RESIGNATION FROM @LGBTLD. In an ill-thought-through response to criticism that politicians were failing to engage, I inadvertently broke a promise I had made to @LGBTLD. This placed them in a difficult position. As a result I decided it was best for me to resign from @LGBTLD.
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In saying I had talked to
@LGBTLD, I did not intend to convey that I was acting with their blessing - on the contrary they had very serious misgivings. It is not true that I have been forced to resign or that I have been fired. It was solely my decision.Show this thread -
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@LGBTLD have been at the forefront of championing transgender rights. I would never do anything deliberately to undermine their work in this important area. I do not intend to make any further comment about my decision to resign.Show this thread
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Suggest you make up your mind very soon - Womans_Place_UK have "genuinely-held concerns" that reflect the views of many women who do not want to see their hard-earned rights eroded.
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I will make up my mind when I believe I have all the facts necessary to make that decision and not before.
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So sorry you are being put under this pressure Brian. This row is about the conflation of sex and gender. It seems painfully obvious that in a democracy, women - the oppressed 50% - should be allowed to express their concerns about this. Who is pushing for your resignation?
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I volunteered it. Politics
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Im so sorry Brian. It is a pity. We need politicians who stand up against accepted orthodoxies and listen to the voices which are silenced, and marginalised. It is hard, and lonely, but what else are you in politics for?
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I wish people would read the thread. The only thing I’ve resigned from is my party’s LGBT+ group, not from politics, not from debating these issues, not from the Lib Dems, not from the House of Lords, not from being a fully paid-up homosexual, not from...
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And thank goodness for that. We're counting on the Lords to help us with the mess that is the Tory Brexit direction
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They’ve come for you. Now you will see.
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Oh for goodness sake!
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There's no feminist ally quite like a flakey male liberal ally, is there wimms?

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Sorry but that’s a block
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I'm not sure what the full story is here but your tweet shows you as a thoughtful politician engaging with groups with diverse opinions, and we need more of those, so keep it up!
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We all make mistakes and people in public life have to meet a much higher bar, sometimes unfairly. Don’t beat yourself up, you’re a great guy and have a lot to offer everyone going forward
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Can I also say, that many lesbians (as the female sex, with a sex based sexual orientation) also have a concern into the legal conflation of sex and gender. Regardless of standpoints an open discussion is the principles of democracy.
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