Thread by @fairplaywomen

#scottishcensus
Why are we appealing the first instance judgment and why should you care?

Our Scottish Census case has implications beyond Scotland and even beyond data collection.

It goes to the very heart of what the word "sex" means in law /1

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Not only has the judge decided that "sex" in the Scottish Census can be read to include the concept of "lived sex"....

....he also concluded there is no "general legal rule that a person’s sex can only be considered to be that recorded on a birth certificate or GRC" /2

This would mean the word "sex" can have no consistent or reliable meaning each time it appears in past or future legislation.

Its meaning becomes context specific, ultimately needing the court to settle the meaning of "sex" every time. /3

The Scottish Court ruling only applies in Scotland, but will inevitably be referred to and used by others to diminish sex-based rights across the UK and beyond. We can't let that stand. We must appeal. /4

Our words become useless if they have no common meaning.

If we lose the word "sex" we cannot speak up for women's rights /5

If we lose the word "sex" from our laws we lose the rights our mothers and grandmothers fought for.

Sex matters in a sexist society, and so does the word "sex" /6

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