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Safeguarding and Adoption: A question?

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Needmoresleep · 27/09/2018 12:16

A genuine question.

Three or four years back I was talking to a lesbian who was going through all the checks needed to be an adoptive mother. She was not in a relationship, but said this did not matter. She was happy to adopt an older child, and there were always children who, because of prior experiences, the adoption agency wanted placed in all women households. For some children who might need a lot of individual attention, a single mother set up was perfect.

She was lovely and I would love to hear that it all worked out.

At what point will authorities be able to say Transwomen are not Women, or specify which Transwomen are Women. (Remember the Stonewall definition includes: transgender, transsexual, gender-queer (GQ), gender-fluid, non-binary, gender-variant, crossdresser, genderless, agender, nongender, third gender, two-spirit, bi-gender, trans man, trans woman,trans masculine, trans feminine and neutrois).

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NoSquirrels · 27/09/2018 12:31

Presumably this would come under the Equalities Act 'genuine reasons' for exclusion/discrimination.

But only if Social Workers understand and apply the law correctly, not misinterpret it or become scared of challenging it for fear of losing their jobs over being 'bigots'.

CecilyNeville · 27/09/2018 12:26

Really good question. We've seen that agencies will argue that raped and abused women have to accept that 'transwomen are women' in shelters and refuges. You'd think that even the most woke of social workers surely couldn't insist to a young person, abused by a male, that the seemingly male person in front of them who is a prospective carer/adopter is actually a woman.

However if there are any exceptions to the rule, then logically, transwomen aren't necessarily women.

IsTheRainEverComingBack · 27/09/2018 12:19

Well fuck.

I generally try and stay out of the trans debate here but this does need an answer.

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