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Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD, DLaws, FAcSS, Profile picture
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Aug 11 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1. @jenni65714 I think the EqAct has worked extremely well

The EqAct exemptions can be used by genuine single or separate sex services as a defence, if a TP who is not employed, or refused a service, then brings litigation over those matters
- & they have worked
2. No S/SS service has been threatened with litigation over an exclusion as no TP has sought to bring a case to court

The Court cases have been brought by women & relate to their right to hold a belief

This is a manufactured moral panic. How often do women come across …
3. … a TW in a loo or changing area??

My wife says that as a women who hangs out with TP, in 50yrs she’s probably only 4 or 5 times been in a loo at the same time as a TW, & she has never felt unsafe.

The so css as led ‘chill factor’ that was brought up repeatedly in the ….
4. … the FWS case simply doesn’t exist.

The case gave importance in the decision to a manufactured crisis - a non existent problem.

I think the Govt should have some leadership over this & tell the EHRC it will not accept any proposals that do not respect the …
5. … autonomy, dignity & legal recognition TP have obtained.

Once Falkner has departed from the EHRC, they can shelve any proposals & we should carry on as normal

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Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD, DLaws, FAcSS, Profile picture
Jul 31
1. Peggi has brought this case in an employment tribunal & so it can only be brought against an employer

Remember Allison Bailey’s claim against. Her chambers 3 Garden Court & Stonewall

Bailey did not win any award from Stonewall - because they were not her employer …
2. Dr Upton was not Peggi’s employer

Peggi would have to sue Dr Upton in the sessional courts & show Dr Upton directly caused detriment to Peggi by discriminating against her because she had a protected characteristic.

Dr Upton did nothing except report harassment by Peggi …
3. Reporting an alleged act if harassment or discrimination is a protected act under the Equality Act. - Provided it wasn’t done so falsely or vindictively, it is lawful

Further Dr Upton did not refuse access to Peggi to any space - changing room or toilet ..
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Jul 22
1. Everyone has heard of detransitioners - most you see online were not assessed, never started transition, or took pbs or x-sex hormones

Worldwide thousands have taken the step of permanently living in their affirmed gender

98.3%+ are overall satisfied with their decision. 1/4
2. L Of the 1.7% who are not satisfied, reasons given include stigma, family oppression, prejudice, discrimination, harassment, disappointment in effect of hormone therapies, or poor surgery results

Under 3% of the 1.7% detransition

Reasons given include …
3. … stigma, family oppression, prejudice, discrimination, harassment, cost, & length of wait to access gender healthcare

92% of those who detransition choose to retransition at a later date - when they have successfully managed the issues that led to their detransition. ..
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Jul 20
1. For the record I took the hit for agreeing to Schedule 3, paragraph 28 etc of the EqAct 2010

I accepted Rape Crisis’s argument that there could be some circumstances where it might be appropriate to exclude TM&W from a Single/Seperate Sex service if legitimate & proportionate
2. But the Schedules are about vulnerable women in certain settings - hence the legitimate & proportionate basis

It was never about toilet stalls, changing rooms or showers with separate cubicles

There was no assumption that TP were predators. The assumption was that …
3. … in some settings catering for the needs of women who had been abused by c-1-s men, they might prefer to not have either a male appearing TM or a TW who appeared masculine

In fact no organisation providing such services to vulnerable women, here in the UK has felt …
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Jul 19
1. Brains are part of our biology which
- maintain our life form,
- are the basis our sentience ie, our consciousness,
- contribute to structuring our thoughts, &
- ultimately our sense of self

Without a brain we would not exist

As for brain sex differences;- 1/6🧵
2. There are 64 sex dimorphic (ie different in each sex) nuclei; groups of cells, in human brains

What SDNs do, is not yet known

Limited research into 1 SDN: the BST, has shown cells do not change
- post-birth
- w/ hormone therapy

But a BST in TW resembles that in non-T women
3. Similar results have been shown when examining grey & white mass & structures in trans & non- trans men & women

& when researching the genome of trans & non-trans men & women, a portion of the human genome is unique to Trans men.

Science has not ascertained why …
Read 7 tweets
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Jul 11
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…
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 …
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 …
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Jul 6
1. I am a 70yr old trans(sexual) man. I transitioned 50yrs ago

1975 I read academic literature (eg DJ West) which claimed 4% to 10% of boys/men enjoy crossdressing for sexual pleasure

The same literature claimed approx 1% of people born male bodied will be transgender …
2. … or what was referred to as transsexual in 1975

There is a general confusion today around where the line lies between crossdresser & a person who is trans (& who will transition)

I understand that confusion then calls into question which people ‘have the right’…
3. … to publicly present in their preferred/sexual choice of clothing & who is a trans woman

First, societies across the world have changed their views on acceptable clothing. I am on holiday & here I see young people wearing what is little more than underwear, …
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