Very good to see @EHRC do not support #sexselfID as part of GRA reform.
But removal of the spousal exit clause to allow wives to annul their marriage before their husband becomes legally female should not happen without consultation with the women this could impact.
The @EHRC is wrong however in it's claim that "There is no reason why simplifying the process for obtaining a GRC should have an effect on these protected [single sex] spaces and services". /2
When a transwoman gets a GRC they don't just become legally female. They get a birth certificate saying they were BORN female. Plus it becomes a criminal offence for an official to ever reveal their true birth sex. This effectively erases their trans history. /3
This means transwomen with a GRC actually become non-trans women. They disappear from trans statistics in prisons. Every single piece of ID says they are a natal female.
So how can service providers implement the lawful single-sex exemptions? /4
On paper service providers will still be able to lawfully exclude transwomen from female only spaces - but if it is no longer possible to know who is trans then these exceptions are unworkable on the ground. /5
What's the point of laws on paper if they can never be used? The @EHRC should know this.
It's really not good enough to wave away the complexities of the interaction of the GRA2004 and EA2010 and pretend they don't exist. /end
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Today we have published the first ever report on the impact of trans inclusion in sport in the UK.
It shows a widespread problem, affecting many women and girls all over the country, at all levels, from juniors to masters and at all levels of competition and participation. 1/11
Women and girls are being put at risk and their legitimate concerns disregarded.
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Despite clear law to the contrary, female police officers are required to perform intimate searches on men - if that man says he identifies as a woman /1
The law says SAME SEX ONLY but the Statutory Code prioritises GENDER IDENTITY. This is yet another example of bad guidance corrupting policy contrary to the law /2
The Police And Criminal Evidence Act (1984) sets out how the police must lawfully search suspects.
55(7) A constable may not carry out an intimate search of a person of the opposite SEX /3
THREAD:
Yesterday we received an email from a woman who had checked the meaning of a “woman-only” fitness class at her local gym. With permission, we’re sharing the story verbatim. Well done that woman 💪… /1
“Warrington's major sports centre is run by a company called LiveWire. They are widely publicising "women only fitness classes", saying how "empowering" these will be because they are "women only"…. /2
We have had multiple meetings with the chair, head of complaints and the head of standards and regulation. In 2020 the head of IPSO promised updated guidance was on the way /2
New guidance is now being written and a draft has been promised by end of January 2023. In light of the avalanche of press coverage regarding the transgender double rapist in Scotland this guidance is more urgent that ever. /3