The essence of personal identity is the mind. Shouldn’t we talk about people’s identity rather than their sex or gender? Not what people “identify as” but what their true identity is. People’s true identity is not their outward appearance but what the mind involuntarily dictates.
No but you can get a birth certificate that shows a different sex than the one you were born with and you are then entitled to the legal protections that go with that.
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1. Yes but my point is, that to get a blue badge I would have to be disabled and there are measurable criteria for what would constiute a disability. Self id means that a person can change their birth certificate with no measurable criteria.
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2. And the bigger problem is that ANYONE could then use a sex protected space, whether or not they have changed their birth certificate. It would be hardly be reasonable to genuine transexuals or to women, to expect them to ask ppl using these spaces for a birth certificate.
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How could anyone do that then and not now?
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If legislation changes to allow self id the existing criteria will not be needed. I have worked with predatory men (Probation/Social Services) and can assure you that some of them will use any ooporunity to predate on women. That is why women want sex protected spaces.
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