Ten years after the passing of the UK Equality Act, it’s time to take stock. Key issues include emphasising the protected characteristics of sex and sexual orientation and the rules on sex-protected spaces. There’s a pressing need for clear guidance./1of4
In particular we need to examine how the Equality Act works in today’s world, in which the broad category of “gender reassignment” instead of the small group of 5,000 people in the UK (in 2004) is now being applied to 100 times as many people: half a million./2of4
This “trans umbrella” covers at least 17 different kinds of people (according to Stonewall), who have little if anything in common. @MForstater reviews what’s happened over the years. We need #ClarityOnSexAndGender./3of4

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2 Nov
We oppose the “affirmative” approach to gender dysphoria. Our detractors suggest, offensively and quite ludicrously, that this reflects an uncaring attitude to those concerned. This important article suggests the opposite./1of6 quillette.com/2020/11/01/jac…
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Open letter from LGB Alliance to Tim Davie, Director General, BBC
30 Oct 2020 /1of27
Dear Tim Davie,
The BBC is one of the great British institutions, treasured by the public and revered across the world. It is because the BBC remains so important that every word you utter is dissected forensically. /2of27
In addition, the fact that you depend on the licence fee makes it even more important that you represent the population in a balanced and well-informed way. /3of27
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