Thread by @MForstater

Stonewall's new range of clothing is "unisex"

(by which they mean designed for men, as if the needs and realities of being female don't matter)

Similarly their policies

"All LGBTQ+ couples and parents should have their relationships recognised on all official documents"

....sounds nice, right?

https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1396789715932692483?s=19

What does it mean?

In the case of surrogacy - that the "intended parents" should be recorded on the original birth certificate not the mother who carried the child.

Removing women's rights and commodifying their bodies

Or imagine a man gets a women pregnant but they are estranged. By changing pronouns to "she" the man could demand to be recorded as a "mother" of the child, with the same rights as the actual mother.

(You think some abuser won't do this??)

Or even in the case of rape. As we know courts (and the media) are already falling over themselves to respect the gender identity of rapists.

Stonewall wants a rapist to be able to be declared the mother of the child they sired.

The language of "LGBTQ+ parents", like the boxy mens-cut only t shirt erases the role of female bodies.

The debate on the use of the word "mother" or "woman" in the #MOMABill was not a storm in a teacup but a fightback against the the erasure of sex to the detriment of women.