Urgent BH terfing- write to your MP TODAY 5th May on the Data Bill

https://www.rutland-times.co.uk/national/mps-reject-bid-to-force-authorities-to-record-sex-data-on-biological-basis-145838/

I emailed my female Labour MP with this a couple of days ago as did DH. I added an introductory para of my own.

No reply from my Tory MP who is knowledgeable on this issue

No response here from my Labour trans-word-salad MP. Auto response also said no response if there's no name, address and phone number, but I didn't send the latter and explained why.

My (still wet behind the ears) Labour MP has responded- trans, trans privacy, the conservatives are meanies, this is the manifesto we were elected on, would invalidate GRC, trans sad face

🙄 but he responded which was a surprise

I don’t use ChatGPT, never really felt that had anything to use it for, must try to remember this for future reference 👍

ChatGPT is your friend here. I pasted the template into it and asked it to rewrite to make it more personalised and adding in my take on the Sullivan Report. It was great! Took less than 5 minutes 👌🏻

I responded on another thread, but responding here too for the bump because it’s not too late!

I heard back from my (Lib Dem young male) MP. Got my Bingo card dabber at the ready:

Thank you for writing to me about Amendment 21 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill.

<strong>I understand the concerns you have over data regarding ‘sex’ and ‘gender identity’.</strong>

At the moment, the conversation around trans-people remains emotionally volatile, and can easily become quite toxic. We are yet to have proper clarity over the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on wider life in the UK.

<strong>Until we have received the updates to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), I don’t think we should be making any decisions which could undermine the Gender Recognition Act, or the protected characteristic of ‘gender reassignment’.</strong>

In regard to the amendment itself, we need to ensure that any data collected regarding a person’s sex is proportionate, collected for legitimate reasons, and properly takes due consideration to the rights of individuals

Anyone else heard back? I will send this on to the SM team.

(edited for weird formatting - still can’t make it display properly 🤬)

yeah, very true...

Thanks - done. I will expect back some more TRA style word-salad same as last time, but I've sent it anyway.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thank you!

but then 'clarified' this by saying he wanted to stop 'badly thought-out legislation'...

He's not wrong there though - See the Gender Recognition Act.

I have just redrafted and sent my letter.

Phew. It took and hour last night and two this morning and there is so very much more I could have said but I stuck to a couple (or three !) points. I stuck to examples where I or my family had been personally affected.

Done.
I have a 'dye in the wool' Blue as our local MP 🙄According to his voting record when he was in office, he "Generally voted against laws to promote equality and human rights" , "Consistently voted against equal gay rights" , "Consistently voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex" 😑 The same chap who voted against the 'up-skirting' bill in 2018 and a private bill against female FGM in 2019 😮but then 'clarified' this by saying he wanted to stop 'badly thought-out legislation'...

So I imagine his views on Trans are likely to be pretty abhorrent tbh, which is not what I'm aiming for at all but <shrugs> let's see if I get a response...

Done (yesterday) first time I’ve written to my MP! He’s Lib Dem in a newly drawn constituency, although the area is staunch Tory. This has inspired me to find out what he actually stands for, which I should have done anyway

Their new birth certificate is documented in a special GRC register. The original entry on the births register remains unaltered.

Sent mine yesterday. I’ve previously raised concerns with my MP so I made reference to that and the whole Society of Radiologists fiasco that led to women cancelling mammograms- sometimes sex matters and any uncertainty over the sex of a medical professional may lead women to self exclude.

Bump

Done earlier this evening. Hope it makes a difference. Thanks, OP.

I am still working on my letter. My problem is I do know my MP.

However I have reminded her that I worked hard to get the Lib Dems elected. I mentioned Christine Jardine's letter which said “Too many people I know are now afraid of what the Supreme Court judgement will mean for them. We need clarity and we need it quickly and we need to know that their rights will be protected, with a compassionate solution.” She is then going to write to the Government. I asked whether Ms Jardine will also be writing to the Government about the rights of women, people of colour and people with disabilities and why should transwomen, (transmen never getting a mention until now) be singled out for special attention?

I will sleep on it though. At the moment, it's a bit of a rant.

Thanks all, it's crucial that MPs can't keep promulgating the great lie that 'no-one said anything'.

Done - although my MP is a full-on supporter of gender ideology, I want her to know that her constituents don't all agree with her.