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The undeserved "halo" given to NGOs

Amnesty International

The undeserved "halo" given to NGOs

Fascinating explanation of the "halo" effect given to unaccountable NGO's by Governments (and others) which fund them and whose reports are regurgitated by journalists as if credible news.

Hijacking the language of human rights to push gender identity demands

BeLonG To Youth Services

Hijacking the language of human rights to push gender identity demands

It’s not a human right to compel others to use the “preferred pronouns” of someone who is claiming to be of the opposite sex or “non-binary”. In fact freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, recognised by the UNHRC, subject to a few restrictions

Foreign funding of our NGOcracy

BeLonG To Youth Services

Foreign funding of our NGOcracy

"We’re funding existing organisations that all receive funding from the Irish government. We can’t fund advocacy projects or political things, we can’t buy real estate…there’s a whole list of things you can’t fund." said Peter Kinney in 2019. Perhaps the Rowan Foundation needs to review its funding.

Rights for me but not for thee

BeLonG To Youth Services

Rights for me but not for thee

The ICCL is helping to intimidate the rest of society into being afraid to challenge a privileged self-appointed caste to have their own way irrespective of the rights of others, especially those of women and children.

Irish Government discriminates against women and girls

Gender identity ideology

Irish Government discriminates against women and girls

For the State to financially support nominally "non-Governmental" organisations which lobby to undermine the rights and safety of women is to effectively discriminate against women.

Single-sex provision: what does the law say?

BeLonG To Youth Services

Single-sex provision: what does the law say?

Is it misrepresentation of our legislation to state that men who "identify" as some other gender are entitled to use the facilities of women, for instance, when this may not necessarily be correct in law?

Defending the indefensible: men in women's sport

BeLonG To Youth Services

Defending the indefensible: men in women's sport

Why should the Government fund any organisation which lobbies to have men and boys enabled to play in women's and girl's sports? State funding for this looks very much like discrimination against women and girls.

Parental consent

Parental consent

Thread from February 22nd 2023. Curiously this was not the position of the Gender Recognition Act Review Group of 2018 which included TENI and recommended gender recognition for children "of any age" and "an appropriate legal process" where there is not consent from both parents. "

Sex should matter in Census 2022

Yogyakarta Principles

Sex should matter in Census 2022

Why have gender identity lobbyists been influencing the Central Statistics Office regarding Census 2022? Those who say they feel "uncomfortable" at acknowledging their sex have been allowed tick both boxes and where the response is not clearly indicated, a sex "will be assigned at random."

Department of Education funds ideology under bullying action plan

BeLonG To Youth Services

Department of Education funds ideology under bullying action plan

Why is the Department of Education and Skills funding a lobby group to tell school students during Stand Up Awareness Week that a lesbian is a "woman who is mainly attracted to other women"? How does this fit with the 2013 Action Plan for Bullying?

Pledges to gender identity ideology

BeLonG To Youth Services

Pledges to gender identity ideology

Next week Dublin City Council's Comhairle na nÓg is to send out “pledge packs” to 22 schools which expressed an interest in having one as part of the chosen LGBTI+ topic this year. What's BeLonG To's role in this?

Will State agencies stand up for women's and girl's sex-based rights?

Programme for Government

Will State agencies stand up for women's and girl's sex-based rights?

Government proposal may result in replacement of sex with "gender identity" in equality legislation This week has seen Stand Up Awareness Week with BeLonG To, the organisation for young LGBT people in Ireland, providing resources for schools “to take a stand against homophobic, transphobic, and biphobic bullying that