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Jan 26 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING NEWS: EHRC comes out against reform of the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland. Will tell Scottish Government there is no case for legislative change.
"These concerns centre on the potential consequences for individuals and society of extending the ability to change legal sex from a small defined group, who have demonstrated their commitment and ability to live in their acquired gender, to a wider group" /2.
"the established legal concept of sex, together with existing protections from gender reassignment discrimination for trans people & the ability for them to obtain legal recognition of their gender, collectively provide correct balanced legal framework that protects everyone" /3

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Jan 27
BREAKING NEWS: Scottish Census officials have been told by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that requiring transgender people to accurately record their sex in the Census does not breach their right to privacy /1

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"Where there is a requirement in statute, such as for the census, any potential interference with Article 8 [right to privacy] arising from collecting data on sex is likely to be justified” /2
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Jan 18
BREAKING NEWS: Fair Play For Women granted permission by Scottish Courts for Judicial Review of the Scottish Census. Full hearing in 2 weeks /1
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The unlawful Scottish guidance says people may self-identify when answering the sex question in the 2022 Scottish Census. The ONS was forced by the English court to remove similar guidance for the England and Wales Census in 2021 /2
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Jan 16
THREAD: UK sports governing bodies are currently torn between two diametrically opposed positions on transgender inclusion /1
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In September 2021 the UK Sports Councils launched revised guidance on transgender inclusion in sport clearly stating that testosterone suppression doesn’t make it fair for males to play and compete with females. The route to full inclusion is Open and Female /2
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Dec 21, 2021
THREAD: Read our response to the WESC report on Gender Recognition Reform. /1

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"WESC are once again recommending that any adult male should be free, on his say so alone, to change his birth certificate to say he had been born the female sex, and for it to be a criminal offence for officials to reveal that he had in fact been born the male sex" /2
"this second WESC inquiry hasn’t even grasped the basics on why sex self-ID presents problems for women and girls. The 2015 WESC inquiry didn’t bother to invite feminists to explain their concerns, this time they did invite us to speak, but they clearly didn’t listen" /3
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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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