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Submissions


Puberty blocker trial and conversion therapy. Letter to Wes Streeting
Our letter to Wes Streeting on puberty blockers, the data linkage study and the conversion of young lesbians into ersatz "heterosexual men".


Violence against mothers: submission to UNSRVAWG
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls has invited submissions about violence to mothers. We're disappointed to see she made no mention of lesbian mothers. Though it comes as no real surprise, since it echoes the failure of any international treaties to recognise lesbians. If lesbians are to have our needs met, the first necessity is for the national and international community and, indeed, women's rights organisations, to stop viewing us as the same as


Violence Against Lesbians - submission to UN IE SOGI
The UN's Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI is planning a report on violence against lesbians. But he includes heterosexual men who claim to be women in his definition of "lesbian". This nonsensical adherence to transgender ideology means that, yet again, men are being centred and women sidelined. Lesbian Persistence and Lesbian Labour wrote a response which has been submitted by a UK coalition of lesbian organisations. Our response critiques


Submission to Social Work England on Social Work Regulation
Social Work England is carrying out an independent review of social work regulation. Much needed after the Rachel Meade debacle! Here's our submission . Interestingly, the Scottish equivalent has behaved a bit better on the question of gender-identity woo.


Letter to Cab Sec re transpupil guidance
We have written to Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, about the recently reissued guidance on supporting transgender pupils in schools and expressing our concerns about the impact on young lesbians.


Letter to Citizens Advice Scotland
We wrote to Citizens Advice Scotland to support their stance on the provision of single sex facilities in line with the FWS ruling.
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