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Jun 19 • 17 tweets • 13 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
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In case you missed last week's #WestminsterHall debate on the #DefinitionOfSex here are the highlights

#SexMatters
#MakeTheEqualityActClear
@ranil (North East Hampshire, Conservative) talks about making sure that the Equality Act aligns with reality. He states the law cannot do impossible things and cannot make a man into a woman. This amendment does not take any rights away from anyone else.
@ToniaAntoniazzi(Gower, Labour) spoke about the two petitions and the question of whether a GRC changes your sex for the purposes of the Equality Act. The petitions are not about gender, self-ID or intersex. She also said we are responsible for legislating and they have to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@joannaccherry (Edinburgh South West, Scottish National Party) talks about the protected characteristic of sexual orientation being contingent on the definition of sex meaning biological sex. She said it was time that lesbians and the protected characteristic of sexual… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@miriam_cates (Penistone and Stocksbridge, Conservative) said that we need to clarify the Equality Act to make clear that sex means biological sex and to ensure that the providers of single-sex facilities understand and protect the single-sex natures of this provision.
@AJRichardsonMP (Guildford, Conservative) spoke about service providers and their need to be able to explain signs, on their website, on the phone and to staff. This means being clear about where there are sex based rules and where service is provided for both sexes together. She… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@jessphillips (Birmingham Yardley, Labour) said the Equality Act is a carefully balanced piece of legislation rich recognises that women need protection from sex discrimination, and as part of that, women need to be eligible to have separate services, associations, charities and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@PBottomleyMP (Worthing West, Conservative) said that when sex and gender clash, sex should be the dominant one.
@RosieDuffield1 (Canterbury, Labour) talks about the confusion in and around the Equality Act that has led to the toxic debate where people have become terrified to even talk about women’s rights.
@NickFletcherMP (Don Valley, Conservative) talks of near misses, accidents that could happen, but didn’t. Near misses reported to stop tragedy happening. He talks about the need to clarify the Equality Act to make sure that no biological males can enter female change rooms.
@ALewerMBE (Northampton South, Conservative) said our laws have to be clear and in situations where sex matters, sex matters. People can identify however they like as long as claims about their identity don’t injure other people. Because this is what is happening now, our laws… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@timloughton (East Worthing and Shoreham, Conservative), talked about sport drawing on @fairplaywomen and @sharrond62
Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North, Conservative) said he wants his daughter to grow up and look at heroines @RosieDuffield1 @joannaccherry and @jk_rowling who have been brave enough and bold enough and stand up for what they believe is important, because their rights should… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@JNHanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Alba) spoke about being same-sex attracted male, that his sex and the sex of his partner is a defining characteristic of his identity and protection in law. If sex were to mean anything other than the biological category of natal male, it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Caroline_Ansell (Eastbourne, Conservative) talked about the woman driven out of Oxfam; @Docstockk hounded from her post at Sussex University simply for saying that male people and female people are two different groups; and @SarahSurviving who is suing Brighton’s rape crisis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Anna_Firth (Southend West, Conservative) focused on single-sex spaces and services. She wanted the Equality Act to be clear that having a gender recognition certificate does not give male people the right to compete in women’s sports, undress or shower with women and girls, or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@mariacaulfield The Minister for Women, noted Parliament's responsibility to constantly review legislation. She said that reference to sex had generally been considered to refer to whether a person is a man or woman in law, rather than to their biological sex or sex at birth.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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What a week it has been. It started on Monday at Westminster Hall where around 60 supporters of the petition (mainly women), and three supporters of the counter-petition (mainly men) waited to hear our democratic representatives debate how the Equality Act should define sex, to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Update from Maya; picture o...
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The Minister for Women, Maria Caulfield, noted Parliament's responsibility to constantly review legislation. She said that reference to sex had generally been considered to refer to whether a person is a man or woman in law, rather than to their biological sex or sex at birth.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East) (Labour/Co-op) began by describing her party as "the party of the Equality Act" and remarked that it was 13 years since Harriet Harman MP had piloted the landmark legislation through Parliament.

"It is thanks to Labour’s Equality Act that it is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth) (Labour/Co-op) interrupted to ask if she agreed that the Conservative Party had a wider agenda is to remove all its protections.
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Should the civil service union @pcs_union promote harassment and discrimination against gender critical civil servants?

There are some shocking motions being put up for debate next week, and not just the BDSM one

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Motion A43 paints a target on the @seen_network of gender critical civil servants.

It wants the National Executive Committee to "express concern to the Cabinet Office" that the network was allowed to be set up. Image
Motion A44 wades into the political debate about the Scottish GRR Bill and calls on the civil-service union to condemn the UK government’s use of Section 35 of the Scotland Act.

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It is two years since Essex university published the Reindorf Review @akuareindorf

Sex Matters published this summary:

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There are 9 key messages

1) Gender-critical belief is not controversial. It aligns with the law, and is widely held.

2) Different belief systems about sex and gender are protected under the Equality Act.
3) Everybody has equal protection from harassment. Universities must consider the effect of their policies on those with gender-critical views as well as transgender people.
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Apr 4
The @EHRC @EHRCChair has written to the Minister @KemiBadenoch on the Sex Matters proposal to amend Equality Act to clarify that sex means sex.

it "would create rationalisisations, simplifications, clarity... 🎉

equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/ne…
EHRC's letter is measured and careful (and quite long), and considers everyone's human rights
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