This is what I believe about sex and gender identity...... My witness statement to the tribunalhttps://medium.com/@MForstater/claimants-witness-statement-abe3e8073b41 …
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EA2010 states a person is protected by law even if they are "proposing" to undergo the process of "gender reassignment" by changing "other attributes of sex". These "other attributes" can be purely presentational. EHRC Statutory Code of Practice page 34 gives practical examples
Yes they are protected by law against discrimination because of the protected characteristic 'gender reassignment'. They shouldn't lose their job, be harassed, be refused service in a restaurant etc... This does not mean that the protected characteristic of sex has changed.
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People have lots of different protected characteristics. Age, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment. This doesn't change *other* characteristics. If a service is for women it can exclude all men - whatever age, disability, sexuality and whatever they are wearing!
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Agreed, the protected characteristic of "sex" has not changed, but it means a transwoman (which includes a male who has had no medical changes) is regarded as the female sex in law. Fundamentally it is about the mental-health based rights of males to express their femininity
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No it doesn't. If the protected characteristic of sex has not changed, then the protected characteristic of sex has not changed. The protected characteristic of sex says nothing about men not being allowed to 'express femininity' (because that would be sexist twaddle)
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