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UK queer rights groups protest over anti-transgender, gay “charity”
PinkNews reports the LGB Alliance won tax-exempt status last week from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, a government regulatory agency in charge of charity groups. The LGB Alliance defines its mission “as asserting the right of lesbians, bisexuals and gay men to define themselves as same-sex attracted,” and dedicates itself to blocking “attempts to introduce confusion between biological sex and the notion of gender.”Related: UK reveals new banknote featuring gay, maths genius Alan TuringThe granting of tax-exempt status to the LGB Alliance met with wide backlash.