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# Labour politician backs LGB Alliance
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/labour-politician-backs-lgb-alliance/
- Published: 2021-01-07T14:14:17.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-07T11:02:30.000Z
- Description: Dave Ward, a Labour councillor for Colliers Wood, London, publicly shared his support for the controversial anti-trans group, the LGB Alliance.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, BBC, David Paisley, Labour, Labour UK, LGB Alliance, LGBTQ, London, Ofcom

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

Dave Ward

**Dave Ward**, a **Labour** councillor for **Colliers Wood, London**, has publicly shared his support for the controversial anti-trans group, the LGB Alliance, after previously recommending the group’s online content as an educational resource on LGBTQ+ terminology. Ward told [**PinkNews**](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/05/lgb-alliance-labour-councillor-dave-ward-transphobic-hate-group-colliers-wood/?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“I support the LGB Alliance’s right to be heard in this debate and put forward their point of view on the issues. I do not believe for a second that the LGB Alliance is a hate group of any kind. My tweet* \[recommending the group’s online resources\] *directed people to their website where they explain their position very clearly.”*

Despite Ward’s position, the political party’s campaign for trans rights referred to the LGB Alliance a *“trans-exclusionary hate group”*, and the group has been subject to increasing criticism for its continuous anti-trans rhetoric.

The **BBC** was heavily criticised for including a comment from the LGB Alliance in an article about long waiting times for the NHS’s only gender clinic, which argued young people should not be able to ‘self-diagnose’ gender dysphoria. **Ofcom** chief executive, **Melanie Dawes**, [criticised](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ofcom-boss-criticises-bbcs-platforming-of-anti-trans-groups/) the broadcaster for ‘balancing’ out trans voices with anti-trans groups, saying it was *“extremely inappropriate”.*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/trans-rights-600-400.jpg)

A change.org [petition ](https://www.change.org/p/uk-media-stop-uncritically-platforming-lgb-alliance-hate-group?utm%5Fcontent=cl%5Fsharecopy%5F26290267%5Fen-GB%3A8&recruiter=7909459&utm%5Fsource=share%5Fpetition&utm%5Fmedium=copylink&utm%5Fcampaign=share%5Fpetition)has called for UK media outlets to stop uncritically platforming the LGB Alliance. The petition, created by Scottish actor, director and LGBTQ+ activist, David Paisley, has now amassed over 12,000 signatures, with the aim of reaching 15,000\. It reads: *“The LGB Alliance are widely thought of as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, as such any discussion in the UK media should frame them with respect to how they are perceived by the LGBTQ+ community.”*