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Where are the grown ups? [part II] Yesterday @AmnestyUK tweeted its campaign to allow the legal sex of children to be changed

It got a lot of comments. Serious comments.

Amnesty only responded to one.
Yay to @EnbyLawyer @Mermaids_Gender
Amnesty are calling for a change in UK law to "allow all trans people to legally register their 'true gender' (incl 'nonbinary') regardless of their age".

There are different views on this; child welfare and women's rights and other equality implications
As a charity that spends £20m a year they could have done some research and thought this through carefully.

They could point us to the research paper which underpins their advocacy campaign

But they haven't (yet -- if it is there please do Amnesty)
Instead their statement includes startling claims

"Everyone has the right to be who they say they are"

Really? 🙄 really?

Can you point to the UDRH article please?

You can't just go round making up new rights, it undermines the whole idea of rights & you as a serious org!
& the idea that children (& parents) should keep a child's sex secret from GP, hospital, school ... & encourage a growing child to lie about their sex & fear that if others discover it they will do the them harm.

How does this reconcile w child welfare & safeguarding Amnesty?
What is noticeable is that none of @AmnestyUK senior staff @KateAllenAI @tomdavies77 @felixjakens @NiallCouper have tweeted the campaign. Nor has the chair of trustees @eilidhdouglas.

Maybe they are unconvinced ?
Interestingly enough none of them seem to have tweeted Amnesty's earlier position campaigning on changing the Gender Recognition Act self-ID either 🤔

amnesty.org.uk/have-your-say-…
Amnesty's position matched Stonewall's & Mermaids'.

"Transwomen are women"

There will be no impact on single sex services

"There is no evidence from countries implementing a self-determination system that this has had any
impact of anyone except trans people themselves. "
How did they come to this position?

What research did they do?

Under the heading "Women's Human Rights" they say.....

.... they talked to Stonewall & Mermaids....🤦‍♀️

Doesn't Amnesty know something about women's human rights themself?

Why didnt they do any analysis themself?
Over on Instagram @AmnestyUK is promoting #7daysoftranstruth

Not here though, where the crowd is more demanding of evidence & argument

To advocate for a major change in the law w implications for womens rights & childrens rights needs better than homilies

Discussion is good!
The only trustee of @AmnestyUK I have seen tweeting the campaign is @senthorun

("Dr Sparkles" last seen defending Universities deplatforming of Germaine Greer 🙄 facebook.com/watch/?v=34707… )
As a charity whose mandate is to promote human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights @AmnestyUK it is the Trustees' *collective* responsibility to ensure that the charity pursues its purpose.

Not take dictation from @Mermaids_Gender or @stonewalluk
Please step up now grown ups.

It is past time

You are making your organisations look foolish and undermining support for human rights.
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