Amendment to Data Bill to revert all gender markers and out all trans people

Im not saying that sex never needs to be recorded. My point is that where certified sex and/or self identified sex are considered appropriate alternatives to record instead of sex, it seems hard to believe their was sufficient justification for recording sex in the first place.

Obviously sex needs to be recorded in lots of situations. In medical records, for allocating wards, for schools or university's or sports clubs where there are any changing areas or physical contact in sports, for people taken into custody.

It being on ID allows those situations to check the ID. The same as age is recorded to ensure people are of legal age for situations.

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With reference to personal data of any kind, we have a right to withhold it (we shouldn’t even be asked for it) unless there is a proportionate reason for collecting and storing it.

Therefore, if there is a genuine reason why sex needs to be known, gender identity/certified sex would not align with the purpose the data will serve.

This comes back to whether sex really needs recording in the first place, in any given circumstance.

If we take passports and driving licences- why is sex recorded? The data recorded as sex is actually sex, certified sex or gender identity. With this in mind, what’s the proportionate reason for recording it?

Firstly, please try to write authentically vs getting ChatGpt to do it for you.

Secondly, no, it isn't bigotry to centre women (adult human females) in feminism. It is not “gatekeeping” to say that women have the right to keep and defend our own spaces, our rights, and our reality.

The endless emotional appeals and accusations of hate are just abusive gaslighting designed to silence women who dare to speak the truth (just like we suffer every day from men in general).

Trans women aren't women. They are trans identifying males. They have not lived female socialization, they are not subject to female biology, and they do not experience the lifelong systemic oppression that feminism was built to fight.

Dress however you want, have whatever surgery you like. Refer to yourself amongst your circle as your pronouns you prefer. But none of that changes the reality and it should not mean that you can barge into our spaces at whim.

We are constantly told to be kind, to be inclusive, to make room. But women fought for generations to have rights based on our sex. Not on identity. Not on feelings. And certainly not to be told that speaking about the REALITY of male violence is somehow hatespeech. To say that trans identifying males don't commit sexual and violent crimes is just another instance of denying reality. Gaslighting.

And we do not make “blanket assumptions.” We are intelligent enough to see patterns of male violence with our own eyeballs and we know that self-ID allows predators to exploit legal loopholes. That isn’t fear-mongering—it’s bloody reality.

Look at the cases in women’s prisons, shelters, sports, and changing rooms. The stories of vulnerable women being asked to LEAVE spaces THEY need in favour of protecting the feelings of men. Women who have been subjected to male violence and misogyny, expected to once again fawn and placate men.

At the risk of sounding a bit childish for a moment... It is FUCKING UNFAIR.

Trans women have every right to live safely and free from HARM. I do not hate anyone. I don't care how anyone dresses, but I begin to care when my safety starts being impacted. When my rights start being erroded.

As someone who was sexually abused as a child by a man, sexually assaulted as a teen by a man, roofied and attempted rape by a man, not to mention countless times of sexual harassment, intimidation and misogyny, I have every right to be fearful. In fact it would be illogical if I wasn't.

This is not a zero-sum game where women must sacrifice everything so no one’s feelings are hurt. It’s not our job to pretend that males are women to protect anyone’s ego.

You say “the word woman is not a threat.” But it’s not just a word—it’s a reality. A word rooted in our biology, and in centuries of oppression unique to females.

We are born into womanhood—we do not choose it. It defines a life shaped by systemic disadvantage, not identity. You scoff when we defend the word, claim it’s “just semantics,” yet fight fiercely to take it. If it’s just a word, why is it so important to you—and so silly to us?

Because it’s not just a word. It’s a political category and you all know very well that if you take our word, you can take everything else. It belongs to the people who were born into it, along with the violence, medical misogyny, economic inequality, and social conditioning that come with it.

Even trans-identified males who transition young are still biologically male, socialised as boys, and carry the benefits of that development in a patriarchal society.

You say you’re not trying to erase us. But when you demand our language, our spacea our legal protections, and then call us bigots for resisting—that is erasure. That is misogyny.

Feminism is for women. Not for males who want to co-opt our identity. Not for men who buy into gender stereotypes and think that makes them a woman. Not for entitled men who have no idea what it is like to be a eoman raped by a man, demanding access to rape shelters.

Not for individuals who threaten, dox, and abuse women for stating basic biological facts.

We will not be shamed, gaslit or manipulated into submission. We see what’s happening and we are not playing along!!!

I have encountered 3 trans identifying males in my life. The first the adult child of a family friend. This person was extremely sexually inappropriate but called himself "one of the girls". He wore clothes that normal wouldn't wear and was very provocative, daring people say soemthing. He was verbally abusive to his mother who he bossed around and he didn't lift a finger to help her (conveniently opting in and out of what women "should" be doing when it fancied him).

The second was in the post office. He cornered me in an aisle, lifted up his dress and showed me his penis through his white lace panties. This was extremely traumatising for me given my history.

And the third person started a campaign of online gate against tme when I expressed some of my views on an online platform. He sent me the most vile, disgusting messages and threats. He told me that I was on a list that is shared around, where they work together to find out our information so they can teach us a lesson.

He told me that I would be kept in a basement and beaten and tied up.

I'm sorry, but that is only a threat a man would make. How am I supposed to pretend that a woman was threstening me with those things?

I have come accross other trans identifying males in passing out in general life. The experiences have ranged from uncomfortable to scary.

I have not had a single truly positive interaction. Not one.

Edit: it is a fact that women commit far fewer sexual and violent crimes than men. It is a fact that trans identifying males commit more sexual crimes than women.

It is exceedingly important for the safety of women that we do not have these statistics muddied by lumping in trans identifying males with our numbers. This WILL have a huge affect on our ability to advocate for ourselves and you know it.

Your comment is just one big straw man argument.

Goodwin drew this right quite narrowly. It did not extend to individuals having to pretend he was a woman.

We've been told that by posters on other threads that it was a simply super day! Lovely picnic, having a lovely singsong of 'fuck JKR', admiring the lovely flowers (careful not to step on them!) and having a piss on a statue. With a side order of violent signs!

Don't know what we're all worried about!

Goodwin states a person's gender identity is a privacy right. That's absolutely allowed. However someone's sex shouldn't be as it is necessary to know to protect other people's rights (eg ensuring someone doesn't have a man doing an intimate medical examination when they've only consented to a female doing it).

Calling for the death of women but careful not to harm flowers…

And this?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/22/trans-activists-death-threat-placards-reviewed-by-police/

Edited to add - and this just relates to the London Protest. There were similar (if not identical signs) at other protests across the country. All inciting violence against women.

A bit of a theme, you might say.

Goodwin states a person's gender identity is a privacy right. That's absolutely allowed. However someone's sex shouldn't be as it is necessary to know to protect other people's rights (eg ensuring someone doesn't have a man doing an intimate medical examination when they've only consented to a female doing it).

No screaming or rampaging. I was dismayed that someone had chalked on the statues but I think most would agree. It was so busy we were teetering on the edging on flowerbeds but nobody would step on them.

It's deeply unfair and dangerous to judge an entire community based on the actions of a few individuals. When someone commits a crime, they—and only they—should be held responsible. No one blames all cis women for the crimes of one (Nicola Murray for Child Abuse) to be like-minded, so why is it acceptable to do that to trans women?

Weaponizing the actions of a few people (some of whom may not even be genuinely trans) to smear thousands of innocent trans women who are simply trying to live their lives is nothing short of bigotry. It's the same flawed logic that has fueled racism, sexism, and homophobia for generations.

If you're truly concerned about justice and safety, focus on the individuals committing the crimes—not on tarring an entire group. Blanket assumptions like yours aren’t protecting anyone; they’re just spreading fear and hate.

Trans women are not a threat to cis women. Bigotry, misinformation, and scapegoating are the real threats to a fair and compassionate society.

What’s worse is that anti-trans activists are now pushing for our birth sex to be listed on official documents, which would effectively out trans women in every public setting—at work, at the doctor’s, when travelling, even at a checkout counter. This is a direct violation of our right to privacy and safety. The Equality Act exists to protect us from exactly this kind of discrimination, yet some are working to undermine it under the guise of 'safety'—while actually putting us in harm’s way. Heres a rhetorical question and try to be honest with yourselves

Let me ask a rhetorical question—and I urge you to answer it honestly in your heart:

How many of you have ever truly known, spoken to, or spent time with a trans woman who simply wants to live her life like any other woman? How many of you genuinely understand the emotional, social, and physical toll we endure just to exist peacefully in a world that questions our humanity at every turn?

The word “woman” is not a threat. It is not a battleground. It is a shared identity that reflects a lived experience—and trans women, like all women, navigate life through a lens shaped by society, by gender, and often by adversity. The fear some people express over trans women using the term "woman" reveals not a concern for safety but a deep-rooted discomfort with inclusion and equality. That discomfort is not our burden to carry.

This widespread misunderstanding needs to be addressed clearly: when trans women identify as women, we are not claiming to be cisgender. We are not attempting to erase biological distinctions, nor are we trying to appropriate someone else’s identity. We are simply stating the truth of our own lived realities. We are trans women—and we are proud of that fact.

We are not asking for special treatment. We are demanding basic human decency. The right to live authentically. The right to be recognized accurately. The right not to be misgendered or dismissed because of ignorance or prejudice.

To consistently refer to us as men is not only deeply disrespectful—it is discriminatory. It is a conscious choice to invalidate our identities and erase our humanity. If you refuse to acknowledge us as trans women, you are not just disagreeing—you are actively engaging in dehumanization.

This isn’t a matter of opinion. This is about dignity, safety, and truth. If your advocacy for women’s rights excludes trans women, then it is not truly about equality—it is about gatekeeping. And if your language reduces us to something we are not, then it’s not just wrong. It’s dangerous.

A just society is one that listens, learns, and evolves. It doesn’t cling to outdated fears; it builds a future where everyone—cis, trans, or otherwise—can live with respect, safety, and equality.

Sex Matters has a template letter on this to send to Peter Kyle. It takes a few seconds to add your details but it MUST be sent today (Monday 5th) so please make this your Bank Holiday terfing https://sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-peter-kyle/

Thanks Red, that link was useful.

It seems the courts have seen "private life" as having an extremely wide remit.

It's interesting that link includes the example of "controlling who can see or touch your body". Disclosure of sex by a public authority such as doctors or the police would therefore be proportionate on order to maintain the same right to the patient/ suspect's private life.

The key point of challenge, I suppose is this one:

Protect the rights and freedoms of other people.

The State has a right to intrude on someone's private life in order to protect the above rights of every other person in society. And correct data collection is necessary for that purpose.

Sex Matters has a template letter on this to send to Peter Kyle. It takes a few seconds to add your details but it MUST be sent today (Monday 5th) so please make this your Bank Holiday terfing https://sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-peter-kyle/

Human Rights Act
Article 8: Respect for your private and family life

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-8-respect-your-private-and-family-life#:~:text=There%20are%20situations%20when%20public,protect%20public%20safety

There are situations when public authorities can interfere with your right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence. This is only allowed where the authority can show that its action is lawful, necessary and proportionate in order to:

protect national security
protect public safety
protect the economy
protect health or morals
prevent disorder or crime, or
protect the rights and freedoms of other people.
Action is ‘proportionate’ when it is appropriate and no more than necessary to address the problem concerned.

The Human Rights Act is the translation into UK law of our wider Human Rights obligations in international law.

It's hard to argue there wouldn't be a proportionate way to handle this in certain scenarios tbh, due to the sheer importance of sex.

And this?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/22/trans-activists-death-threat-placards-reviewed-by-police/

Edited to add - and this just relates to the London Protest. There were similar (if not identical signs) at other protests across the country. All inciting violence against women.

A bit of a theme, you might say.

No screaming or rampaging. I was dismayed that someone had chalked on the statues but I think most would agree. It was so busy we were teetering on the edging on flowerbeds but nobody would step on them.