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The LGB Alliance, of course, is far from being a hate-filled transphobic organisation. It was formed as a breakaway from Stonewall UK last year after it became clear that Stonewall had abandoned its original gay agenda in favour of a trans activism which many saw as a regressive throwback to old gender stereotypes, dressed up in progressive trans-friendly clothing.
The LBG Alliance is filling a gap left by the LBGT movement’s uncritical embrace of trans politics. Today there are no longer any mainstream services, groups or even dating apps that are exclusively for those who are same-sex attracted. Many LGBT organisations today campaign, in effect, against the right to be homosexual. This is because transgender politics calls for people to be recognised for who they claim to be internally, not for the sex of their bodies. The result is that, this year, ‘Chiyo Gomes’ – a female who has had a mastectomy – is a finalist in next year’s Mr Gay UK competition. Furthermore, despite the female biology and lack of penis, in Britain today it could be construed as a hate crime to refer to ‘Chiyo’ as a straight woman rather than a gay man.
For the crime of offering an alternative to transgender ideology and for defending the importance of biological sex in homosexuality, the LGB Alliance has been hounded and smeared across the media. […]
Like most ordinary people, most lesbian, gay and bisexual people aren’t particularly engaged in the culture wars. Aside from moaning about Pride becoming commercialised and feeling a bit emosh about Nicola Adams having to drop out of Strictly, there is not that much pulling us together, especially when the only messages we get from the likes of Stonewall are that ‘trans women are women’ and ‘debate is hate’. But ask any gay man if he would have sex with a ‘man with a vulva’ or a lesbian how she feels about penises, and it will be pretty obvious that despite the online tantrums of transgender activists, biological sex still matters.
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