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Gender Recognition Reform (or not?)
Jun. 17th, 2020 03:39 pmI wrote to my MP, the PM and the Government Equalities Office (ie Liz Truss) this week, as a result of the news from the Sunday Times that they are apparently planning to scrap the reform of Gender Recognition processes, and that they could be bringing in a "bathroom bill" that would prevent trans women from accessing women's toilets unless they have had genital surgery (and presumably also trans men from accessing men's toilets? Somehow this always gets glossed over!). Anyway, this is what I wrote:
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The letters to the PM and Liz Truss were very similar. I've not yet heard back from either PM or MP, but the Equalities Office have sent me a FAQ, which I share below:
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I am not terribly hopeful at this point that the government is not in fact going to make it harder for trans people to access appropriate spaces for their gender - and that the definition of "necessary and proportionate" exclusions is going to be one that is argued over for years to come.
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The letters to the PM and Liz Truss were very similar. I've not yet heard back from either PM or MP, but the Equalities Office have sent me a FAQ, which I share below:
( Read more... )
I am not terribly hopeful at this point that the government is not in fact going to make it harder for trans people to access appropriate spaces for their gender - and that the definition of "necessary and proportionate" exclusions is going to be one that is argued over for years to come.
