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Last few days to support For Women Scotland's fundraising

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SarahBeenysBikerJacket · 02/01/2021 17:20

Just spotted a tweet from Sarah Phillimore that the hearing is on 6th and 7th January, there is £18k to go to hit the target!

I thought/hoped some of you might be up for a bit of last minute seasonal digging to support them.

For those who don't know, FWS are challenging the Scottish Government's redefinition of "woman" to include men, whilst excluding some women. This has implications for the Equality Act throughout the UK.

Please google For Women Scotland and "judicial review" to find the page- Direct links to it here will result in the thread being removed.

Happy New Year to all the FWR gardeners; may this year be a fruitful one.

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OvaHere · 23/03/2021 12:22

Very disappointing. I'm not hugely surprised though. Scotland is such a mess with their dire treatment of women.

Shedbuilder · 23/03/2021 12:20

Grim news. I'm hoping that someone who understands legalese will be able to analyse this so that I can get a grip of what's going on.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 23/03/2021 12:18

Absolutely gutted Sad

Merename · 23/03/2021 12:14
Sad
Sexnotgender · 23/03/2021 12:13

😔

ArabellaScott · 23/03/2021 12:12

Hidden? Okay.

The judicial review failed.

twitter.com/ForwomenScot/status/1374330580473630721

ArabellaScott · 23/03/2021 12:08

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ArabellaScott · 23/03/2021 12:06

Confused nail biting

NonnyMouse1337 · 23/03/2021 11:19

It's so nerve wracking. 😰

I can't imagine what it's like for the FWS women.

TalkingtoLangClegintheDark · 23/03/2021 11:14

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

OvaHere · 23/03/2021 11:06

Thanks for the reminder. Scottish women could do with some good news. Keeping everything crossed.

Manderleyagain · 23/03/2021 11:03

Just bumping because the judgement will be published at noon today. Couldn't find a better thread.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 21/03/2021 10:54

Dig for victory 💪💪💪

Lovely to see a “MN lurker” in the comments!

Olderstyle1 · 21/03/2021 10:38

Potentially far-reaching judgment due on Tuesday. Whichever way this goes, the implications for women and for the rule of law are huge.

Appreciation to For Women Scot for fighting this misogyny, in a genuinely terrifying context. The Scottish Government appear to have taken leave of their senses.

PS makes me even more worried about the UK government's plans to limit the basis for judicial reviews. Without them women would have been utterly up the creek without a paddle or a picnic.

fatblackcatspaw · 21/03/2021 10:35

bumpette

PurpleHoodie · 21/03/2021 10:32

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥕

OvaHere · 21/03/2021 10:28

Done some Sunday morning gardening.

NonnyMouse1337 · 21/03/2021 10:15

Please dig if you can. They still have about 50k to go.

334bu · 21/03/2021 10:11

Judgement day Tuesday
forwomen.scot/

Manderleyagain · 07/01/2021 23:08

The BBC article doesn't seem to understand what it's about. The second half is a list of things that were said in court but they are just randomly listed and not hung together or explained.

Thanks to the scotsman journalist for making it make sense.

Whatever the outcome, some things are now out in the open. We really must fight to keep the right to juducial review.

MerchedCymru · 07/01/2021 22:41

Talking about lies from the BBC - the headline to this (otherwise ok) online report is so disingenuous.

Bid to improve trans rights breaches law, court hears - implies that women are being mean again rather than acknowledging that a) this only benefits transwomen not transmen and b) that it directly undermines women's representation on public boards.

If it was actually about improving trans representation that's what it would focus on. This is, once again, about erasing women's sex-based rights. Fuming!

TheShadowyFeminist · 07/01/2021 22:19

To clarify, the only legislation that prohibits considering TWAW is the Forensic bill. And only because of the Lamont amendment.

Every other legislation this SNP will push will in one way or another undermine sex based legal rights & protection. The hate crime Bill exclusion of sex is the current illustration of this, and it'll only get worse.

Honestly, I'm raging with them. 🤬🤬🤬

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 07/01/2021 22:18

Claiming that GRA reform will have no impact on EA2010 single sex exceptions because the EA2010 is reserved & isn't changing

Whilst arguing in court that they can override the EA....

TheShadowyFeminist · 07/01/2021 22:15

I'm not sure what the final decision will be on this but it's invaluable in how it's drawn out information that Scotgov/SNP have wilfully withheld from the electorate & as far as I can see, the SNP as well.

Claiming that GRA reform will have no impact on EA2010 single sex exceptions because the EA2010 is reserved & isn't changing, while adopting a blanket policy of always considering TWAW unless there's law that prohibits treating TWAW, is wilfully misrepresenting their intentions with GRA reform. They're absolutely not ensuring women retain hard fought for legal rights as outlined in the single sex exceptions.

Come the next election in May, the SNP can feck off for my vote. I'll never believe a single disingenuous word that Sturgeon or her hangers on utter. They're a bunch of lying b'stards, lot of them 🤬🤬🤬