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Jan 31 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Yesterday, Fair Play For Women reported Police Scotland to the EHRC for breaching Equality Law. Reported in Telegraph. /1
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/3…
And picked up by the Times.

“Police misrepresenting the law in this way is a serious matter. The idea that service providers are in any way deplorable and acting unlawfully is likely to foster bad relations” /2

thetimes.co.uk/article/c62974…
You can read the full complaint on our website here /3

fairplayforwomen.com/police-scotlan…
Unrepentant the Police double down…. /4

Quote given to The Times. “Police Scotland said it did not want to comment on the complaint by Fair Play for Women. A spokesman also reiterated Ritchie’s statement”

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Feb 1
THREAD: It's a big day for us tomorrow. We're taking Scottish Ministers to court over their unlawful definition of sex in the Scottish Census. The remote hearing starts a 10am. We'll be live tweeting proceedings /1 #scottishcensus #fairplayforwomen
The Census is important so needs to be done right. It only happens once a decade & costs Scottish taxpayers £140 million.

But it delivers the most comprehensive dataset there is, used by policy makers, public bodies & academics.

The @scotgov can't be allowed to mess it up /2
@scotgov Next month everyone in Scotland must answer a series of questions. One is "What is your sex". A simple question with a simple answer.

But @scotgov have decided to tell people they can put any answer they feel like /3
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Jan 30
Today, we have submitted a formal complaint to the Equality and Human Rights Commission about inaccurate and misleading information given by Police Scotland regarding the use of single-sex exceptions /1

fairplayforwomen.com/police-scotlan…
Police Scotland has a duty to promote understanding between groups, and the EHRC has a duty to make sure Police Scotland doesn’t breach those obligations. We believe a breach has occurred and action is now required /2
In a comment to the Times, Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie said “Hate crime and discrimination of any kind is deplorable and entirely unacceptable”.

With regards to discrimination, this statement made on behalf of Police Scotland is inaccurate and misleading /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

fairplayforwomen.com/ehrc-confirms-…
EHRC wrote to the head of NRS just days before we launched our Census legal challenge

"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
Scottish Ministers pushed on regardless and will now have to defend their definition of sex in the Census in court on Wednesday /3
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Jan 26
BREAKING NEWS: EHRC calls for pre-legislative scrutiny of draft bill on Conversion therapy. Concerns about unclear definitions used in consultation.
"the likely significant and wide-ranging implications of the Government’s proposals for a legislative ban for criminal and civil justice, clinicians and therapists, families and religious organisations require careful and detailed consideration" /2
"The consultation document contains no clear definition of what will amount to “conversion therapy”, nor of the meaning of “transgender” – a term which has no clear legal meaning, is potentially wider than the concept of gender reassignment in current UK law" /3
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Jan 26
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.
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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
fairplayforwomen.com/scottish-gover…
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
What is meant by “sex” in the 1920 Census Act is a matter of statutory interpretation, and as such a question of law. There is no provision currently recognised in law that permits any form of self-identification to affect one’s legally registered sex. /3
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