The Times(UK) reports
An Inn of Court has been accused of bowing to pressure to include “anti-trans” speakers at a debate.
An open letter from more than 100 anonymous lawyers and students called for the inaugural Middle Temple LGBTQ forum debate to be postponed yesterday after a row flared over the speakers on the subject of “the fight to ban gay conversion therapy”.
This morning, a group of over 100 barristers, pupils and students sent a letter to Middle Temple to express our profound disappointment at the organisation of the inaugural Middle Temple LGBTQ+ Forum. This is the letter in full. Please read it.https://t.co/feUUUSyZWi pic.twitter.com/CoAldn6eky
— LGBTQ+ Solidarity at the Bar (@LGBTQBarristers) November 15, 2021
Nancy Kelley, the chief executive of Stonewall, the campaign group that has adopted a controversial approach to gender self-identity, was set to be on a panel at the meeting, which is due to take place this evening.
Kelley was scheduled to be joined by Kieran Aldred, Stonewall’s head of policy, and Robin Allen, QC, who was on a working party that lobbied for the proposed…
