‘Lie of gender identity’ spurred founding of LGB Alliance, court told

LGBTQ+ flags at Brighton Pride. A group of LGBT charities are challenging the Charity Commission’s charitable status grant to LGB Alliance in court. Photograph: Matt Alexander/PA

The organisation LGB Alliance was founded to “prevent the dissemination of the lie of gender identity”, a court was told on Wednesday, during a hearing over whether the Charity Commission was right to grant the body charitable status.

Co-founder Kate Harris told a hearing that a surge in anti-lesbian discrimination was another motivation for the creation of the organisation.