[🧵] Since #TransWomenAreConMen is trending, here's a relevant anecdote that I found while researching for a video.
In this court case from 2018, an applicant for a gender recognition certificate appealed against the panel's multiple decisions to reject their application.👇
In this court case from 2018, an applicant for a gender recognition certificate appealed against the panel's multiple decisions to reject their application.👇
bailii.org/cgi-bin/format…
The whole thing makes *VERY* informative and enraging reading, but here are some highlights.... /
The whole thing makes *VERY* informative and enraging reading, but here are some highlights.... /
/ The applicant, Jay, was a trans identifying male prisoner, divorced from his third marriage, who had been convicted of "obtaining explosives with *intent to endanger life*" 😬😬😬
"Who's life?" seems like a pertinent question? Sadly I don't have that info.... /
"Who's life?" seems like a pertinent question? Sadly I don't have that info.... /
/ Dr James Barrett, the founding president of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists, and current director of the adult Gender Identity Clinic at @TaviAndPort, had this to say about the likely veracity and sincerity of Jay's application 👇 /
/ The rest of the appeal is littered with scores of red flags of various kinds... nevertheless... *THIS APPEAL WAS GRANTED*, and Jay was issued with a full GRC in the female gender 🤦♂️
The "female" part of that equation may offend many of course, but in this case I'm more /
The "female" part of that equation may offend many of course, but in this case I'm more /
/ bothered by the *strong* privacy protections now afforded to this man under Section 22 of the GRA: legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/s…
Long story short, he tried to blow someone up, appears to have misled if not lied on his GRC application, and now has legal protections going forward /
Long story short, he tried to blow someone up, appears to have misled if not lied on his GRC application, and now has legal protections going forward /
/ that will outright interfere with the admin side of attempts to look into his background, or at very least discourage people from doing so.
To me this seems like a case where #TransWomenAreConMen might well be apt.
#NoToSelfID
#RepealTheGRA
To me this seems like a case where #TransWomenAreConMen might well be apt.
#NoToSelfID
#RepealTheGRA
Further research on this problem here:
https://twitter.com/NoXYinXXprisons/status/1573740439055880199?s=20&t=ZbBmp5LUBq2_w_Sn_3X5_A
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