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Whatever happened to...loose ends, not forgotten

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NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2019 08:49

The Jameela Jamil thread being bumped reminded me there are several issues that have dropped off the radar that I’m sure certain people are hoping will just be forgotten. So does anyone have an update on (apologies if missed):

• Jess Bradley getting penis out in public
• NSPCC wanking at work guy
• NSPCC follow up on safeguarding, relationship with Bergdorf etc
• anything further from the National Theatre regarding homophobia

I emailed Cricket Australia, that was only last week, but I don’t expect a reply. Do we just accept that on some issues we will never see resolution? One thing I really don’t want to get lost, personally, is the investigation into the Tavistock.

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aliasundercover · 13/08/2019 10:35

Yeah, I’d love to find out what happened to wank-at-work guy.
I’m sure his employers would like to sit on it until it’s all forgotten.

2BthatUnnoticed · 13/08/2019 10:20

Did NSPCC ever publicly distance themselves from Protasia, or not make any comment?

(There was only a tenuous link, being a couple of their employees following them on Twitter, but I expected a bland statement that employees can follow whomever)

ProbablyShouldntbut · 13/08/2019 09:37

Jess Bradley getting penis out in public

The NUS end of that - Bradley was suspended from post. The post though was an elected one and Bradley term of office has now expired.

Bradley has therefore 'left the building' and officially no longer an NUC concern.

I'm sure I read somewhere that NUS were scaling back their 'trans inclusion' effort - but that seemed to be more about lack of funds than anything else

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NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2019 09:30

I haven’t received a reply Hmm

If I were you WhatWould I would email back and ask why, if they are not mandatory, does if state:

Affiliated Associations, Clubs or Indoor Centres must permit players to participate in Community Cricket competitions in accordance with their Gender Identity, whether or not this accords with the sex they were assigned at birth, subject to the following...”

Why must if not mandatory?

I think it’s an example of deflection and postponement, hoping everything just blows over.

TufVoyaging thanks for that. Still needs to be kept an eye on.

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TufVoyaging · 13/08/2019 09:10

Jess Bradley was under criminal investigation

Whatever happened to...loose ends, not forgotten
WhatWouldBarbaraCastleDo · 13/08/2019 08:59

I did get an email from Cricket Australia. It was from a comms officer:

"Thanks for your email.

One thing that I’d like to point out is that we launched guidelines for the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in Australian Cricket. They are not mandatory for clubs to implement. The simply provide guidance and support for clubs to help them to provide safe and welcoming environments if they are approached to include a transgender or gender diverse person at their cricket club. They were modelled on the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Guidelines for the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in sport developed alongside Sport Australia, launched in June this year. Ultimately, it is the decision of a club if it chooses to implement the guidelines, or go beyond.

Participation in sport is a fundamental human right and the guidelines support the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in the game. Under Federal and State and Territory law it is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of sex or gender identity in sport, unless an exemption applies. These exemptions do not apply to under 12 competitions, where discrimination on sex or gender identity is unlawful. These guidelines are provided to clubs to ensure that, if a transgender or gender diverse person wishes to participate in their club that they consider these fundamental obligations.

Finally, these guidelines are version one of many, that we will revise annually like all our policies. We believe we’ve got it right after working with the experts in the medical, government and LGBTI spheres. But this is no doubt an evolving policy space.

Let me know if you want to chat through any of this in more depth and I’d be pleased to have a further conversation with you."