Thread by @fairplaywomen

Calls to legally recognise ‘non-binary’ people could be a back door to the erosion of single-sex spaces and services for women and girls. “Non-binary” is being used to divide the world into male and non-male – and women lose out /1

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Stonewall are now calling for recognition of “non-binary” people in the Gender Recognition Act and in the Equality Act, as shown in their submissions to the current inquiry by the Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) /2

“Stonewall strongly believes that non-binary identities should be accommodated in a reformed GRA” /3

This would mean someone would become sexless in the eyes of the law. There is no one who does not have a birth or biological sex. The law should not be used as a tool for identity validation. /4

How would they to be treated under the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act? Would opting out of being legally male confer the right to access women’s male-free spaces such as female-only changing rooms and female-only sports? /5

In their submissions to WESC, and more generally, several lobby groups claim that non-binary people should be entitled to access women-only spaces

“A woman’s space must permit access to trans women and non-binary people who wish to access the space” by LGBT+ Consortium

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There is growing expectation that ‘non-binary’ people belong in women’s spaces. We are already seeing women-only scholarships & sports stating that trans & non-binary people are welcome. In the arts, commissions, grants and festivals promote “women, trans & non-binary writers” /7

All this does is make the women’s section for everyone except those identifying as men – that is, it becomes something for all the non-men, reducing access and opportunity for females. /8

Single-sex exceptions were designed in part to provide opportunities for the female sex, who are under-represented in many aspects of public and professional life. While female ‘non-binary’ people belong in the category, ‘non-binary’ males would not. /9

This is another example of how provisions for female-only spaces & services in the Equality Act are being undermined by trans activists. Women and girls need the government to issue better, clearer, stronger guidance to protect our sex-based rights /end

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