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Why I changed my mind about trans self-identification There is huge fear in many quarters over speaking out, but debate and dialogue is not just necessary but essential       By   Anne Jenkin ‘Hero of the equal-marriage debate” was the accolade accorded to my father-in-law, Lord (Patrick) Jenkin, by PinkNews when  he died in 2016 . As a family, we were nominated for the Stonewall Politician of the Year Award in 2013. We have always been supportive of gay rights and equality. My husband, Bernard, was one of the small handful of Conservative MPs to support the reduction of the age of consent for gay men back in 1994, as well as voting in favour of civil partnerships and gay marriage. Recently, however, I find myself increasingly at odds with the doctrines from organisations such as Stonewall, with which that I previously had such common cause with. As I have read and looked more closely, I have realised that changes were slipping through without proper scruti...

Exclusive - Stop using terms 'boy' and 'girl', Stonewall tells teachers By Ewan Somerville and Hayley Dixon, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 18 June 2021 • 9:00pm • Original article  here A person wearing a sweater with 'Progress Pride Flag' colors, including rainbow and black and brown stripes for communities of color, walks past rainbow flags at the Stonewall National Monument, the first US national monument dedicated to LGBTQ history and rights, marking the birthplace of the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights movement, on June 1, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Teachers should drop the terms boys and girls in favour of “learners”, and mix up the sexes in PE classes, Stonewall has told schools. The controversial LGBT charity is urging teachers to ditch all gendered language and gendered uniforms and suggests that children should compete against the opposite sex in sport. A ...

 This article is from September 2019 'Anti-women' trans policy may split Stonewall "Pioneers of the gay rights movement in Britain have discussed forming a breakaway organisation from the Stonewall pressure group because they fear women and children are at risk from its transgender policy. In a letter to The Sunday Times, 22 signatories including Simon Fanshawe, who co-founded Stonewall in 1989, said it had “undermined women’s sex-based rights and protections”. They are most worried primary school children are too quickly challenged to review their gender identity. They state: “If Stonewall remains intransigent, there must surely now be an opening for a new organisation committed both to freedom of speech and to fact instead of fantasy.” It has the working title LGB Alliance. Their intervention is timed to put pressure on the government as it prepares to announce the result of its review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. It is considering whether to make it easier for pe...

Taxpayers gave Stonewall £2.6m over four years The charity Stonewall is losing supporters after it was found to have provided inaccurate legal advice on transgender people ANGELA WEISS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Lucy Bannerman Monday June 14 2021, 12.01am, The Times The gay rights charity Stonewall received £2.6 million in government grants over four years, figures show. The lobbying group’s value for money is under review after Liz Truss, the equalities minister, called for all government departments to  withdraw from its employment scheme  amid concerns over costs. In an analysis of the charity’s accounts, the TaxPayers’ Alliance calculated that the government gave Stonewall at least £2,616,102 between 2015 and 2019. That was in addition to funds raised through other schemes in which employers, including 250 government departments and public bodies, pay subscriptions to be endorsed as an LGBT-friendly workplace. Schools and colleges pay Stonewall to advise them on what to do, for exam...

  Stonewall urges employers to drop mother for 'parent who has given birth' to boost equality ranking Campaigners demand public inquiry into how charity secured such an influential position By Hayley Dixon,   SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT   and   Ewan Somerville 3 June 2021 • 9:36pm A person walks past rainbow flags at the Stonewall National Monument in New York  CREDIT : AFP via Getty Images Stonewall has advised organisations to replace the term mother with “parent who has given birth” to help boost their ranking on an equality leaderboard, The Telegraph can reveal.  The controversial charity has advised employers wishing to be included on their Workplace Equality Index that they must remove all gendered language, and allow those who self-identify as a woman to use female toilets and changing rooms. The Ministry of Justice – which comes in fifth in the leadership board – has admitted that its HR policies have in recent years been updated to include non-gende...

Stonewall raised concerns with Ofsted that inspectors don't always discuss trans issues with children Campaigners demanding a public inquiry into how the 'lobby group' secured such an influential position at the heart of Government By Ewan Somerville 4 June 2021 • 9:00pm A Progress Pride flag and rainbow flags are seen at the Stonewall National Monument  CREDIT : Angela Weiss/AFP Stonewall raised "concern" with Ofsted that inspectors do not always discuss trans issues with primary school children, The Telegraph can reveal. The LGBT charity questioned an exemption in the school watchdog's guidance allowing inspectors to avoid asking children as young as five about topics such as gender transitioning if a headteacher "reasonably believes" it is sensitive for pupils. In an email to Ofsted, released under freedom of information laws, Stonewall said: “We are concerned that exempting inspectors from speaking to pupils about certain protected characteristic...