Fighting for the rights of lesbians - real lesbians
Feb 24 • 94 tweets • 15 min read
Day 2: Morning
Winnette (*Celia Winnette, for the AHRC, who yesterday I had been calling 'Bell' all afternoon) continuing.
Starts by addressing the judge's question from yesterday about the justices' reasons in Lifestyle Communities and ADI. In relation to the purpose of...
the applicants' conduct, and how it is different from the subjective intentions of the applicant.
As backdrop: the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) prohibits discrimination because differentiation and exclusion on the basis of protected characteristics is incompatible with...
Feb 23 • 96 tweets • 14 min read
Day 1: Afternoon
Blake (for LAG) continuing with ground 3. (See quote tweet for morning thread).
In General Recommendation No. 28 from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [hereafter the committee] there is a distinction between sex and gender,
where it is clear that sex is biological, and gender is about the roles and meanings of sex. Sex is the biological class; gender is the social meaning.
Mentions intersectionality, understood as additional factors that intersect to affect different women differently.
Feb 23 • 85 tweets • 12 min read
DAY 1: Morning
Judge: Justice Moshinsky
For LAG: Leigh Howard & Megan Blake
For AHRC: Dr Bell
Preliminaries about relation to Tickle v Giggle (TvG) case awaiting final appeal decision (especially relating to LAG's grounds 3 & 4 (more on these soon) – AHRC side says it’s appropriate to wait, LAG side says to go ahead (I think). Judge suggests arguing points as best...
