1. In this thread @MForstater believes the HCtEW is wrong to afford anonymity to 2 Trans & 1 intersex applicants in the case the @GoodLawProject is bringing in relation to the @EHRC interim statement which suggests barring Trans people from all loos if not unisex.
Clearly…
Clearly…
https://twitter.com/mforstater/status/1943587518353445093
2. @MForstater has little direct knowledge about Trans & intersex lives, & the increased prejudice, discrimination & hate crime levels we face
By 2015 those issues still existed, but for most TP they had become manageable. We were able to get jobs & go about daily life in a …
By 2015 those issues still existed, but for most TP they had become manageable. We were able to get jobs & go about daily life in a …
3. … safe environment.
Following @theresa_may 2016 proposed consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act, groups calling themselves gender critical such as @SexMattersOrg run by @MForstater & @HJoyceGender which gained voices in the right wing media, were set up to …
Following @theresa_may 2016 proposed consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act, groups calling themselves gender critical such as @SexMattersOrg run by @MForstater & @HJoyceGender which gained voices in the right wing media, were set up to …
4. … undermine the safe environment for TP that had been created in the UK.
They have succeeded extremely well in that task.
Then @MForstater thinks trans applicants should not be afforded protection from GC F’s on social or other media - because people apparently …
They have succeeded extremely well in that task.
Then @MForstater thinks trans applicants should not be afforded protection from GC F’s on social or other media - because people apparently …
5. … can always see if someone is trans - a claim which is simply not true.
For many TP the first years of medical transition can be difficult & ‘passing’ may not be easy. But we almost all get to a point - some of us within 12mths, some in 5yrs - when we can go about …
For many TP the first years of medical transition can be difficult & ‘passing’ may not be easy. But we almost all get to a point - some of us within 12mths, some in 5yrs - when we can go about …
6. … our daily lives without anyone imagining our medical history, which incidentally is - like everyone else’s - private & protected by Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Those with an intersex condition are also impacted by the SCt ruling, & it’s naive…
Those with an intersex condition are also impacted by the SCt ruling, & it’s naive…
7. … ‘high school level biology class’ defining of ‘biological’ sex, which the SCt refused to clarify - probably because they knew they couldn’t.
It certainly makes no account for the large variety of recognised forms of intersex condition, from the classic chromosomal…
It certainly makes no account for the large variety of recognised forms of intersex condition, from the classic chromosomal…
8. … & hormonal variations, more complex cases such as gonadal mosaicism, & the impact on the body & brain of conditions such as PCOS, CAIS, PCAIS, Congenital Adrenal hypoplasia, & many others.
People known to have intersex conditions in many ways face more complex forms…
People known to have intersex conditions in many ways face more complex forms…
9. … of prejudice than even Trans people
The right to privacy is a claim that can be made by anyone involved with a civil court case, if the individual can show the consequences of publicity would impact their safety or right to privacy about a medical condition.
Making …
The right to privacy is a claim that can be made by anyone involved with a civil court case, if the individual can show the consequences of publicity would impact their safety or right to privacy about a medical condition.
Making …
10. … sure justice can take place, is as (if not more) important than seeing justice is done.
These applicants are not making their claim for ‘clicks’ or for donated £s which are ultimately unaccounted for
They are seeking justice & must be able to do so without the sort of…
These applicants are not making their claim for ‘clicks’ or for donated £s which are ultimately unaccounted for
They are seeking justice & must be able to do so without the sort of…
11. … vile assaults on personal privacy that we have seen GC F’s & the media encouraged towards Dr Beth Upton.
Justice must never become an inaccessible service by inadvertently encouraging opportunities for prejudice & discrimination to be multiplied & monetised
Justice must never become an inaccessible service by inadvertently encouraging opportunities for prejudice & discrimination to be multiplied & monetised
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