I'm quite sure that everybody has pointed this out already, but the UK government's solution to the #Horizon scandal is based on (checks notes) #selfid

But then we always knew the objections to self-id were always spurious.

#TransRights #Section35 /GRR

I am generally out of touch with news – I’ve basically stopped looking for the sake of my mental health

So I got a nasty double shock when I received an email today from the Scottish Green Party’s Maggie Chapman (Equalities spokesperson) and Jen Bell (Co-convenor of the Rainbow Greens, the party’s LGBTQIA+ group):

1. Apparently, 12 days ago a Court of Session judge ruled that the UK government were entitled to use section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 to overrule the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill on 17 January 😳

(The GRR had been on the verge of becoming law, after the Scottish Parliament voted 88–39 in favour of the Bill on 22 December last year)

2. The Scottish Government, who brought the Court of Session case against the UK government, have revealed today that they will not appeal the judge’s decision 😞

Instead they propose to keep the Bill in cryogenic stasis until such time as a trans-friendly UK government agrees to respect the Scottish Parliament’s democratic process

https://greens.scot/news/trans-rights-and-healthcare-must-be-delivered

#GenderRecognition #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransHealthcare #trans #ScottishGreenParty #Section35 #ScottishGovernment

UK KC quoting discredited UN rapporteur as evidence, the one who's been hanging about with UK anti-trans folk since she came over all terfy. Alister Jack relies on her biased report, rather than the evidential UN report by rapporteur Victor Madrigal-Borloz, which said no evidence found that anyone has been changing their gender for criminal purposes. Dorothy Bain called Alsalem's report "hostile communications" yesterday AM.

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/about-the-court-of-session/court-of-session-livestream-hearings

#Section35 #GRR #ScotPol #UN

‘Bain argued that the UK government’s Scotland secretary, Alister Jack, made his “executive override” based on policy disagreement, and that if the UK government was successful then the minister “could veto practically any act of the Scottish parliament having an impact on reserved matters because he disagreed with it on policy grounds”.’

#GenderRecognitionReformBill #GRR #Section35 #S35

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/19/scottish-gender-recognition-bill-would-leave-uk-law-untouched-court-told

I may be jumping the gun, slightly, but so far the argument from the UK government seems to be: 'because we can'.

If anybody knows what the relevant hashtags are for this one, by the way, do please share!

#Section35 #GenderRecognitionReformBill #LegalWrangling

"A senior judge has granted Scottish Trans permission to act as third-party ‘public interest interveners’, which means that they can submit written evidence to the court about why they believe that the UK Government’s reasons for blocking the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill are wrong or inadequate."

#ScotPol #Trans #Section35

https://www.scottishtrans.org/scottish-trans-joins-legal-challenge-to-uk-governments-veto-of-gender-recognition-reform-scotland-bill/

👉 New post! ✨New look!*

It’s been a while, and this one covers a lot:

#CivilPartnership #GRAReform #LGBAlliance #Pride #Section35 #transphobia

*I know there are teething problems – please let me know of any accessibility issues in particular!

https://transponderings.blog/2023/07/08/schrodingers-legal-sex/

👉 New post! ✨New look!*

It’s been a while, and this one covers a lot:

#CivilPartnership #GRAReform #LGBAlliance #Pride #Section35 #transphobia

*I know there are teething problems – please let me know of any accessibility issues in particular!

https://transponderings.blog/2023/07/08/schrodingers-legal-sex/