And will the reds and blues above stop bickering about who is the most gay friendly? Both Tory and Labour parties just love religion, and give privilege to religious opinions. Neither are remotely helpful to LGBT interests.

If you read Prof Whittle MBE’s disgraceful submission to the Commons committee on the Equality Bill[1] you see that he and PFC believe that there are almost no transsexual children (as in under-18s), and those there are (he terms us not trans girls but “sissyboys”) are impossible to “diagnose” (seeing it from the gatekeepers’ point of view). Thus he means (and says) that children who are not really transsexual are being pushed into a life of error.

This explains, of course, why PFC has always opposed any assistance for trans children (under-18s), and opposed them benefitting from the Gender Recognition Act. Also why PFC is incredibly hostile to those of us who were such children – its not just that our existence makes those who came to their realisation later (as did all PFC’s leaders) feel they were slow, but they real don’t believe us and reject us.

So much for another of PFC’s “principles”: that they always accept self-identity. THey don’t even believe their own eyes and ears when it comes to us, who really obviously could never have been men.

[1] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmpublic/equality/memos/ucm1102.htm#_Toc230673135

Has it occurred to anyone else that there are some kids who don’t give a monkeys what is socially acceptable and who will use these lessons to learn ways to bully others they might not have thought of otherwise? It’s a double edged sword.

But I can read between the lines and your comment, suggesting I should vote Tory and then see what how far we progressed, certainly implied that you regarded my criticism of this government’s performance on LGBT issues as being out of place or in some way “ungrateful”.

If that was not the implication, then I apologise.

I have no illusions that we well make much, if any, progress under the Tories, but equally I feel that while New Labour carry on pandering to the wishes of religious and social bigots, we are unlikely to gain much under this party either.

Just because the Tories would be worse is no reason we should have to put up with our betrayal by New Labour.

Is Prof. Whittle really intending to suggest that lots of us transition because we were bullies at school? Surely not?

Those opt-outs mean that many parents, usually the bigoted ones, will be allowed to take their kids out of such classes if they choose.

That means they will STILL be able to bring up their kids to hold such bigoted values, unchallenged.

Once again this government has allowed bigots a get-out clause from legislation which they claim is designed to protect the rights (and LIVES) of the LGBT community.

So much for prinicples.

They are NOT serious about LGBT Rights and Equality.