Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green
Anthony Ian Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green (born 14 April 1942), is a British politician and Labour Party life peer in the House of Lords.[1]
The Lord Young of Norwood Green | |
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 Young in 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Postal Affairs and Employment Relations | |
| In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Ed Davey |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Morgan of Drefelin |
| Succeeded by | Iain Wright |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2004 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Ian Young 14 April 1942 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Occupation | Trades union official (NCU & CWU) |
Professional career
editHe had previously been General Secretary of the National Communications Union (1989–1995), then joint General Secretary (1995–1998), then Senior Deputy General Secretary (1998–2002) of the Communication Workers Union. He also served as a Governor of the BBC.
Parliamentary career
editIn the 2002 Birthday Honours Young was awarded a knighthood,[2] having the honour conferred by The Prince of Wales on 13 December 2002.[3] He was created a life peer on 25 June 2004 taking the title Baron Young of Norwood Green, of Norwood Green in the London Borough of Ealing.[4][5]
In October 2008 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, being moved to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when it was created in the June 2009 reshuffle, continuing as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, but with responsibility for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs until 11 May 2010.[6]
In June 2021, Young was appointed as a trustee of anti-trans[7][8][9][10] hate group[11][12][13] the LGB Alliance.[14]
In March 2022, he was reprimanded in the House of Lords after falling asleep during a debate on genetically modified organisms.[15]
He is Jewish.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Lord Young of Norwood Green". Dod's Parliamentary Communications. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
- ^ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 57030". The London Gazette. 15 August 2003. p. 10218.
- ^ "No. 57341". The London Gazette. 30 June 2004. p. 8139.
- ^ "Labour dominates new peers list". BBC News Online. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Lord Young of Norwood Green". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Guyan, Kevin (4 January 2021). "Constructing a queer population? Asking about sexual orientation in Scotland's 2022 census" (PDF). Journal of Gender Studies: 1–11. doi:10.1080/09589236.2020.1866513. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
LGB Alliance (2019) (a UK trans-exclusionary LGB organization) argued the NRS proposal 'would suggest that other sexual orientations exist beyond attraction to the opposite sex, same sex or both sexes' (p. 2) and requested that the census not include the term 'Other sexual orientation' as a response option
- ^ Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.; McMillan, Fraser (3 November 2022). ""Protect the women!" Trans-exclusionary feminist issue framing and support for transgender rights" (PDF). Policy Studies Journal. 51 (3): 629–666. doi:10.1111/psj.12484. ISSN 0190-292X.
The case of the LGB Alliance charity is of note. The trans-exclusionary position of the organization engendered significant debate among the LGBT+ community in Scotland.
- ^ Monque, Pedro (3 February 2021). "On Decolonizing Social Ontology and the Feminist Canon for Transnational Feminisms: Comments on Serene J. Khader's Decolonizing Universalism". Metaphilosophy: meta.12468. doi:10.1111/meta.12468. S2CID 234040622.
some trans‐exclusionary LGB movements have begun to form around TERF ideology (for example, the LGB Alliance in the United Kingdom and the Red LGB movement in Spain).
- ^ McLean, Craig (2 November 2021). "The Growth of the Anti-Transgender Movement in the United Kingdom. The Silent Radicalization of the British Electorate". International Journal of Sociology. 51 (6): 473–482. doi:10.1080/00207659.2021.1939946. ISSN 0020-7659.
- ^ Lewis, Isobel (30 September 2021). "Matt Lucas calls LGB Alliance 'anti-trans': 'It doesn't represent me or any gay people I care to know'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Maidment, Adam (30 August 2021). "Man 'evicted' from Manchester Pride protest after crowds turn on him over 'hateful' shirt". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Maurice, Emma Powys (14 October 2021). "Russell T Davies takes down LGB Alliance in incendiary speech: 'To cut out the T is to kill'". PinkNews. London. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "LGB Alliance appoints trustees". LGB Alliance. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Lord Young barred from debate after falling asleep in Parliament". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
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