Back in April, the trans-exclusionary group were approved onto their register as their purposes fall within the legal definition of charity, apparently.
The LGB Alliance, which rose to prominence in 2020, have continuously used their platform to “assert the rights of lesbians, bisexuals and gay men to define themselves as same-sex attracted” while excluding trans individuals.
The group’s existence has faced plenty of backlash from the very people it claims to be representing – lesbian, gay and bisexual people – who have taken to social media to distance themselves from the “alliance”.
Mermaids, the leading trans charity in the UK, launched an appeal against the Charity Commission’s decision at the first tier tribunal on Tuesday (2 June),