What is there to discuss?
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It's not just about single-sex spaces. Holders of a GRC count as "new" sex for statistical purposes, to access measures designed to redress sexual inequality, etc. Also not just about the law as lots of orgs e.g. Labour are acting "before" the law (i.e. illegally) now.
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It's not illegal as there is no law that says they can't. Each instance where it *may* be appropriate to exclude trans people must be taken on a case-by-case basis. They've obviously decided that it is not appropriate to exclude them. It's their right to do so.
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I think it will turn out to be illegal - because AWS by self-ID excludes people on the basis of their beliefs, which is not a legal use of the exceptions in the EA. But I guess we need to wait for the court case.
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My guess regarding AWS? It'll be left up to each party to decide for themselves. A solution that helps no one but means no one has to give a definitive answer. But yes. We will just have to wait.
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That would be very interesting - feels unlikely to me though. If your sex is determined by the rules of the organisation you're engaging with, surely nobody is protected by the EA?
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This what's leaving me confused. Now have the impression that all the boundaries are in effect already locally policed.
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Some local definitions look much less legally justifiable than others. Spaces - only problem probably if you're advertising them as single-sex but they're actually open to anyone. Or if putting staff in position of deciding who's "really" trans. AWS - can't see how self-ID legal.
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Although thinking about it, maybe self-ID for ostensibly women-only spaces has same issue as for AWS, in that a man could say "you're excluding me on the basis of my beliefs". But unisex spaces would be legal.
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It is, though I don't think it does away with all the concerns that are now surfacing, even if some turn out to be more about the 2010 Act. Off to think.
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