Today the ONS has taken down its old guidance on how to collect data on gender identity. /1

“This interim guidance page has been created to replace our previous guidance about gender identity”

analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/g… The ONS messed up the gender identity question in the Census leading the data to be downgraded from official stats. New work is ongoing to create a harmonised standard approach across government. /2

Thread: German applicants can now get a UK GRC using self-ID.

The UK Government is in no rush to close this self-ID loophole and has instead committed to an 'annual review'.

Thank you @Baronessjenkin for submitting this Parliamentary Question /1

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi… We asked whether they plan to remove Germany from the list of approved countries for the overseas route of gender recognition after the German Self-Determination Act comes into force on 1 November.

They said GR systems in other countries "constantly change" and it would update the "list annually".

/2

Breaking News: Census data on trans population downgraded by Stats Regulator. /1

“We consider that there is sufficient evidence that the gender identity question in the census has underperformed, with some groups of people being more likely than others to misunderstand the question.”

osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/osr-publi… Analysis by Professor Michael Biggs showed flaws in the data triggering this investigation. Public struggled to understand a complicated question about gender identities matching sex registered at birth. Result was lots of people saying they are trans by mistake and inflating the figures /2

BREAKING NEWS: Taiwan is trying to silence Fair Play For Women because we called their boxer "male".

Read the story here by @tom_morgs @Telegraph /1

telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2024/08… @Tom_Morgs @Telegraph More details here including our correspondence with the Taiwanese embassy and the UK Foreign office. /2

fairplayforwomen.com/taiwan-attempt…

Khelif (XY male) vs Suwannapheng (female).

Semi-final starts soon. Follow this thread for live updates. /1

Suwannapheng is a phenomenal female boxer. Silver medalist in World Championships last year. Will her female talent be enough to overcome the male sex advantage of her opponent? /2

“Following many complaints from several coaches, boxers agreed to gender testing. Blood sample collection was made on 17 May 2022”.

“The laboratory detected results that didn’t match the eligibility criteria for IBA women’s events.” /1

iba.sport/news/iba-clari… “The lawyers advised to monitor the situation and to contact the IOC. IBA informed the IOC representatives about these tests, but no reaction followed from the IOC side.” /2

THREAD: Press conference from International Boxing federation about to start. Follow this thread for updates /1

https://twitter.com/IBA_Boxing/status/1820364913639891106

About to begin /2

The vital we all understand that the IOC are gender ideologues.

Listen carefully, they have never disputed that sex testing shows the boxers are XY male. It's that they *don't care* if they are XY male. The IOC believes sex doesn't matter. /1 The IOC framework states "no presumption of advantage". /2

stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document…

The most shameful 46s in Olympic history. Today the IOC allowed a male boxer to fight this brave woman Angela Carini. Here she is walking out to the ring to face a man. /1 Her opponent is Imane Khelif. Disqualified by the boxing federation for failing sex tests but allowed by the IOC. Chromosomal tests confirmed Khelif is not XX female. /2

Angela Carini (blue, female) abandons fight against Imane Khelif (red, male) a few minutes into fight /1 A couple of punches to the head and it’s all over. /2

BREAKING: New EHRC guidance relating to ‘women-only’ job adverts.

“A ‘sex-based’ occupational requirement to be a woman under Schedule 9 cannot include transgender women who have not obtained a GRC” /1

equalityhumanrights.com/guidance/guida… We have been calling for this guidance for a long time. We have been reporting rogue employers each time they misuse the law by advertising for ‘self-identifying women’ to fill women-only roles. /2

https://twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1645379870019444737

THREAD
In March the @EHRC promised to publish new guidance to stop employers mis-stating the law on female-only job adverts. We had reported numerous breaches over 2 years /1

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/1… The EHRC also said it would ‘enforce’ the law and would take ‘urgent action’ when problems are reported. We reported ‘Survivors Network’ who said ‘being female’ was a requirement but ‘this post is open to self-identifying women’ /2

Today we have published the first ever report on the impact of trans inclusion in sport in the UK.
It shows a widespread problem, affecting many women and girls all over the country, at all levels, from juniors to masters and at all levels of competition and participation. 1/11 Women and girls are being put at risk and their legitimate concerns disregarded.

They’ve been intimidated and silenced. This report gives them a voice. 2/11
fairplayforwomen.com/new-report-how…

THREAD:
Despite clear law to the contrary, female police officers are required to perform intimate searches on men - if that man says he identifies as a woman /1 The law says SAME SEX ONLY but the Statutory Code prioritises GENDER IDENTITY. This is yet another example of bad guidance corrupting policy contrary to the law /2

BREAKING NEWS: Schools told they must record the SEX of all pupils in England /1

gov.uk/guidance/compl…
Every term schools in England must submit data to the DfE. This is known as the School Census. The DfE determines what data is required by law.

In recent years, sex data had been replaced by "self-declared" gender /2

THREAD:
Yesterday we received an email from a woman who had checked the meaning of a “woman-only” fitness class at her local gym. With permission, we’re sharing the story verbatim. Well done that woman 💪… /1 “Warrington's major sports centre is run by a company called LiveWire. They are widely publicising "women only fitness classes", saying how "empowering" these will be because they are "women only"…. /2

warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23276518.…

NEWSPAPERS:

Fair Play For Women has been lobbying the U.K. Press Regulator @IpsoNews to update its transgender reporting guidance for over 2 years /1

fairplayforwomen.com/ipso-failing-w… We have had multiple meetings with the chair, head of complaints and the head of standards and regulation. In 2020 the head of IPSO promised updated guidance was on the way /2

ipso.co.uk/news-press-rel…

#census2021
48K people over 16 identified as "transwoman" in the 2021 Census for England and Wales.

Of those a whopping 32K (2/3rds) said their sex was FEMALE /1

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… Following our successful court challenge the judge forced the ONS to amend its guidance accompanying the question "What is your sex?"

Guidance confirmed "sex" means "sex as
recorded on a birth certificate or Gender Recognition Certificate" /2

fairplayforwomen.com/sex-in-the-cen…

THREAD: Supporters of the Scottish GRR bill are now spinning a crazy narrative to push the UK government into accepting self-ID south of the border. They are trying to impose their bad law not just on Scottish women, but on women in England and Wales too. /1

https://twitter.com/scottishgreens/status/1601320783715991553

For a Scottish GRC to be recognised outside Scotland, the UK Government will have to agree. @RishiSunak and @KemiBadenoch must say NO otherwise they are giving away enhanced rights to prisoners and school children to access female only spaces /2
fairplayforwomen.com/self-id-by-bac…

1. of 10. If you thought @BritishRowing policy was bad, have a look at @usrowing usrowing.org/documents/2022… 2. You pick your "gender" at the start of the season, and you're done. No more fair racing for females then, because any male can declare themselves a woman and race in women's and girls' events.

Mark Coles @BBCRadio4 profiled Women and Equalities Minister @KemiBadenoch tonight. Disappointingly inaccurate /1

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Mark Coles interviewed disgraced ex-BBC LGBT correspondant Ben Hunte telling listeners Kemi is anti-trans. Also claimed she has stopped the CT bill without giving listeners any context about potential harms. /2