Bristol Council goes for broke

This was Sefton's recent motion.

Properly captured by Stonewall (and indicative of why I won't vote for Labour in the locals here).

Can they completely flout the Equalities Act and also the recent guidance re single-sex spaces?

Even in Bristol the majority won't b welcoming this and wondering why in a time of recession tax payers money is to be unnecessarily pissed away on an ideology that it turns out no-one is forced to follow.

That it recognises that beliefs such as that of ‘gender critical’ can
be protected, however this does not provide the right to express those
beliefs

I suspect that policy is illegal and discriminatory.

So now anything that doesn't fit trans ideology is propaganda?

BCC the worst council ever I had to share a building with them working for DWP just a dreadful dreadful organisation

to be fair, amendments were made to the initial motion.
Glad that someone else pointed out how much time the Chair (Paula O'Rourke, Green) gave to the Labour councillor to witter on about their friend and constantly tried to cut off voices from the other side.
What a great, well informed Tory councillor.
If you look at it further, the motion lifted whole chunks of stats from - yes - Stonewall.
I can only say that this is absolutely typical of Bristol.

@Strikemepink that would be a good idea.

Doubt it probably just end up urinating on it if it's at the side of the toilet.

Actually, absent the cost, I think installing sanitary bins in the mens is a great idea. Will really bring home the position to a large number of men who are unaware, and slightly inconvenience them - they aren’t going to react positively.

Great points

_It doesn't interest you?

Are you happy to get changed in the presence of a naked male? Or a fully dressed male? Because if you are in Bristol the council say that male is a woman? If you have a daughter would you be happy for her to have limbs broken by a biological male in a rugby match?

How about staying on a hospital ward? _

This should be of high internet to ALL women. We need a co-ordinated effort and campaign on this to raise awareness.

I am tempted to send an FOI request for the equality impact assessment!

Sefton had similar recently too.

Next to zero

I think there are only about 6 weeks to seek a judicial review of a decision. And it requires expert legal advice.

Really disappointed the legal team weren't able to get through to councillors about the risks of passing such a motion. It is ripe for challenge given the Maya decision.

Someone needs to (very swiftly) mobilise and seek a judicial review.

BCC might be better off focusing their resources on their shameful SEND services, and the many vulnerable children they are letting down on a daily basis.

I feel like all this trans stuff is fiddling while Rome burns.

Using trans rights like this is an easy way to show how inclusive they are, and sadly loads of people like a sad story (literal genocide anyone?) but not enough to actually look into it in any depth.

Call me cynical, but trans rights are basically free to implement, because they are already there. Just stick a few pronouns around, stop using hateful words like woman, breastfeeding, mother, or refer to any medical issue that only affects women as people, and there we go. Simple.

Local authorities tend to have shitty records when it comes to educating disabled and vulnerable children, mainly because it costs them money. Plus the people trying to change things there are burnt out mothers with very little energy to fight.

But sure, let’s focus on rights that are already in place, and undermine fast-eroding women’s rights.

Or use a unisex/accessible toilet?

I'm guessing not -

gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Employer/Ccu4bZ7O/2021

.... could she not pop in the ladies just that once?

So, they ar going to spend council tax payers' money on installing menstrual protection facilities into all the gents' toilets across the city, just in case one day a trans-identified female uses one of them, AND still has her menstrual cycle, AND has her period, AND does not use period pants or a mooncup, AND must use a sanitary towel bin?

Can someone work out the statistical likelihood of that happening?

BCC are my employers. I've been anxiously looking out for pronoun crap etc but thought things were ok at present. Luckily I'm near retirement so I can fuck off if I have to, sorry if that's cowardly.

In practice there is nothing they can do if you challenge the nonsense. Maya's victory demonstrates that.

I know it's still not easy to speak up but the law is on your side for those who choose to.

Nothing about immediately closing the gender pay gap for council employees to affirm their belief that all genders are equal? Thought not...