About us
backlash was created in 2005 by the Libertarian Alliance, the Spanner Trust, the Sexual Freedom Coalition, Feminists against Censorship, Ofwatch and Unfettered to collate evidence for an informed debate on censorship and to fight plans to criminalise ownership of material the Home Office finds abhorrent.
It is committed to raising awareness about why the plans are wrong, won't work and about the inevitable unintended consequences if government plans go ahead.
It has been lobbying MPs, the media and opinion formers to stop this ill-considered law going ahead.
Members include:
- Feminists against Censorship, formed in 1989 by a group of long-time feminist academics and campaigners who wished to fight censorship from a feminist perspective.
- Unfettered, a not for profit group formed in 2004 to run educational and entertainment events in the UK to further the cause of BDSM & Fetish and to promote tolerance and understanding within the community and wider society.
- Ofwatch was set up to represent the viewers of adult entertainment on television in the UK and to fight for justice and common sense in how such entertainment is regulated.
- The Spanner Trust, set up after the Spanner arrests in 1990, exists to defend the rights of sadomasochists of all sexual orientations and specifically to reverse the UK court ruling which made some SM activities illegal even though all parties consent.
- The Libertarian Alliance is a non-partisan group fighting statism in all its forms and working for the creation of a truly free society.
- The Campaign Against Censorship was re-launched in 1983 to promote freedom of expression in all its forms and to fight restrictions on that freedom and its exercise.
- The Sexual Freedom Coalition was formed in 1996 to press the Home Office, governments, police for the sexual freedom of consenting adults.
- The Society for Individual Freedom
- SM Dykes Manchester runs events and supports women in Manchester and the surrounding area as they explore their interests in the world of BDSM and discuss issues facing SM Dykes, as do SM Dykes London and South East in their area.
- The International Union of Sex Workers, the organisation for sex workers'
civil, legal and workers rights. Statement in support.
Prime Minister conflicted
.... there are areas in which the State, or the
community, no longer has a role or, if it does have
one, it is a role that is completely different. It is
not for the State to tell people that they cannot
choose a different lifestyle, for example in issues to
do with sexuality.
Tony Blair 5th Sept 2006
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