The claim the process is "overly complex", but Prof Whittle called claims such as this to be 'myths'...
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Also, @TheLawSociety don't seem to know about intersex and appear to think it has something to do with trans:
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They also seem utterly confused about what 'non-binary' means and seem to believe they are currently deprived of rights that others have and maybe even believe they represent some third sex or something and that 'genders' are legally recognised.
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None of this comes as any surprise given the nonsense I found they had on their equality monitoring form:
The Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form in your trustee application has 'gender identity' in what apears to be a list of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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'Gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
The Diversity and Inclusion section of your job application has 'gender' & 'gender identity and expression' in what appears to be a list of protected characteristics under Equality Act 2010.
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'gender' & 'gender identity and expression' are not protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 and are not defined in the Act.
Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - other terms are not valid.
Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - 'other' is not a valid option.
The Monitoring Information section of your job application mentions the Equality Act 2010 five times & twice correctly lists sex as one of the protected characteristics. However..
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However, you then ask for the 'gender' of the applicant with options 'Female' and 'Male'.
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'Gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - the other terms are not valid options for sex.