Thread by @MForstater

The story in the Sunday Times about the govts plan not to bring in self ID, and to protect single sex services opens the box on what the law and guidance says on single sex services, and where it needs to be clarified and strengthened

#nodebate is over

Here is one I built earlier:

An introduction to single sex spaces: a-question-of-consent.net

Resources from others on sex and the Equality Act: a-question-of-consent.net/resources/

"They are rarely used" - a common myth about the single sex exceptions in the Equality Act a-question-of-consent.net/2020/05/05/the…

"The transman gotcha" - why the existence (and rights) of a tiny minority of women who have surgery to pass as men doesn't mean we have to have allow men who identify as women into women's spaces a-question-of-consent.net/2020/05/23/the…

"Revisiting the Brook Case" - on the lack of case law in this area, and the fact that the 'landmark' case commonly sited was nothing of the sort a-question-of-consent.net/2020/05/29/the…

"The incoherence of government guidance" - the problem is mainly with the guidance, not the Equality Act itself (which protects both sex and gender reassignment but doesn't give men the right to access women's spaces)

a-question-of-consent.net/2020/05/25/the…