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In their "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy", @SurreyPolice state that the protected characteristic of "gender reassignment" (Equality Act 2010) is an "outdated term". Their preferred terminology is "gender identity". @_Lisa_Townsend
Surrey WRN members attended the Woking hustings last night and asked the following question:
"Do you support women's rights to sex-based rights? The right to access single-sex services, spaces and the right to fairness and safety in sports via single-sex sporting categories?” 🧵
The Labour candidate @Ese_journo said that this question comes up a lot on the doorstep. She said it is important for gender recognition for trans people to be streamlined because it is a medicalised and dehumanising process. She said she recognised that people have valid...
@Ese_Journo ...concerns around safeguarding but that there are no simple solutions. She said that this is a very modern problem and that it is a debate Labour are still having within the party...