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Allison Bailey
Barrister Ms Bailey, 52, who is a lesbian, founded the LGB Alliance Group in 2019.
It argues there is a conflict between the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people and transgender people.
Ms Bailey launched a discrimination action against the legal firm she works for, Garden Court Chambers (GCC) and Stonewall.
She claims to have lost work and income due to GCC's involvement with Stonewall's Diversity Champions scheme, which she said was 'exclusive' and 'discriminatory' of her beliefs.
In a witness statement read at the current tribunal, Ms Bailey detailed incidents involving trans activists, including one where she was present and thought she was 'about to be assaulted as several activists got really close and surrounded me'.
She has become friends with Harry Potter JK Rowling as a result of her stance.
Barrister suing LGBTQ+ charity Stonewell and her London chambers over claims she was 'silenced' for her views on transgender issues.
Barrister Ms Bailey, 52, who is a lesbian, founded the LGB Alliance Group in 2019
Sonia Appleby
Ms Appleby was a social worker at the NHS's only gender clinic for children.
In September last year, she won £20,000 damages after saying she was shunned when she raised concerns about the use of puberty blockers at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS).
Employment judge Sarah Goodman said after the ruling that Ms Appleby has been labelled 'hostile' by bosses after warning that staff had serious concerns about the prescription of puberty blockers to patients.
Ms Appleby was a social worker and safeguarding lead at the NHS's only gender clinic for children
The director of GIDS, Dr Polly Carmichael, was said to have
