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LGB Alliance Ireland Attempt to Sink Schools Anti-LGBT Bullying Policies

The anti-trans pressure group LGB Alliance Ireland has urged schools to ignore a vital anti-LGBT+ bullying campaign, claiming it raises “safeguarding” concerns. 

The campaign, called Stand Up Awareness Week, runs each year in Ireland and was set up by LGBT+ youth charity BeLonG To. As part of the campaign, BeLonG To distributes packs to schools across the country that draw attention to the violence, discrimination and bullying LGBT+ young people often face in school.

The pack helps school staff better understand LGBT+ identities while also offering advice on how they can stamp out anti-LGBT+ bullying.

In an email sent to schools, the LGB Alliance described itself as “an organisation that has been established to support lesbian, gay and bisexual people”. Despite this claim, the group offered no advice on how staff could wipe out targeted discrimination against lesbian, gay and bisexual students, and instead dedicated its email to criticising BeLonG To for acknowledging trans identities.

“We are taking the unusual step of writing to schools regarding the BeLongTo/Stand Up Awareness Week education packs,” the group wrote.

“These packs have been adopted by some schools in Ireland and purport to cover LGBTI+ issues. Schools have undoubtedly adopted these packs with the best intentions. However, the materials raise safeguarding and other concerns.”

The LGB Alliance Ireland said the anti-bullying packs should not be used “as the basis of policy, or as educational materials for pupils”. 


According to ‘Yahoo! News’, the group went on to claim that the packs are “completely unbalanced in favour of trans issues” and criticised the charity for mentioning the word “trans” more than “gay” or “lesbian” in its guidance.

The LGB Alliance Ireland also criticised BeLonG To for not including the word “homosexual” in its information, weirdly suggesting that using the word “gay” instead would prevent students from understanding their legal protections under Ireland’s Equal Status Act.

Finally, the LGB Alliance argued, without any evidence, that BeLonG To’s anti-bullying packs “undermine the entire concept of biological sex” and would “confuse” cisgender children by making them believe they are trans.

The letter was shared on Twitter by Irish artist Robert Bohan, who branded the LGB Alliance Ireland “an infamous hate group masquerading as a gay rights organisation”.

He hit out at the group for sending “transphobic and mendacious emails to many Republic of Ireland school principals” over the weekend in an attempt to “undermine diversity in our education system”.

“This attempt to smear BeLonG To is unacceptable and vile,” he added.



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