{"id":1994,"date":"2012-11-02T17:42:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/?page_id=1994"},"modified":"2018-05-24T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:30:34","slug":"montys-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Monty&#8217;s thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monty-M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2001 alignleft\" title=\"Monty M\" src=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monty-M-340x317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monty-M-340x317.jpg 340w, https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monty-M-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monty-M.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #0ebff1;\">Monty's thoughts<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The blog of Monty Moncrieff,<br \/>\nLondon Friend Chief Executive<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/2018\/05\/24\/remembering-section-28\">24th May 2018: Remembering Section 28<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/2017\/11\/19\/trans-day-of-remembrance-2017\/\">19th November 2017: Trans Day of Remembrance 2017<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/2017\/09\/05\/gmb-conversion-therapy\/#.WhF49Epl_IU\">5th September 2017: Conversion therapy deserves a better discussion than through sensationalist TV<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/2017\/07\/14\/our-response-to-the-2017-drug-strategy\/\">14th July 2017: A response to the 2017 Drug Strategy<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/2017\/05\/02\/eurovision-a-spotlight-on-lgbt-rights-in-ukraine\/\">2nd May 2017: Eurovision - 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ten years on<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/bi-visbility-day\/\">23rd September 2013: Bi Visibility Day<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/russia-lgbt-rights-and-my-life-in-the-uss\/\">8th August\u00a02013: Russia, LGBT rights and my life in the USSR<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/the-rise-of-crystal-meth-in-london\/\">23rd July 2013: The Rise of Crystal Meth in London<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/spousal-veto-and-gender-disclosure\/\">3rd July 2013: Spousal Veto and Gender Disclosure<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/my-worlds-collide\/\">25 April 2013: My worlds collide<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/lucy-meadows-steven-simpson-anti-lgbt-opinions\/\">25th March 2013: Lucy Meadows, Steven Simpson and anti-LGBT opinions<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/equal-marriage-bingo\/\">4th February 2013: Equal Marriage Bingo!<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/february-2013-lgbt-history-month\/\">February 2013: LGBT History Month<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/2378-2\/\">9th January 2013: #Transdocfail<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/11th-december-2012-equal-marriage\/\">11th December 2012: Equal marriage<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/equality-are-we-really-all-in-this-together\/\">5th December 2012: Equality \u2013 are we really all in this together?<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/transdayofremembrance\/\">19th November 2012: International Trans Day of\u00a0Remembrance\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/5-november-2012-welcome-to-the-pleasuredrome\/\"><span style=\"color: #ed1747;\">5th November 2012: Welcome to the Pleasuredrome?<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monty&#8217;s thoughts The blog of Monty Moncrieff, London Friend Chief Executive &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 24th May 2018: Remembering Section 28 19th November 2017: Trans Day of Remembrance 2017 5th September 2017: Conversion therapy deserves a better discussion than through sensationalist &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/montys-thoughts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4582,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions\/4582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}