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# Equalities minister met with LGB Alliance
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/equalities-minister-met-with-lgb-alliance/
- Published: 2021-02-07T10:30:24.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-07T08:52:03.000Z
- Description: LGBTQ+ activists are speaking out against Tory MP Kemi Badenoch – the current equalities minister – after it has come to public attention that she had a secret ‘introductory’ meeting with anti-trans hate group, the LGB Alliance.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, LGB Alliance, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, Trans* Equality

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Kemi Badenoch

LGBTQ+ activists are speaking out against Tory MP **Kemi Badenoch** – the current equalities minister – after it has come to public attention that she had a secret ‘introductory’ meeting with anti-trans hate group, the LGB Alliance, in July last year. According to [*openDemocracy*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/uk-equalities-minister-antitrans-group/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), it is unclear what Badenoch discussed with the controversial group. Scottish National Party MP, **John Nicolson**, said: *“It’s completely inappropriate for the Equalities Minister to meet with the LGB Alliance.”*

**LGBT+ Liberal Democrats** also criticised Badenoch for associating with the group, saying her actions *“display an appalling lack of understanding of the issues at best; at worst, it is crass, offensive and possibly evidence of a bias against trans people that should render the minister unfit to make any judgements or decisions on the subject.”* It described the LGB Alliance as *“a real and active danger to the mental and physical safety of trans people, which is vastly exacerbated when those in authority lend them credibility.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/transgender-human-rights-1.jpg)

Badenoch has not responded to criticism or questions of what was discussed in the meeting, but last year she suggested the the government intended to reform the Equality Act to *“protect single-sex spaces”* only weeks before her meeting with the LGB Alliance. Two weeks after the meeting, she said in parliament: *“On the matters of gender recognition and transgender rights, I have held a number of meetings with external stakeholders… to gather a wide range of views.”*

**Chiara Capraro** from **Amnesty UK** has called on the UK government to be *“fully transparent about who they meet to discuss issues that affect trans people”*, adding: *“We have seen an alarming escalation of transphobic views being legitimised in public debate.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/trans-flag-1.jpg)