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Equality Act - what next?

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ArabellaScott · 27/02/2023 12:37

The petition to look at this seems sadly to have virtually ground to a halt:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/petitions_noticeboard/4722618-petition-to-update-the-equality-act-thread-2

Government have responded with a dismissive:

'providers are already able to restrict the use of spaces/services on the basis of sex and/or gender reassignment where justified. Further clarification is not necessary.'

What next?

We know that providers, while technically able to exclude males, just do not and will not. Nobody seems to agree on or understand the law fully. Legal experts get in huge tangles arguing about it.

The current situation means women are excluded from many women's spaces, there is no provision for single sex services apart from Beira's Place in Scotland, there are still males in women's prisons, and in hospitals.

What do we do if the government and EHRC won't listen? Whatever the law says, this situation is untenable.

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FriendofJoanne · 06/03/2023 16:27

I'm going to keep on asking friends and family to sign and share; I think I've got about 20 people so far.

I'm not sure that getting the EA updated will make a whole lot of difference to single sex spaces though. I've emailed the Sex Matters Team.

Linking to a thread I just started about the Statutory Code of Practice which explains why I don't think getting the Act changed will make much difference.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4757424-equality-act-2010-statutory-code-of-practice-needs-changing-to-protect-single-sex-spaces

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 15:43

85,543 signatures currently

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ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 14:35

Might be worth asking in Site Stuff?

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Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 13:33

@ScrollingLeaves I've just posted on both. I did this one first then the other one in petitions. So the petition board one should be above this one right? Wrong. It's not there

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Equality Act - what next?
Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 13:27

85500 people have signed. We still need another 14500 people to sign

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ScrollingLeaves · 06/03/2023 13:13

I reported the ‘Petition to update the Equality Act - thread 2’ which is on the ‘Petition’ board to say it isn’t showing up in ‘Active’.

This has meant a huge waste of time and untold signatures not gained probably.

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Equality Act - what next?
Equality Act - what next?
Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 13:05

Nearly at a half thousand marker 85,494 signatures

IcakethereforeIam · 06/03/2023 12:49

I knew there'd be something. I noticed you beat me too it so I posted a link to an AIBU diversity inclusion and referred back to the petition link just above my post.

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ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 12:07

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/3947238-ASDA-respond-to-Baroness-Nicholson

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ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 12:06

ASDA did that 'love has no age' campaign, iirc, that Baroness Nicholson got involved in?

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IcakethereforeIam · 06/03/2023 12:04

What have Asda done that's egregious twaw, there's a thread I can post on but I need an angle.

IcakethereforeIam · 06/03/2023 11:43

I've put a link on this thread in AIBU, it's very pertinent to the petition. Could others visit it, make a contribution and repost the petition link?

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4757163-to-ask-what-stops-you-voting-for-labour?page=9

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 10:43

Then people had better get signing...NOW!!!!! Pretty please with a cherry on top 💋

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ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 10:37

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 07:53

Well it's On 85,411 signatures so 85750?

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It's a target!

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Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 10:35

Currently at 85458

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Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 09:38

Currently at 85,447 signatures

MenopausalMe · 06/03/2023 08:51

This petition was going well during the Isla Reynolds new cycle guess we need a final push out to our networks

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 08:01

@ScrollingLeaves OK yeah this is strange. This thread no petition in title and on FWR appears in Active. The other with the word Petition and in the petition section does not appear in the active. So is it the board they are posted on that determines it? Our does it not show threads with certain words?

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 07:54

Or is that to ambitious on a cold damp Monday morning?

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 07:53

ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 07:38

What number are we aiming for today?

Well it's On 85,411 signatures so 85750?

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ArabellaScott · 06/03/2023 07:38

What number are we aiming for today?

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ScrollingLeaves · 06/03/2023 02:00

No it isn’t.

“The Petition to update the Equality Act -thread 2” which is on Petitions and Activism is not in Active even though I only just reposted.

ScrollingLeaves · 06/03/2023 01:56

Thank you Boiledbeetle
Now I have just posted again on the ‘Petitions and Activism’ thread 2.

Let’s see if it’s there.

Boiledbeetle · 06/03/2023 01:46

And just checked again it had already dropped to about 11 down the page even at this time of night.

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