Is this hustings question good enough?

How about tackling it from the trans angle for example "so everyone can agree that biological women deserve the right to single sex spaces so what will you do to ensure transwomen have a suitable space for themselves without compromising women"

I think it’s clear that Parliament felt women might apply for a GRC with an ulterior motive (the title) even though we’ve all been told a million times that men would never do that. Not sure if anyone is still saying that now that prison-onset dysphoria has been identified as a thing

With the obvious follow up that if they don’t, what are they going to do about it!

The thread about Maya’s recent issues makes me wonder if something more specific would help, eg

The GMC now list transwomen doctors as female, and therefore evidently supports them providing ‘female only’ care. Do candidates think this is acceptable?

See zibzibara’s post at 9.11 on the thread below for evidence

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5100042-maya-under-police-investigation?page=3&reply=136132463

Rather than ask about women I'd ask if they think children should be taught they can be born in the wrong body? If you want to ask about adults ask if they believe people can change sex.

I’m off to the local hustings on Monday next week and I’m planning to say:

“The question I’m going to ask appears to give some politicians some difficulty so to make it easier I’m making it multiple choice. What is a woman?
a) an adult human female
b) anyone who says they are
And if b) how will you protect women’s single sex spaces, sports, prisons and services”

is it weasle proof?

T'was ever thus!

I think GRCs were created to enable the holder to change their legal sex on official documents and for inheritance matters.

This is true. Carl Sagan's book The Demon-Haunted World has a chapter, The Dragon in My Garage, that describes how conspiraloons and crystal huggers get around scientific arguments - they always have another loopy answer to a rational objection.

just a bit. I dont trust Starmer any further than I can piss and with the kind of landslide he looks like getting then the tin foil hat nutters will think Christmas has come.

@Pixiesgirl yeah you’re right, I’m so so relieved, but some candidates still seem to support overturning that?

Great Zapx but haven't they banned puberty blockers now? If adults want to take cross sex hormones that's up to them tbh.

Good idea to plan something now! I’d like to go for something like this:

“I’m a biological female. At age twelve, I was thoroughly convinced I should’ve been born a boy. I HATED my female body, loathed feminine clothes, did everything in my power to look and pass as a boy. I took part in typically male sports and activities. All my friends were boys. I rejected anything that could possibly be seen as being girly. My hair was as short as I could get away with. I would’ve taken medication in a heartbeat, had my parents not put all of this down to being ‘a phase’. I’m now an extremely happily married woman with three kids. Should I have been given puberty blockers and cross sex hormones?”

That's pretty good, but I imagine they would weasel it and say both are equally valid blah blah blah. It's impossible to cut through the shit these days without being labelled a far right bigot.

I have given up caring.

think the question is "do you believe it is impossible to change sex either way or are you a complete fucking hatstand?" Simple enough I think.

I've sent this to my lib dem candidate, who leaflet dropped me this morning:

I live in <village name> and had a copy of your leaflet through my door today. I particularly like that you're not a career politician. We have too many of those!

The main deterrant to me voting Lib Dem is the party's attitude to womens rights, single sex-spaces and, in particular, your party's proposals to reform the GRA to allow self-ID.

If you were to be elected what would you do reduce violence against women and girls? Do you agree that single sex services and spaces (in particular hospital wards, prisons, refuges and rape-crisis services) are important and neccessary to women's safety, privacy, and dignity? What would you do to ensure these spaces remain single biological sex when your party proposes to allow people to change their legal identity and documents to a preferred acquired gender on request?

Finally, what does your party intend to do in light of the recent Cass review?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

I will report back!

These sorts of questions in and of themselves are useful to know. I wouldn't waste my one and only question on it however. The issue is broad, far from the 'single topic issue' I keep hearing people say it is.

I want to know what they intend to do in light of the Cass review.
Where they stand in the unfolding medical scandal
What role teachers and schools should play in developing a child's identity of self
Where male prisoners should be held
Whether they agree with gender neutral language in health settings
So many questions. All based of course on whether they think TWAW. However I'm prepared to accept politicians believing in TWAW jiggery pokery if they nevertheless uphold rights for children to grow up free from brain programming at school and damage from endocrinologists, and if they are prepared to safeguard sex based rights of access, participation in sports etc etc.

Try "Which is objectively real - biological sex or gender?"

Actually, if anyone electioneering comes to my door (unlikely), my questions will be as above with the exception of the Scottish Greens, SNP and Lib Dems who will be told -

'Vote for the women haters? No, obviously not'. (And shut door).

My question to candidates will be -

'What will you be doing to ensure that services to ensure dignity, safety and fairness for women (such as rape crisis services, hospital wards and shelters) are able to use the single sex exemptions detailed in the Equality Act 2010 without censure or defunding?'

And as a follow up question,

'Given the excoriating judgement against Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre during a recent Employment Tribunal, how will you challenge the institutional capture of services in Scotland who are failing to support women who need single sex services?'

(Obviously the second is area specific)