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MPs are being briefed that the GRA needs to be reformed to align with other European countries

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IwantToRetire · 10/12/2024 19:47

Reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 – A Briefing Note for MPs

The purpose of this briefing paper is to outline the current legislation in Western European countries regarding the rights of trans and gender nonconforming people to change their gender markers on official government documentation legally.

It will briefly outline the current and proposed legislation for each of the Western European countries and identify the year that the legislation came in/or is coming into effect.

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In conclusion, it can be seen that the United Kingdom has fallen behind the rest of Europe in terms of having gender recognition laws that are fit for purpose in the 21st Century. In addition, the United Kingdom has been surrounded by countries with improved rights for several years, and in many cases, it has far exceeded what we currently have in the statute books.

The aggressive approach we have seen from the previous government has only made matters worse for trans people, a demographic that makes up approximately 0.5% of the population. A targeting that was never justifiable when compared to how our European neighbours treat the legal and social standing of trans people in their countries.

A change of direction and governmental attitude towards trans people, bringing us more in line with the rest of Europe, is both necessary and long overdue.

TransLucent.Org.UK December 2024.

https://translucent.org.uk/reforming-the-gender-recognition-act-2004-a-briefing-note-for-mps/

Are any gender critical groups similarly briefing MPs?

Reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 - A Briefing Note for MPs

Reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 - A Briefing Note for MPs - TransLucent

Reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 - The purpose of this briefing paper for MP's is to outline the current legislation in Western European countries regarding the rights of trans and gender nonconforming people to change their gender markers on...

https://translucent.org.uk/reforming-the-gender-recognition-act-2004-a-briefing-note-for-mps

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MyrtleStrumpet · 10/12/2024 23:06

Labour is very much supporting single sex spaces under the radar. They can't work out how to appease transidentifying people but Cass and the tribunals are succeeding in getting them to support women. This group is a last gasp of the men's rights movement.

teawamutu · 10/12/2024 21:22

'Steph' is also the charmer who took a CEO position for an endometriosis charity. And got Steph's arse handed to Steph by Emma Barnett on Woman's Hour.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 10/12/2024 21:12

Translucent... 😂

Patron is Michael Cashman whose recent claim to fame was to label safeguarding children as "right wing bigotry.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4954762-pushing-back-against-safeguarding

Director is Steph Richards who organised the protest outside the Portsmouth FILIA conference where women were routinely abused with threats of sexual abuse and violence. To add to this, protesters drowned out an East African refugee speaking about mass rape and disrupted a candlelight vigil for murdered women and girls.

https://sex-matters.org/about-us/what-we-are-up-against/transactivist-violence-a-timeline/

Tells us all we need to know about what the organisations stands for.

Pushing back against safeguarding | Mumsnet

Saying the quiet part out loud…. Michael Cashman has announced he is incensed by the right wing wanting safeguarding in schools and wants to push bac...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4954762-pushing-back-against-safeguarding

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 10/12/2024 20:59

IwantToRetire · 10/12/2024 20:53

The Daily Mail might.

That would just make Labour feel they were even more "correct" to be doing it!

I'm not so sure. Left wing German politicians don't get to vote in UK elections, whereas Daily Mail readers do.

Starmer knows this.

He also knows that the trans stuff is a load of nonsense and wishes that Labour hadn't got so enthusiastically on the bandwagon.

I actually think many people in Labour (and other political parties) have seized on Cass to give them an excuse to start reverse ferreting on a lot of stuff. They were relieved that a grown up had entered the room.

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IwantToRetire · 10/12/2024 20:53

The Daily Mail might.

That would just make Labour feel they were even more "correct" to be doing it!

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 10/12/2024 20:42

IwantToRetire · 10/12/2024 20:19

Given how busy Labour is cosying up with Europe, I suspect comparing the UK to Europe in a negative way will resonate with many in the Labour Party.

And they are the Government.

And they could make the time, and have the majority to "reform" the GRA in months.

Who would stop them?

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The Daily Mail might.

Remember, most people in "Europe" aren't going to be deciding whether the government keep their jobs in five years' time.

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IwantToRetire · 10/12/2024 20:19

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 10/12/2024 20:00

We're not in Europe anymore, we'll reform it right out the bloody window #RepealtheGRA

Given how busy Labour is cosying up with Europe, I suspect comparing the UK to Europe in a negative way will resonate with many in the Labour Party.

And they are the Government.

And they could make the time, and have the majority to "reform" the GRA in months.

Who would stop them?

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 10/12/2024 20:03

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 10/12/2024 20:00

We're not in Europe anymore, we'll reform it right out the bloody window #RepealtheGRA

It has nothing to do with being in the EU or not.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 10/12/2024 20:00

We're not in Europe anymore, we'll reform it right out the bloody window #RepealtheGRA

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 10/12/2024 19:55

Translucent. 😂😂😂

NotbloodyGivingupYet · 10/12/2024 19:53

What fresh shite is this!

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 10/12/2024 19:52

Never heard of this group before but when you click on "about us" there's a bunch of trans people, parents of trans people, and our old friend Robin Moira White, who no doubt drafted this crock of shite.

No, the UK doesn't have to align itself with what the rest of Europe is doing. Remember all those arguments about sovereignty a few years ago? The whole point of living in a democracy is that we get to elect our political representatives and they get to make and unmake our laws. We don't have to copy what Germany is doing.