It has disgraced and shamed a generation

y and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed in April is in fact a belief that's protected by law. So things aren't going Stonewall's way:

Liz Truss, the women and equalities Minister, told officials she does not think that Whitehall departments should be signed up to the programme, which costs around £2,500 a year and gives employers access to resources to make them more “inclusive”.

Membership of the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme gives companies training about pronouns and gender-neutral spaces and helps to qualify for the LGBTQ charity’s workplace equality index.

The EHRC, the House of Commons, Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Acas, the employment dispute service, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government opted out of the scheme as early as 2019.

It has now emerged that Channel 4 has become the latest public body to cancel its membership of the scheme.

A Stonewall spokesperson said: “We strongly refute any suggestion that we instructed Garden Court Chambers to investigate or take action against Allison Bailey, and believe these allegations are baseless”.

A spokesperson for Garden Court Chambers added: “We will not be commenting on an ongoing case other than to say that we refute the claims made against us and will continue to strongly contest them.”

They deserve to lose just for misusing "refute" like that. "We strongly reject…" perhaps. Or "We will strongly attempt to refute…"

Last word to Allison Bailey, in the Times:

Bailey, who is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants and was called to the Bar in 2001, said that “new trans activism operated a crude but effective system of punishment and reward: agree with every demand of the trans lobby and be safe; object and face vilification, abuse, boycott, character assassination and cancellation”.

Bailey described the view that “trans women are women” and “trans rights are human rights” as the “mantras” of trans activism. “The new trans activists are joined by politicians, journalists, lawyers, writers, entire organisations and assorted celebrities, in the chanting of these mantras to shut down debate,” she said: “While others who are appalled at what they see happening are too afraid to speak out. It is cult-like behaviour, it is Orwellian and it has disgraced and shamed a generation.”