We want to address something, which we have taken legal advice regarding.

We have been receiving attacks for months because we are an LGBT charity working with schools.

Serious content warning. This thread contains screenshots that could be triggering.
We are a charity which works with schools, teachers, and educators to tackle prejudice-based bullying. We provide anti-bullying sessions and gender stereotypes/equalities workshops to schools, and produce resources to include LGBT people and history in the curriculum.
LGBT-inclusive education is an overarching term which describes a policy approach of including LGBT themes across various curricular areas: e.g the equal rights movement under Social Studies, or family diversity, prejudice and stereotypes under Health and Wellbeing.
The aim is to take an educational approach to tackling homo/bi/transphobia in schools - that is: addressing prejudice, stigma, and otherisation of LGBT youth by ensuring that LGBT themes are visible in the curriculum. Much the same as we do for other equalities characteristics.
We have already discussed the misinformation around LGBT-inclusive education (which exists on this platform) in this thread. We have explained the reality of LGBT-inclusive education policy in Scotland repeatedly. Please do give this a read: https://twitter.com/tiecampaign/status/1146870042946154498
We do not receive Gov funding to do our work. Our 2019 income was £25k. We’re volunteers, driven by a passion to improve the educational experience of LGBT young people. For five years now, we have done this work in our free time: around jobs, families, and other commitments.
For a number of months, we have been receiving the most hurtful - and dangerous - posts and messages from individuals who appear to be opposed to LGBT themes being included within education. We have never had to deal with anything like this before.
The posts we receive are not only - we believe - defamatory, but they are rooted in homophobic rhetoric. For obvious reasons they make us worry for our safety. Many charities adopt an educational outreach approach: it is because we’re an LGBT charity we receive these attacks.
The posts we receive are not only - we believe - defamatory, but they are rooted in homophobic rhetoric. For obvious reasons they make us worry for our safety. Many charities adopt an educational outreach approach: it is because we’re an LGBT charity we receive these attacks.
The posts we receive are not only - we believe - defamatory, but they are rooted in homophobic rhetoric. For obvious reasons they make us worry for our safety. Many charities adopt an educational outreach approach: it is because we’re an LGBT charity we receive these attacks.
The posts we receive are not only - we believe - defamatory, but they are rooted in homophobic rhetoric. For obvious reasons they make us worry for our safety. Many charities adopt an educational outreach approach: it is because we’re an LGBT charity we receive these attacks.
The posts we receive are not only - we believe - defamatory, but they are rooted in homophobic rhetoric. For obvious reasons they make us worry for our safety. Many charities adopt an educational outreach approach: it is because we’re an LGBT charity we receive these attacks.
For decades, the LGBT community has been subject to homophobic propaganda which paints us as a threat to children by claiming that we are paedophiles, child abusers, groomers. Until recently, we believed we had moved on from those dark days. Sadly this is not the case online.
For decades, the LGBT community has been subject to homophobic propaganda which paints us as a threat to children by claiming that we are paedophiles, child abusers, groomers. Until recently, we believed we had moved on from those dark days. Sadly this is not the case online.
For decades, the LGBT community has been subject to homophobic propaganda which paints us as a threat to children by claiming that we are paedophiles, child abusers, groomers. Until recently, we believed we had moved on from those dark days. Sadly this is not the case online.
For decades, the LGBT community has been subject to homophobic propaganda which paints us as a threat to children by claiming that we are paedophiles, child abusers, groomers. Until recently, we believed we had moved on from those dark days. Sadly this is not the case online.
For decades, the LGBT community has been subject to homophobic propaganda which paints us as a threat to children by claiming that we are paedophiles, child abusers, groomers. Until recently, we believed we had moved on from those dark days. Sadly this is not the case online.
Heartbreakingly, our co-founder had photographs of his child taken and posted across social media with the slogan “Say no to the indoctrination and sexualisation of our children”

Why? Because we are an LGBT charity working with schools to tackle prejudice and bullying.
Most involved in our charity have been subject to personal attacks & similar dangerous smears, specifically the Chair of our Board. She’s a young mother with a public profile & people have threatened to follow her to public engagements because of what they have read on Twitter.
Most involved in our charity have been subject to personal attacks & similar dangerous smears, specifically the Chair of our Board. She’s a young mother with a public profile & people have threatened to follow her to public engagements because of what they have read on Twitter.
Most involved in our charity have been subject to personal attacks & similar dangerous smears, specifically the Chair of our Board. She’s a young mother with a public profile & people have threatened to follow her to public engagements because of what they have read on Twitter.
Most involved in our charity have been subject to personal attacks & similar dangerous smears, specifically the Chair of our Board. She’s a young mother with a public profile & people have threatened to follow her to public engagements because of what they have read on Twitter.
All of the resources that we provide to schools are publicly available. Teachers have written publicly about the sessions we deliver. Despite this, we have had to stay silent for months as people purposely spread lies about our work in an attempt to damage our reputation.
All of the resources that we provide to schools are publicly available. Teachers have written publicly about the sessions we deliver. Despite this, we have had to stay silent for months as people purposely spread lies about our work in an attempt to damage our reputation.
All of the resources that we provide to schools are publicly available. Teachers have written publicly about the sessions we deliver. Despite this, we have had to stay silent for months as people purposely spread lies about our work in an attempt to damage our reputation.
All of the resources that we provide to schools are publicly available. Teachers have written publicly about the sessions we deliver. Despite this, we have had to stay silent for months as people purposely spread lies about our work in an attempt to damage our reputation.
All of the resources that we provide to schools are publicly available. Teachers have written publicly about the sessions we deliver. Despite this, we have had to stay silent for months as people purposely spread lies about our work in an attempt to damage our reputation.
All of this is, obviously, untrue. We know a thing or two about LGBT history, so we understand that this is tactical homophobia: to throw as much mud as you can, & hope it tarnishes the org. They are trying to cause faux outrage & jeopardising our safety in the process.
All of this is, obviously, untrue. We know a thing or two about LGBT history, so we understand that this is tactical homophobia: to throw as much mud as you can, & hope it tarnishes the org. They are trying to cause faux outrage & jeopardising our safety in the process.
All of this is, obviously, untrue. We know a thing or two about LGBT history, so we understand that this is tactical homophobia: to throw as much mud as you can, & hope it tarnishes the org. They are trying to cause faux outrage & jeopardising our safety in the process.
All of this is, obviously, untrue. We know a thing or two about LGBT history, so we understand that this is tactical homophobia: to throw as much mud as you can, & hope it tarnishes the org. They are trying to cause faux outrage & jeopardising our safety in the process.
All of this is, obviously, untrue. We know a thing or two about LGBT history, so we understand that this is tactical homophobia: to throw as much mud as you can, & hope it tarnishes the org. They are trying to cause faux outrage & jeopardising our safety in the process.
We support schools with resources to include discussion of LGBT people and history within their curricula. All course content, educational policy, and curricular resources that we produce are co-developed by teachers and are all age and stage appropriate.
The truth is that some of these individuals are anti-LGBT. Others, however, have simply chosen to target us because we are trans-inclusive in our work. All of this started when proposals to reform the GRA became a prominent topic of discussion on Twitter.
The truth is that some of these individuals are anti-LGBT. Others, however, have simply chosen to target us because we are trans-inclusive in our work. All of this started when proposals to reform the GRA became a prominent topic of discussion on Twitter.
The truth is that some of these individuals are anti-LGBT. Others, however, have simply chosen to target us because we are trans-inclusive in our work. All of this started when proposals to reform the GRA became a prominent topic of discussion on Twitter.
The truth is that some of these individuals are anti-LGBT. Others, however, have simply chosen to target us because we are trans-inclusive in our work. All of this started when proposals to reform the GRA became a prominent topic of discussion on Twitter.
Many of these individuals claim to support lesbian & gay young people. Yet they spend their time attacking us like this. We have spent five years encouraging young people to feel confident in themselves, tackling homophobic bullying, & including LGBT visibility in education.
We recently completed a survey exploring the impact of lockdown on young people’s emotional wellbeing, experiences of online bullying & prejudice. Some of these individuals even tried to disrupt that research because it included LGBT. Thankfully, it was noticed & easily removed.
We recently completed a survey exploring the impact of lockdown on young people’s emotional wellbeing, experiences of online bullying & prejudice. Some of these individuals even tried to disrupt that research because it included LGBT. Thankfully, it was noticed & easily removed.
We recently completed a survey exploring the impact of lockdown on young people’s emotional wellbeing, experiences of online bullying & prejudice. Some of these individuals even tried to disrupt that research because it included LGBT. Thankfully, it was noticed & easily removed.
Most people involved with our charity are parents, teachers, or have young siblings. We have our own stories & experiences. We started our campaigning & service delivery with a desire & passion to create a kinder, safer society for LGBT young people & their peers.
We cannot continue to sit by as individuals do this to us. Trolling is one thing - but what they are doing is dangerous, prejudicial, and hateful. Please report tweets like this if you see them. We cannot address this alone.
This platform in particular is a problem. LGBT people and charities are regularly called groomers, pedophiles, abusers. This is unacceptable and horrific. @TwitterSupport needs to do more about this.
It’s not just us. Many LGBT organisations have been receiving this for months; as have national women’s charities, youth organisations, politicians. Lying like this about people or groups on social media is dangerous & can have serious consequences. It needs to stop.
We are strong people. We know that our work has a positive impact. These attacks are hurtful but they will not deter us. There are generations of LGBT young people who deserve to have a better experience than many of us did. We will not let anyone take that from them.
We are very concerned that we are even having to address this in 2020. It may be online, but it can still have a serious impact. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who continue to support us, and to everyone we have worked with over the years ♥️
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