ForwomenScot have been granted permission for a Judicial Review of the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act 2018.

Well they want to take our name " woman" away so they have to replace it with something and it would appear that Ms Ross has chosen that new name " bitches"

Just over the half way mark towards the target!

And here's another example of why it's so important: Incredibly a MSP was on Twitter last night calling women "bitches" for not showing respect and kindness over preferred pronoun use. The same MSP who was on the Committee that changed the definition of "woman" on the GRPBA without proper Parliamentary scrutiny or public consultation.

There is a cost to women. The Government has made it so, by weaponising pronoun use as a defining quality of what a woman is. Being "kind" could see a woman passed over for a position reserved for a member of her sex because she was kind to a colleague.

Fantastic response by FWS: twitter.com/ForwomenScot/status/1319846563032780800

This whole mess so needs to be challenged in court.

Shows why this judicial review is so important.

Sunlight and fresh air..

They are rather blatant about it, aren't they? This time they've not even bothered to try and change the legislation to redefine women to their liking, but have just gone ahead and done what they wanted regardless.

Bumping this as I think this Times Article shows just why this action is crucial. The SNP are determined to break the law and are quite blatant about it.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anger-over-trans-woman-on-all-female-snp-shortlist-092x6jw9t

If FWS win the case, this is going to cause a real dilemma. If the Scottish Government wanted to challenge they would have to go to a higher court which would be one of the higher UK courts. Now I think Nicola Sturgeon would rather eat her own arm than have to go through a UK court.

Lots and lots of sunlight either way

Redefining woman to include any male who decides they are a woman will strip away any protections women have under anti- sex discrimination legislation.
Vitally important judicial review.

Wasn't Jennifer James taking legal action on AWSL? Or was that for something else? Did that ever come to anything?

Still ongoing, latest update I had from her.

"It is vital, not only for Scotland but for the wider UK, that equality law cannot be ignored or set aside in this manner.”

During stage two of the legislative process, following representations from Scottish Trans Alliance, the definition of “woman” in the bill was altered to include people who have not changed their legal sex to ‘female’ using a gender recognition certificate (GRC) and to exclude some people who remain female in law – those transitioning to live as men, but who do not have a GRC.

Wasn't Jennifer James taking legal action on AWSL? Or was that for something else? Did that ever come to anything?

This is so important!

It looks like this could set precedent in E&W as well as Scotland, so EqA couldn't be undermined by stealth in other legislation.

Keep bumping that crowdfunder!

The case has been written up in Scottish Legal News.

And the Crowd Justice fundraiser could do with a bit of a bumping too for anyone on Twitter.

Bump!

Whoops

By the definition, I guess I am not woman as my Sainsbury's account is mr midge

In light of this definition of woman in the dreadful act: "always using female pronouns; using a female name on official documents such as a driving licence or passport, or on utility bills or bank accounts", it's rather fascinating that Mridul Wadhwa - the legally male manager of a rape crisis centre who has now taken a spot on a all woman shortlist - has a name that, in India, is a boy's name.

I know wings are not everyone's cup of tea, but this is a zinger of an article on MW and shows the direction of travel in the SNP wingsoverscotland.com/waiting-for-the-men/

I wonder if the SNP will draw up an approved list of "female" names. Does the former FM's name, Alex, count, I wonder...?

Seems highly likely.

Shirley Ann Somerville. I wrote to her a year or so ago on the subject of GRA reform. I have an obviously female first name. The reply was addressed to 'Mr Arabella Scott'. (I dont use titles, will have signed with my name). Just deliberate misgendering; so utterly childish, it made a very clear mockery of the pretence of 'be kind and inclusive'.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4053719-Elections-in-Scotland-next-year

I can't seem to open Times link but maybe you can

Looks like Shirley Ann Somerville who was in charge of GRA reform might be having difficulty in getting reselected. Article in Times. Makes a change from the attempts to get rid of anyone remotely GC.

Thanks Charley.
" Men would never do that! " say the transactivists.

Well as they would say up here "Aye right!

It was intended to ensure that at least 50% of all candidates are female, because women are hugely underrepresented in Mexico. The lawmakers were persuaded to allow Muxes, that is males who present and/or behave in feminine ways, to take slots otherwise reserved for female candidates. There is no justification for this either, just as there is none for the Scottish law including males, but in any case it was immediately and massively abused.

Men did find other ways to undermine the law, but self-identifying as women is the easiest and most popular.