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Theresa May backs self ID

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Slimthistime · 18/10/2017 22:20

apparently, she said this at a dinner tonight

www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/18/theresa-may-plans-to-let-people-change-gender-without-medical-checks

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drwitch · 18/10/2017 22:48

So I have been thinking about why Tories are so supportive of the trans agenda and I think it is because like the limited social mobility in the 19th century which had new comers to wealth always trying to pass as old money it actually serves to cement rather than break down tradition and gender roles

FirstShinyRobe · 18/10/2017 22:48

Yes, sorry for all those gender dysphoric people for whom medical intervention is a panacea, but the logical conclusion to that stance is no more funding from the state.

I seriously don't get it. What's the hook that is making so many people in power lose all rationality?

busyboysmum · 18/10/2017 22:46

It's incredibly annoying virtue signalling. Has she not considered prisons, sports etc?

AssassinatedBeauty · 18/10/2017 22:41

Why is so much misinformation propagated on this? It's bizarre, things are being discussed as fact and you can't raise it with anyone because you get branded transphobic and bigoted immediately.

MrsKCastle · 18/10/2017 22:41

Sadly, I think this is going through, like it or not. It's portrayed as purely a tolerance issue, people believe that we must allow self ID because anything else would be cruel and bigoted.

Datun · 18/10/2017 22:38

She is so ill informed. There are no invasive medical tests for fuck’s sake.

If she is determined not to have it treated as an illness, then I take it treatment will not be provided by the NHS.

And how on earth is removing the criteria for gender dysphoria going to affect discrimination?

I also suspect she has absolutely no idea exactly how many MPs have been written to about this. I sincerely hope enough have got to grips with the issue to provide her with some opposition.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 18/10/2017 22:34

I just wish the people pushing this would take a moment to actually think about what it all means.

I live in hope that there are enough sensible people in the Parliament to ensure that this never becomes law.

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Slimthistime · 18/10/2017 22:32

It doesn't look as if you can

for a minute there, I thought you meant me - I did actually hit post too soon Grin

my mum keeps telling me this is bonkers it can't possibly happen - but clearly it will. I wonder what happens when women start to self ID as men.

It seems like there's no politician left who isn't just going along with this - my feeling is they might not agree with it, but can't be seen to be disagreeing with it.

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busyboysmum · 18/10/2017 22:23

Can you comment on that article? Because it's so annoying I would really like to comment. The one thing you would have thought you could rely on the bloody Tories to do would be not to push this stupid agenda.