Emails to Liz Truss and the response of the Government Equalities Office

I have wondered if letters sent by mail rather than email might be more likely to be seen by ministers.

Great letters though, MrsSnippy.

Let’s hope the Tories have noted the knots RL-B, LN, et all have tied themselves into.

Go MrsSnippy go!

Perhaps time for those of us with Conservative MPs to write on similar lines. And perhaps the rest of us to write directly to the Minister. I know from my time in the Civil Service that it is the volume of correspondence that can make a difference.

Whilst we are distracted by the Labour Party, this is the main battle

Absolutely.

MrsSnippy
Your letters are brilliant. The responses are utterly dire. They are indicative of an obtuse failure to recognize that self id directly impacts women's rights to sex segregated spaces. The focus is once again on the tiny minority rather than 51 per cent of the population. How this lobby is able to wield such influence over policies across the political spectrum is profoundly undemocratic. I think you should contact any media sources you know. Who voted for this? It has zero public support

Yeah. So many letters and so much time, for nothing.
I would chain myself to railings, but not with my aged bladder, and if I went on strike no one would notice.
I am open to suggestions though.

In awe of your letter writing abilities MrsSnippy

I'm so sick of this shit. I think the time for letter writing is over.

Right, you've spurred me on to write to my MP.

I think I want to go down the route of asking how the proposed GRA changes would ensure that women's spaces would be protected from men with bad intentions who claim to be trans. I'd also like to make a point of definitions of different types of trans identifying men (particularly AGP) and ask whether they think they should all have access to women's spaces, and how under current or proposed law they/we can tell which ones are to be allowed into women's spaces and which ones not.

Perhaps also throw in a bit about could they confirm if they think that women should be allowed to discuss concerns about safety in women's spaces without being threatened with violence or silenced (RE WPUK meetings but also side eye at MNHQ who have made some decisions on the subject that seem informed by TRA bully groups more than women. )

Thoughts welcome - what else should I include?

Excellent emails, ridiculous answers!

Bloody hell

Fabulous letters though! mine tend to wander into the raving category as once I start I can’t stop

trans people is not correct. Transexual people, with a GRC may be treated as women under the Equality act, bar the exemptions therein.

I would also ask about the proposed maximum number of transexual people, for whom the law was intended (I believe the region of 5000 was discussed in the Lords prior to the law being granted) and the number of 'transgender people currently (some give figures of up to 1% of the population, although I think that was a few years back - some schools have reported levels amongst the young as high as 10%) and how the impact on womens single sex services is vastly different

And why the need to change a birth certificate, which records sex (and could, if pushed, be verified by XX, XY markers if we wish to remove any ambiguity caused by this madness, plus also identify the tiny number of intersex - could this be part of the heel prick test?) when they have stated that they are clearly NOT transexuals and are changing their GENDER markers.

perhaps the equality act needs to bring in, rather than the obviously confusing their little brains, sex and gender protections, stick to single chromosomal services. This also would work well for medical stuff.

Whilst we are distracted by the Labour Party, this is the main battle.

I believe they do rogdmum. I think they can just forward your letter to the minister asking for comments.

I should add, to say that my MP is unlikely to consider my point of view would be a massive understatement. Is it still worth my contacting them- I.e. would they have to pass my questions onto the relevant minister or could they just ignore my email?

MrsSnippyPants If any of us wanted to write supporting emails (as individuals affected by the issue) who would you recommend we contact? Liz Truss still? I have lost track of who is responsible for what!

Yes GEO we see you.

If you have the stomach for it, it’s better to write to your MP and ask them to ask the minister to respond to your points. That way the minister has to see and sign the letter. It’s still written by the CS but as it’s MP to MP the minister gets involved.

I would literally ask the minister to comment on whether considerations such as dignity and privacy are being disregarded now as this is what this letter implies.

And thanks Mrs Snippy - great letter. Mine have been a little more 'ragey' I'm afraid.

Could we try to get an appointment with Kemi Badenoch? She is the new Minister for Women is she not? Working under Liz Truss?