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15 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING NEWS: The UK government will not be forced to allow people who identify as non-binary to select X on passports. This is welcome news /1

"The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the appeal".

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"The appellant’s interest in being issued with an "X" passport is outweighed by considerations relating to the public interest put forward by the Secretary of State" /2
Fair Play For Women sought permission to intervene to represent the interests of women and girls. Permission was not granted but our submission made it clear this was not simply an admin matter. The outcome impacts others. /3

Our submission is here
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X on a passport is the first step towards the state abandoning sex categories. Woman and girls lose out when we pretend sex doesn't matter.

Today the Supreme Court agreed sex matters /4

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Supreme court judgement recognised the importance of a coherent system of governance. Public interest says sex matters.

“UK legislation including discrimination and equality legislation is based on the categorisation of all individuals as either male or female.” /5

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Why are we taking the Scottish Government to court over its definition of "What is your sex" in the 2022 Census in Scotland?

Today Dr Nicola Williams talks to @GBNEWS /1
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5 Dec
Legal action is an important tool in protecting the sex-based rights of women & girls. Supporters tell us they do, too. The right legal outcome can set a precedent, or stop one, and show public bodies they will be held to account. /1

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5 Dec
THREAD: Fair Play For Women is back in court defending the meaning of sex. This time its the Scottish Government wanting to change sex into gender identity in the Scottish Census /1

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The Scottish guidance is unlawful. It says people may self-identify when answering the sex question in the census.

“If you are transgender the answer you give can be different from what is on your birth certificate. You do not need a Gender Recognition Certificate. /2
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27 Nov
THREAD: Yesterday BBC2 are rather bland and uninspiring 90 minute documentary called "womanhood". But within it they spared 15 mins to cover "the trans debate". 😱 /1

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First they went to a night club to meet a transgender woman called Evie. Evie passes so well that even the fiancée of 4 years didn't know his girlfriend had been born male. Cue lots of cooing and smiles from the celebs and Shirley Ballas asking the obvious question /2
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23 Nov
Baroness Jenkins asks @GEO minister whether she agrees that a small misclassification of sex can have a large distorting effect on gender pay gap in professions where <5% workforce is female /1
She gets a very unsatisfactory answer from the minister:
"no plans to change the guidance...gender pay is not supposed to be a data collecting exercise...to do so would increase the burden on employers" /2
Employers are obliged by law to COLLECT DATA on the gender pay gap and GEO publishes it.

And the point of it is to determine gap in pay between males and female

Of course its a data collection exercise! And of course sex matters! /3
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