@sleeepysandy@carnalhag @BrianGr16285359 @jockmcleod53 Catch 22 : men cannot join a women’s space. The minute they join it is no longer a women’s space.
@akuareindorf@Richard56370536@neil45106205@Susanshox@UKLabour The big mystery is how wrong Code came to be written and approved. Activism within ? Pressure from the big trans orgs who had seats at the table ? Both ? How did it get past legal ? I feel that women deserve to know the truth but maybe that’s naive.
@akuareindorf@anyonymous20001@DannyBeales A parallel I sometimes use is randos deciding to park in designated Mother&Baby parking spaces, just because they want to.
@WRNWales@WelshGovernment Outstanding by @CristianaEmsley . Fantastic to have 3 additional speakers too. It’s 💯 possible now to hold Welsh government’s feet to the fire on implementation.
@TimesRadio What @WilliamJHague hasn’t taken into account is the threat made by the protesters that they would record and identify the students in the audience so that they could be targeted. As Chancellor should be very concerned about that - this was not just free speech vs free protest.
@Rhammified@akuareindorf@DavidWootton69 The intention of Parliament can be seen in the Bill that it passed.
Not in any of the myriad contrary inputs and opinions from the development phase.
@akuareindorf@BettsCaro@ForWomenScot It also widens your eyes about all PCs, for example once you start noticing the lack of thought for disabled people you can’t unsee it.
@AstroLlamaBeans@forevershallon@BirdThe86733@MillieCheesey@SVPhillimore I think you’re just farming, but anyway :
- Art 8 is qualified not absolute
- doesn’t apply amongst citizens
- sex data is mandated for public & Eq Act duty bearers
- the only restriction on trans status is you can’t disclose it if you acquired the info in an official capacity.
@akuareindorf@BettsCaro@nicky_strand@BevJacksonAuth Sorry for the wear & tear on your peace 😬, but please know that yr commentary on X is huge for small terfies who write to Councils, MPs etc. Eg knowing how the GR PC works, or the Code of P, or what an Act paper is - it all helps us cut through their previous misunderstandings.
@ScotsWhiteBear@SunnivaGunn@SVPhillimore The people who wrote the law - the drafters - have never said this. You make assertions but haven’t included any evidence so you are either bullshitting or you are talking vaguely about the wishes of some of the people who inputted their own views to the drafting team.
@SVPhillimore Regardless of repeal, this letter needs to be re-written because the second paragraph is legally incorrect and perpetuates the lie that the GRC confers opposite sex EA rights.
@joss_prior@akuareindorf@EHRC The important point, surely, is that the drafters are responsible for both legal coherence and balance of rights, so all inputs are evaluated. You were quoting an input as tho it must have been the ‘real’ intent of the drafters to include it.
@joss_prior@akuareindorf@EHRC These are simply scrutiny ideas. This corker didn’t make the final cut either :
“We consider that a strong case exists for the term ‘gender identity’ to replace "gender reassignment" as a protected characteristic under the Bill, to offer wider protection for transsexual people”.
@nobody22722 It no longer matters to keep insisting that the EA sex definition also applies to workplaces - because the high court ruled in Feb that it does.
@RDH_tweets@fharris2011 Fantastic. And thank-you for answering. I feel the RSC is managing to both meet the real life privacy needs of its visitors - and - challenge our thinking with edgy performances; it hasn’t thoughtlessly gone for woke loos just to earn morality points.
@MForstater The human rights concept of “Dignity” is quoted by @bbcnickrobinson, implying that if society does not actively confirm someone’s self-declared identity then that amounts to “degrading treatment”. What about self-ID as a different age, race, or disability - is there a limit ?