@staringatclouds Wot a bar steward of an MP. 😡
But well done you for writing. 👏
If you have the energy and stomach, you could reply that the alternative is simply to enact a very brief amendment to the #EA2010 to restore the meanings intended by Parliament.
"The EHRC's Code of Practice fails everyone".
#NadiaWhittome MP calls on the #Starmer government to withdraw the #EHRC's Code of Practice, and instead legislate to amend the Equality Act 2010 #EA2010 to restore the #trans inclusiveness that was intended when it waa passed. 👍👏 👏
RE: https://flipboard.com/@pinknews/uk-news-3r20qt2qz/-/a-VPy5LCg7RJeT7JxM-CYtlQ%3Aa%3A2382343751-%2F0
#PoliceScotland's new policy as reported here is illegal, because it takes no account of a #GenderRecognitionCertificate (#GRC).
The atrocious #UKSC decision in #FWS allows a GRC to be disregarded for purposes of the #EA2010. But it doesn't override a GRC for other purposes.
#GRA2004 §22 still applies: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/section/22
Disclosing info relating to a GRC is a criminal offence. The police focus on "BiologicalSex" risks routine illegal disclosure. I hope #trans are ready to sue
@GeofCox I share @benofbrown's caution.
#BridgetPhillipson's track record on #trans rights is atrocious. If #Phillipson wanted to support trans people, the simple remedy would be to pass a one-sentence amendment to the #EA2010 making a GRC define sex in the EA as it does elsewhere. The #UKSC ruling in #FWS would be redundant.
This intervention marks a useful but small retreat from the #EHRC's extremist #transExclusion agenda. Phillipson just wants to crap on us less crudely.
Claire McNab
Heather Paterson
Isabel Ruffell