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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

Mermaids v LGB Alliance: who was involved in tribunal case?

Protesters draped in rainbow Pride and transgender flags wait to take part in a march in London.
Protesters draped in rainbow Pride and transgender flags wait to take part in a march in London. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty

A tribunal has ruled that the law does not allow the transgender children’s charity Mermaids to challenge the charitable status of the gay rights organisation LGB Alliance. Who was involved?

LGB Alliance was founded in October 2019 to campaign for the rights of same-sex attracted people by two veteran lesbian activists: Bev Jackson, a founder member of the Gay Liberation Front in 1970, and Kate Harris, who was previously a volunteer fundraiser for the leading gay rights organisation Stonewall. They were concerned at the implications of Stonewall’s decision to alter its definition of sexual orientation in 2015 from “same-sex attracted” to “same-gender attracted”.

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