Nancy Kelley, the chief executive of Stonewall. (Image supplied)
Stonewall chief executive Nancy Kelley has addressed one of the charity’s founder’s saying it should stay out of the fight for trans rights.
Over the weekend, Stonewall co-founder and former Tory MP Matthew Parris wrote in
The Times that the charity has lost its way and should stay out of the fight for trans rights.
Parris was among the 14 founders of the charity, which was set up in 1989 to fight against Section 28 and for the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people. He renounced the charity in 2020 citing its modern, trans-inclusive focus, months after another co-founder, Simon Fanshawe, signed a letter saying the charity undermines “women’s sex-based rights”.
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⢠The GGAC is seeking volunteers and working artists to man the gallery space daily. Artists may even be provided a studio space for use while working in the gallery without charge. Ask for details. Â
⢠Art classes have resumed at the GGAC by artist/educator Valerie Everman. Private lessons are available for youth for a small fee on varying dates and times. To learn more about classes and lessons, contact Everman on her Facebook.
The gallery is at 301 E. Third St. in Grayson.
For more information, email Dan Click, director, at graysongallery@gmail.com or look for the gallery on Facebook.
Transgender people and supporters march through central London during the second Trans Pride protest march for equality on 12 September 2020. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
A retired Old Bailey judge has questioned why anti-trans groups such as the LGB Alliance weren’t included in a consultation on hate crime laws.
Charles Wilde, who worked as a senior circuit judge at the Old Bailey from 2011 to 2016, shared his concerns regarding a consultation by the Law Commission, which advises the government on legal reform in England and Wales.
The commission is currently consulting on whether hate crime laws should be expanded to cover misogyny, age, sex workers, homelessness, alternative subcultures and philosophical beliefs.
VISUALâARTS
Exhibits
Events
⢠June 11, 6 p.m. â A performance of âWomen Speak.â Copies of the anthology are available in The Dairy Barn Art Center Gallery Shop.
The gallery is at 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to  5 p.m. Admission is $5; free for members.
Reservations to view the exhibition can be made at www.dairybarn.org. To learn more about WOAP visit womenofappalachia.com
GRAYSON GALLERY
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⢠April 17 and 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. â Dropoff for Celebrate the Earth art show and sale.
⢠April 17 â Grant workshop with Doris Fields of Beckley and artist Rebecca Hall demonstrating.