Does your Local Authority Equality Policy exclude sex as a protected characteristic?

Between us, I reckon we could cover most authorities, local and county. If they get multiple letters, even better.

Sex/gender here too. I’ll be writing to them.

WPUK tweet
twitter.com/Womans_Place_UK/status/1005005753332195329

mine has gone for sex/gender fudge and lists gender reassignment/identity higher up the list. muppets

The North Yorks county council one is worded differently to the LA one

The Equality Act 2010 says that we must not treat people unfairly because of age, disability, sex (gender), gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership. These are called “protected characteristics”.

I shall suggest that the word in brackets ie (gender) needs to be removed for legal clarity

Not sure how to do a properly linky to HerFemaleness, there is a list on Women's Place Twitter thread.

Is it a list list, or is it people just popping up in the thread to say whether their local council says sex or gender? I'm seeing the latter but nothing like the former.

Liverpool city council says sex(gender). It includes gender reassignment but also includes gender identity.
liverpool.gov.uk/council/strategies-plans-and-policies/equality-diversity-and-cohesion/policy-statement/

I'm actually in Sefton the old policy looked correct but there has just been a consultation to update it so we will have to wait for that one.

Yes, I suppose even if the motivating factor behind the use of gender instead of sex was squeamishness over the word sex, and the policy is using gender as a synonym for sex, it paves the way to the removal of sex based rights for women.

Most people don't have a gender, they have a sex that was observed at birth. I am sure using the incorrect term gender instead of sex may be about IT blocking porn, this has to stop.

A small number of people identify with identity issues, they can be related to sex, disability race and so forth. The Labour party allows white able bodied middle-class males to identify into various protected characteristic roles within the party.

Has anybody looked to see if trans activists are dismantling other protected groups in the same ways as they are sex?

Not sure how to do a properly linky to HerFemaleness, there is a list on Women's Place Twitter thread.

I personally do not have a gender, therefore the wording using gender wouldn’t cover me in a case where I am disadvantaged due to being a woman. My sex, however, is immutable, so using sex not gender is vital

The Scottish Government"Equalties Research Team" also seems to have created their own list of protected characteristics...

www.gov.scot/Topics/Research/by-topic/equalities

Because our sex is the reason that females are discriminated against/abused/have specific medical procedures etc., not gender. Gender doesn’t exist except as a social construct, so the wording is vital because it recognises that there are sex specific reasons for some facilities, not gender. If gender is used, any Tom, Dick or Harry can roll up to a provision meant for females and demand entry

If it didn't matter why are transactivists doing it?

They want to erase the legal declaration that SEX is the reason for discrimination.

Would it be worth compiling a comprehensive list of all the councils and whether they use sex or gender, or both.

I guess what I'm really asking is, does it make a material difference whether a council uses sex or gender as a protected characteristic?
Obviously it does in the case of Cambridge where a transgender activist has personally targeted exemptions made in the EA2010, but how about in councils where there isn't a push to remove the exemptions?

I think Sarah Brown is also involved in that embarrassing Lib Dem twitter account. I don't think SB is actually a councillor anymore though? Ran in the last local election but lost I think.

Sarah Brown? Is this a LD Transwoman who asks women to do things to their genitals, and who has an interesting home life? Was Sarah Brown defended by a Labour transwoman - women's officer, who reported a long term female labour councillor and DV expert, because they beat a transwoman and were protecting children by promoting NHS Tavistock gender unit aproved,Transgender trend document?

So mine says Sex (gender)

Mine too. It does go on to separate the two in a paragraph further down (in to sex and gender reassignment). I think the fact they put sex (gender) is enough to warrant a compliant as they’ve changed the legal wording

So mine says Sex (gender)

They really don't understand the difference do they?

Brighton by anychance bananas?? My nhs trust fortunately still use the word sex in their privacy and dignity policy - thus as women or men we have the right to request and be treated by someone of the same sex wherever possible.

OneHourTwentyFourMinutes
There is a list started by Kathleen Stock, see Twitter link above. Might be good if at some point any list here and there could be combined.

Link to the significant thread re Cambridge CC started by Jean Hatchet with comments by Sarah Brown:

twitter.com/FeministRoar/status/1004787029492797441

Jean's twitter is @ JeanHatchet

good call R0wantrees

What is known about the Cambridge councillor, what party do they represent?

@ROwantrees Do you want to list each CC that is breaching the EA on sex?

twitter.com/Docstockk/status/1004864074285551616

creating a list