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AlwaysTawnyOwl · 18/05/2020 14:49

Here’s a letter from Liz Truss to Baroness Nicholson received today

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happydappy2 · 18/05/2020 15:39

The elephant in the room, is the male bodied adult who holds a GRC so is legally a woman.
We need to stop issuing GRCs.

FleecyMoo · 18/05/2020 15:37

Sounds promising. I really hope that we can get the madness of centering men in every public and private space ended. Women and girls deserve to be protected. I would wholeheartedly support a third space for those suffering gender dysphoria or, alternatively, male facilities could be adapted or men taught to 'budge up' and 'be kind'.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 18/05/2020 15:33

Weird tweet from a man now at the end of the Twitter thingy. Like he has totally misunderstood or wants transwomen in female spaces cos ... boys need safeguarding too?

Perplexed !!

Michelleoftheresistance · 18/05/2020 15:31

Yeah, now confirm who is meant by 'women and girls' please.

Imnobody4 · 18/05/2020 15:20

Promising but as always the detail matters. Ability isn't requirement as others are saying. I'm concerned they will pull back from making single sex provision compulsory. If it's discretionary then that's really the status quo - no single sex provision in changing rooms, Centre Parcs, M & S etc etc . Women's refuges. Surely if there's a case for single sex it has to be compulsory in those circumstances.

JamieLeeCurtains · 18/05/2020 15:20

Thanks, Datun, just catching up now.

KaronAVyrus · 18/05/2020 15:04

This is great news.

Datun · 18/05/2020 14:58

That's definitely good news.

What will be interesting is when women get to see exactly what Liz Truss is going to do with the GRA.

Despite good intentions, I can't help be aware that a lot of times the implications of certain rules/laws don't necessarily always occur to the people formulating them.

Hopefully women's groups will see the draft, to get a sense of possible pitfalls.

And yes, wording is vital. Ability and requirement are two completely different concepts, as Twitter has already pointed out.

JamieLeeCurtains · 18/05/2020 14:52

Is that on Twitter yet?

CuriousaboutSamphire · 18/05/2020 14:51

Oooooh! Low tide?

Redshoeblueshoe · 18/05/2020 14:51

Good news indeed. Thanks for posting