My briefing argues (1) this must cover the full scope of the single sex exemptions - this is not just about refuges and rape crisis centres (2) It must follow the protected characteristic of sex in @2010Equality
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Last week the Women & Equalities Select Committee agreed with what @fairplaywomen & @Womans_Place_UK and 1000s of women have been saying : we need clear guidance on what @2010Equality says about single sex services and @EHRC should provide ithttps://fairplayforwomen.com/single-sex/
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(3) It should reject the idea of case-by-case assessments of individuals who are of the opposite sex (4) It should reject the criteria of "passing" introduced in previous guidance which is inhumane and potentially humiliating for all
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(5) It should make clear that trans inclusion in public life does not require undermining the integrity, clarity and security of single sex services
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It should reject the idea that it is ‘transphobic’ to recognise the protected characteristic of sex, and include ‘gender critical’ women and women’s organisations in the development of the new guidance.
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@EHRC already changed its advice last year. In developing new statutory guidance it must follow the Equality Act and not it's previous guidance.pic.twitter.com/43o82gMnN9
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The Women & Equalities Select Committee might also recognise that it's a nonsense to regard anyone's claimed gender as anything other than a form of self-expression and that it's no more incumbent on us to accept they've changed sex than that the moon's made of cheese.
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Who will decide what happens next? Who can we contact to get our views heard so it doesn't end up another Stonewall stitch up?
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I think first thing is to encourage the govt to respond to WESC report with a strong push to the EHRC for a new Code of Practice with broad scope (not just refuges) & clarity about protected characteristic of sex -- i'm going to write to Victoria Atkins and my MP for a start
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Great. We all keep thinking that common sense and rationality has to prevail eventually. So important. Thank you.
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