So I now have to get used to saying “homogenderuality” and referring to myself as a “homogenderual.” That’s asking quite a lot of my 57-year-old gay brain.
‘The importance of working with LGBTQ+ patients to respect and **affirm** their gender and/or sexual identity‘ (My asterisks)
a) What is gender identity? It has no proven definition or evidence base, how can clinicians possibly base anything on it?
b) Please note this language creep in which they use ‘sexual identity’ instead of ‘sexuality’.
Sex-based rights and objective reality are not things that EDI people and the self-proclaimed ‘queer medical activists’ who have written this charter believe in.
One of the authors of the GLADD charter is also Deputy Editor & LGBTQ+ Lead for the British Student Doctor Journal & produced significant LGBTQ+ content for the British Medical Journal.
Notice that the symbol for the British Student Doctor Journal is still in the ‘LGBTQ+’ flag’s colours.
There is also a Conflicts of Interest section on the BSDJ’s website which has interesting content.
Question: Where is Mermaids getting the money to pursue this litigation? I am generally familiar with how non-profit charitable organizations are run here in the States. There are strict rules governing what you can do with funds you receive; specifically, other than for reasonable overhead and administrative expenses they have to go towards furthering your charitable objective as discussed in your mission. You can’t, for example, decide to buy a luxury performance automobile without risking getting your tax exempt status revoked.
I agree. When I was a trustee of a charity and we hired a solicitor after being reported by another charity who had disagreed with something we were doing, the CC told us to be mindful about sticking to the governing docs of our cause ( we were) and to be careful about spending money on legal stuff. The point was “fighting” even if we hadn’t started the conflict was “non constitutional”. The charity ended up closing down. Small charities are not strong enough to deal with attacks from larger charities and why should they have to be!
Mermaids can’t possibly be in compliance, if that’s the right word, with their governing documents?
Really informative as ever. Thanks for raising awareness of the crowdfunder: it's vital that organisations and individuals suffering this relentless harassment have recourse to legal representation. LGBA have to win this.
There’s a lot of what feels like bullying in charities, not an easy work environment. A lot of poor mental health. Plus too many political careerists latching on to make themselves look good. The marketing scandal where older folk were targeted ( I recall someone killed themselves) should have been the point the Charities Commission looked at the fuller picture.
Joining a charity when you feel empathy for the cause and then find professional virtue signalling and those more interested in money or their own standing is soul destroying.
So I now have to get used to saying “homogenderuality” and referring to myself as a “homogenderual.” That’s asking quite a lot of my 57-year-old gay brain.
Ridiculous!
Thank you for discussing the GLADD charter!
You can see this here: https://gladd.co.uk/activism-conversion-therapy-charter/
Point 5 particularly concerns me:
‘The importance of working with LGBTQ+ patients to respect and **affirm** their gender and/or sexual identity‘ (My asterisks)
a) What is gender identity? It has no proven definition or evidence base, how can clinicians possibly base anything on it?
b) Please note this language creep in which they use ‘sexual identity’ instead of ‘sexuality’.
Sex-based rights and objective reality are not things that EDI people and the self-proclaimed ‘queer medical activists’ who have written this charter believe in.
One of the authors of the GLADD charter is also Deputy Editor & LGBTQ+ Lead for the British Student Doctor Journal & produced significant LGBTQ+ content for the British Medical Journal.
Notice that the symbol for the British Student Doctor Journal is still in the ‘LGBTQ+’ flag’s colours.
There is also a Conflicts of Interest section on the BSDJ’s website which has interesting content.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Rebecca35935662/status/1562346832172302336
Question: Where is Mermaids getting the money to pursue this litigation? I am generally familiar with how non-profit charitable organizations are run here in the States. There are strict rules governing what you can do with funds you receive; specifically, other than for reasonable overhead and administrative expenses they have to go towards furthering your charitable objective as discussed in your mission. You can’t, for example, decide to buy a luxury performance automobile without risking getting your tax exempt status revoked.
I agree. When I was a trustee of a charity and we hired a solicitor after being reported by another charity who had disagreed with something we were doing, the CC told us to be mindful about sticking to the governing docs of our cause ( we were) and to be careful about spending money on legal stuff. The point was “fighting” even if we hadn’t started the conflict was “non constitutional”. The charity ended up closing down. Small charities are not strong enough to deal with attacks from larger charities and why should they have to be!
Mermaids can’t possibly be in compliance, if that’s the right word, with their governing documents?
Really informative as ever. Thanks for raising awareness of the crowdfunder: it's vital that organisations and individuals suffering this relentless harassment have recourse to legal representation. LGBA have to win this.
There’s a lot of what feels like bullying in charities, not an easy work environment. A lot of poor mental health. Plus too many political careerists latching on to make themselves look good. The marketing scandal where older folk were targeted ( I recall someone killed themselves) should have been the point the Charities Commission looked at the fuller picture.
Joining a charity when you feel empathy for the cause and then find professional virtue signalling and those more interested in money or their own standing is soul destroying.