexual men and the lesbians there in our hour of need.
We mark it with an anonymous personal account:
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The Australian Human Rights Commission recently ruled that lesbian only gatherings are likely to be unlawful. This is shocking in 2023. GMN stands in solidarity with
@lgballiance_aus
and with lesbians exercising their right to political assembly.
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2/ GMN Director,
@HassanMamdani
speaks movingly and in detail in the forward to this response about how the proposed laws might seriously adversely affect young gay men. As gay men, we know what it is like to grow up feeling different and how this law would interpret that.
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GMN commemorates world AIDS day today. We send our love to the heroes who fought governments to deal with this plague, the lesbians who always stood with us, the amazing figures like Princess Diana who shook our hands and to the heroes and heroines who live with HIV. We remember
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6/ Our same-sex orientation is recognised and protected in British law.
"Same-sex attraction" reflects our lived experience and our identities.
At Gay Men's Network we are now actively considering legal remedies to protect gay people from this new hate speech.
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1/
@ForWomenScot
were right to bring this case and we salute their tenacity. In the section 35 proceedings, the Scottish Government maintained that GRCs do not affect the operation of the Equality Act, that is now untenable legally and it is clear legislation is now required.
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3/ Extreme gender ideology has no place in independent public services, yet the consultation talks about sex being "assigned at birth" and it pushes political positions over contentious novel gender identities.
It suggests "Institutional Capture"
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9/ Our full briefing is available below and the latest version of this amendment is entitled NC90.
We are grateful as ever for people using this public briefing in any way they can to fight this dangerous and homophobic legislation.
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4/ A new discourse comparing us to racists has emerged.
It is anti-gay hate speech.
We are not racists simply for being gay. The comparison is absurd and likely to most harm vulnerable younger gay people.
We stand against it.
It is homophobic
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7/ The public NHS Consultation is available here, please consider filling it out and telling the NHS you support the GMN submission
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The Gay Men's Network will be attending LGBA Conference tomorrow along with our manifesto leaflet calling for political action by male homosexuals in the face of growing modern homophobia.
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10/ We will do everything in our power to protect children and young people from this dangerous new form of homophobia and will be engaging with government and decision makers on this issue.
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8/ A "Conversion therapy ban" stop doctors from coming to their own diagnosis of what is really happening in a child or young person's life.
Many gay men are rightly alarmed and worried by such legislation, many say "that could have been me"
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10/ One of our directors discusses what the amendment means here:
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1/ The Gay Men's Network salutes Sex Matters and all concerned in the production of this moving video which brings much needed attention to the brave detransitioners telling their stories.
Gender medicine is harming young people, many of whom are gay.
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5/ Pluralism in gay politics is a mature and positive sign of healthy debate. Where parties disagree, they should be able to without reprimand or misrepresentation.
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2/ This is a composite video of testimony from gay men and lesbians at the 2023 Labour Party Conference in which GMN members Dennis and Menno speak out about gay male concerns. We are grateful to
@LesbianLabour
for organising this event and honoured to work with them.
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5/ We are entitled to maintain and observe our same-sex sexual boundaries and we do not expect to have to be defending them from hate-speech comparing us to racists.
We are deeply surprised that anyone thinks it's OK to speak to or about gay people in this way.
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1/ We celebrate and send out best wishes to all those fighting for women's rights on
#InternationalWomensDay
and especially those at
@SexMattersOrg
and we salute and endorse their call for clarity in equality law.
Clarity about what a woman is means clarity about what a man is.
This
#InternationalWomensDay
will you sign the petition to make the Equality Act clear and protect women's rights in the UK?
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1/ The Gay Men's Network is a 100% not-for-profit grassroots organisation providing civic advocacy, campaigning and policy work for homosexual men. We're asking for ongoing support to help with these aims to meet running costs and fund future projects.
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7/ We're not alone in our concerns. Dr. Cass OBE is conducting a review of this area of medicine. Her interim report makes clear that sensible clinical practice involves doctors being able to look at comorbidities and the reasons behind gender incongruent presentations.
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At GMN our mission is to fight homophobia in all its forms. The homophobia we have seen in recent exchanges is an afront to us all and does nothing to further our collective resistance to the existential threat of Gender Ideology 1/3
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1/ Following the parliamentary recess ending mid April, Alicia Kearns MP will introduce an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act about Conversion Practices. It doesn't define "gender identity", but would enact it into law and risks fuelling the very problem it tries to solve.
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