Transgender Group Loses Legal Challenge To Strip Gay Rights Charity’s Status
General view of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, and agender) flag outside a bookshop during UK Pride Month 2021 in London on June 1, 2021. Edward Smith/Getty Images
Transgender lobby group Mermaids has lost a legal challenge to strip the gay rights organisation LGB Alliance of its charity status.
Mermaids, which promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, had appealed against the decision of the Charity Commission to grant LGB Alliance charitable status in 2021.
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