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Hostelling Scotland allows men to self ID as women and have access to women's dorms and shower rooms

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leyat · 17/06/2018 16:01

ManFriday have a piece up about Hostelling Scotland allowing men to have full access to women's dorms and showering facilities - also without informing women that this is the case - so long as these men say they are women when they check in, effectively giving predatory men easy access to women where we are most vulnerable. Which is not only putting women in danger, but also now many women are going to have to self exclude, and since this is budget accommodation it will most likely disproportionately affect poorer women as well....manfridayuk.org/2018/06/15/a-scottish-hostelling-experience/

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LastGirlOnTheLeft · 17/06/2018 16:23

Stupid stupid stupid!!!!😡Thank Goddess for Man Friday!

leyat · 17/06/2018 16:18

Man Friday are doing great work highlighting all this, especially in highlighting that self ID is just happening now, before long a GRC is only gonna be needed to change a person's birth certificate and any other documentation depending on that, but that's it, it won't impact access in any way because self ID will be the way organisations and businesses approach how and where to include trans people. This is why we now need the Equality Act to be reopened and the exemptions to be updated (after carrying out impact assessments and consultation with women) in order to have imperatives in there in terms of female only spaces/services/initiatives etc, to uphold our equality. Self ID is forcing that, otherwise the UK and Scottish govts are gonna have to take a position that they don't care how this impacts on our participation, safety, equality and welfare....

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HermioneWeasley · 17/06/2018 16:08

FFS

loveyouradvice · 17/06/2018 16:06

Oh hell...not again... HOW can they be so stupid? Especially since, I understand, the YHA have "had problems with self-id" and are reviewing how they approach this...

Well done manfriday for targettting this as a powerful next campaign....

And I presume since it''s budget hostels they'll have a disproportionate number of young women as well... help!!!!