Quite rightly, transgender rights are already protected in law, that won’t change.
But trans pressure groups took it too far, they weren’t just asking for trans rights, they were demanding women's sex-based rights too.
Women understandably said no. /2
No fair-minded government could have ploughed on regardless.
We commend @trussliz for showing the courage and integrity to be the first minister to listen to ordinary women and not just powerful lobby groups. /3
We hope this signals a fresh start, women have been vilified for standing up for their rights, when all we want is to find a fair way forward for everyone. /4
Ordinary women realised the big women’s organisations weren’t fighting for us and media wasn’t covering it. So we did it ourselves and took our campaign to the streets.
It took courage to step up. Brave women everyone single one! /6
The idea that any man could be allowed to change his birth certificate to say he was BORN female, on his say so alone is BAD LAW. Everyone knows this. /7
We have been calling for this guidance for a long time. We have been reporting rogue employers each time they misuse the law by advertising for ‘self-identifying women’ to fill women-only roles. /2
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In March the @EHRC promised to publish new guidance to stop employers mis-stating the law on female-only job adverts. We had reported numerous breaches over 2 years /1
The EHRC also said it would ‘enforce’ the law and would take ‘urgent action’ when problems are reported. We reported ‘Survivors Network’ who said ‘being female’ was a requirement but ‘this post is open to self-identifying women’ /2
Despite being reported to EHRC the advert was not corrected and remained live until applications closed. However, the wording of its latest advert for a therapist has changed in line with the law. All references to ‘self-identifying’ have gone. /3
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
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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