LGB Alliance’s claim ‘94% of LGB unhappy with LGBTQ+ label’ isn’t what it seems
An LGB Alliance flag waves next to a trans flag. (Getty)
Gender-critical group LGB Alliance conducted a survey of its supporters, though their post on X suggested the results were from lesbian, gay or bisexual people in general.
The group, which wants to distance lesbians, gay men and bisexual people from people who identify as trans or queer, released a report, titled “Don’t Call Me Queer”.
While the post on X promoting the report had huge claims of 94% of lesbian, gay and bisexual people feeling “uncomfortable being categorised under the LGBTQ+ umbrella” and 87% feeling “uncomfortable being categorised as ‘queer’”, they left out some key details that are available in the full report.
The report explains that 7,021 people who were subscribed to the LGB Alliance newsletter, had attended at least one LGB Alliance event or donated to the charity were sent a survey.
It received 2,133 responses, however after two screening questions (to check if the respondent was a supporter of LGB Alliance, and then if they were LGB), they were left with a sample size of 1,709.
Of those 1,709 lesbian, gay or bisexual supporters of the LGB Alliance, 94% were either “quite uncomfortable” or “very uncomfortable”, while 2% were “quite comfortable” or “very comfortable”, and the rest didn’t feel strongly either way.
Supporters were also given the opportunity to write their own responses.
One claimed the LGBTQ+ umbrella “negatively impacts on [his] rights as a gay man”. Another said: “I still believe that LGB folk have still to fight for equality and recognition. The umbrella subsumes us and the movement seems to now be totally focused on the TQI community. I support their rights, but their fight is different from mine. It feels like they jumped on our coattails but somehow managed to grab the steering wheel.”
Another claimed: “Q+ has been hijacked by people who are likely heterosexual but want to be seen as ‘different’.”
A number of X users have called out the survey and promotion of it.
One person said: “‘We asked people who paid money to us if they have the same views as us. SHockingly they all said yes!’”
Another wrote: “You’ve gotta laugh. Read the small print and you’ll discover that the LGB Alliance only came to these figures because they deliberately screened out any gays, lesbians and bisexuals who weren’t supporters of the LGB Alliance. What were they scared of?”
Someone else said: “You surveyed members of your own group, and are being intentionally misleading by not including that key piece of information in your post.”
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