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Hereditary titles are sexist - bit niche but...

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lcakethereforeIam · 23/06/2025 21:30

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/22/gender-equality-in-hereditary-titles/

https://archive.ph/3DBOL

This bit

the bizarre status quo might mean that my elder sister, Lady Willa Franks, could be eligible to inherit his title if she chose to change her gender.

Does anyone want to break the news to her that the drafters of the GRA thought of this and wrote a clause that specifically prohibits women from leapfrogging male heirs by getting a GRC that gives them the legal fiction of a male sex.

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AlexandraLeaving · 23/06/2025 22:19

I rather liked the bit that read “Some 91 hereditary peers remain in the House of Lords, having inherited their titles because they have penises. Sir Keir Starmer wants to remove them altogether…”

zanahoria · 23/06/2025 22:11

"If males who transition to females are allowed to compete as women in the Olympics, then a female who transitions to male can surely inherit a castle"

I thought that was not the case, even GRCs did not effect the hereditary rules

zanahoria · 23/06/2025 22:08

It is bonkers that hereditary titles still exist, especially as it can still be route to parliament

Although surely holders of these titles can leave property to who they like?

parietal · 23/06/2025 21:55

it is bonkers that hereditary titles still only go to the male line. they have changed it for the royals, but if you are a minor duke or whatever, then only the younger brother (or 3rd cousin) get the title over an elder daughter. sexist nonsense.

DragonRunor · 23/06/2025 21:37

They all know what a woman is 🙄