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Islington Council slams 'botched' single sex spaces guidance

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IwantToRetire · 03/07/2025 20:14

The council argues that the new guidance, which suggests that staff should check a person’s sex at birth before granting access to single-sex services or spaces, is unworkable and risks breaching individuals’ privacy and exposing them to harassment.

"Expecting reception staff in a busy leisure centre or a domestic violence service to determine whether someone is trans, without subjecting them to harassment or breaching their right to privacy, is not practical.

"It risks legal confusion and a culture of suspicion.

"That’s why we have called for the EHRC to pause this botched process – properly listening to trans communities – rather than simply causing further confusion."

Full article at https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/25283099.islington-council-slams-botched-single-sex-spaces-guidance/

'Botched' single sex spaces rules 'risks harassment and discrimination'

Islington Council has strongly opposed new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces, calling it unworkable and a risk to privacy, safety, and trans rights.

https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/25283099.islington-council-slams-botched-single-sex-spaces-guidance/

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Dwimmer · 10/07/2025 19:11

and is American

Dwimmer · 10/07/2025 19:10

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

He doesn’t have a GRC or they would say so. He doesn’t understand the law just that the GRA exists.

HardyNavyBear · 10/07/2025 19:04

JanesLittleGirl · 09/07/2025 19:25

Oh dear. Your sex is female insofar as it is granted under GRA 2004. You may wish to read the SC ruling paragraphs 101 to 111. To paraphrase, Their Lordships ruled unanimously that the correct interpretation of the GRA 2004 was that the issue of a GRC changes the sex of a recipient for all purposes except those purposes where it matters.

Having one or more government documents with a female sex marker does not now and has never made you a woman.

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I think they mentioned something about sex is not “certificated”…

HardyNavyBear · 10/07/2025 19:02

Shedmistress · 09/07/2025 17:24

If you got a GRA to make your sex F then you are a loud and proud man.

Yes, the actual GRA is a huge tell.

But, but, but I have a GRA so I am a real woman! Said no actual real women.

Boiledbeetle · 09/07/2025 21:47

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

You may not like the fact that you are male

You may wish that you were a woman

You may even have persuaded those who love you to pretend things that aren't true are and have got them to collude in a deception with you.

But if you as a member of the male half of human race have an F on your documents then yes you are trying, how successfully in real life I don't know, to hide your sex.

Bannedontherun · 09/07/2025 21:20

Theeyeballsinthesky · 09/07/2025 20:51

I’ve often thought Aida, bee, butters snd the links are deep cover GC double agents

😂

Theeyeballsinthesky · 09/07/2025 20:51

Coatsoff42 · 09/07/2025 20:19

Is @AidaP an undercover gender critical
person writing completely ridiculous posts with the aim that nothing unites people like a common enemy?

I’ve often thought Aida, bee, butters snd the links are deep cover GC double agents

Coatsoff42 · 09/07/2025 20:37

IwantToRetire · 09/07/2025 20:34

No their function is to tie up contributors to FWR with answering posts with no other intention than stopping them from contributing to pro-active and positive discussion, and instead endlessly interact with regativity.

Dont feed the trolls.

It just makes each thread exactly the same.

Even though Islington Council may not be top of everyone's concerns a better use of everyone's times would be working out who to combat council intransigence etc..

Instead make someone's ego the theme of a thread.

You are right, but everything they say is so one dimensional and everyone bites.

IwantToRetire · 09/07/2025 20:34

Coatsoff42 · 09/07/2025 20:19

Is @AidaP an undercover gender critical
person writing completely ridiculous posts with the aim that nothing unites people like a common enemy?

No their function is to tie up contributors to FWR with answering posts with no other intention than stopping them from contributing to pro-active and positive discussion, and instead endlessly interact with regativity.

Dont feed the trolls.

It just makes each thread exactly the same.

Even though Islington Council may not be top of everyone's concerns a better use of everyone's times would be working out who to combat council intransigence etc..

Instead make someone's ego the theme of a thread.

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PregnantBarbie · 09/07/2025 20:32

Coatsoff42 · 09/07/2025 20:19

Is @AidaP an undercover gender critical
person writing completely ridiculous posts with the aim that nothing unites people like a common enemy?

I'm thinking probably.

Coatsoff42 · 09/07/2025 20:19

Is @AidaP an undercover gender critical
person writing completely ridiculous posts with the aim that nothing unites people like a common enemy?

Helleofabore · 09/07/2025 20:13

FlirtsWithRhinos · 09/07/2025 19:42

Although many thanks to Aida for yet again demonstrating the misogyny of his (1) movement.

There can, in Aida's eyes, be no word for woman that does not include him(1). Aida is prepared to undefine half of humanity - all of humanity - to make it impossible to speak clearly about how we live in the world and what it is to be us simply out of envy or anger that he(1) is not one of us.

How the fuck can anyone consider that a reasonable point of view?

(1) Sex based language used for clarity. No statement about Aida's gender should be read into this.

No no Flirts... there is no misogyny to be seen about male people declaring they are female .... at all.. We have been told!

FlirtsWithRhinos · 09/07/2025 19:42

Although many thanks to Aida for yet again demonstrating the misogyny of his (1) movement.

There can, in Aida's eyes, be no word for woman that does not include him(1). Aida is prepared to undefine half of humanity - all of humanity - to make it impossible to speak clearly about how we live in the world and what it is to be us simply out of envy or anger that he(1) is not one of us.

How the fuck can anyone consider that a reasonable point of view?

(1) Sex based language used for clarity. No statement about Aida's gender should be read into this.

JanesLittleGirl · 09/07/2025 19:25

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

Oh dear. Your sex is female insofar as it is granted under GRA 2004. You may wish to read the SC ruling paragraphs 101 to 111. To paraphrase, Their Lordships ruled unanimously that the correct interpretation of the GRA 2004 was that the issue of a GRC changes the sex of a recipient for all purposes except those purposes where it matters.

Having one or more government documents with a female sex marker does not now and has never made you a woman.

HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 19:16

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

Your sex on your GRC is just pretend. Yea, it’s sad you want to be something so bad that you will lie to yourself about being someone you never can be. Real women don’t have to lie to men or each other. I wish you luck lying to men and see how fast the response will be when you say But but but, my GRC makes me a REAL woman. Sad, just like Pinocchio, who could never be a REAL boy.

The wonderful SC decision states very clearly that for all intents and purposes of the EA, TIMs with GRCs are still MEN. They clarified also that when the law says woman, it means biological women. That’s why all you TRAs are going mad right now.

I look forward to challenging all men I come across in our private spaces. With the law in our side, soon these mentally ill men will be on the SO registry.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/07/2025 19:08

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

That’s not actually your sex, even with the piece of paper from the Ministry of Truth in Oceania. It’s your so called “gender”. That’s why it’s called the “Gender Recognition Act” rather than the “Sex Recognition Act”. Hope that helps. As you know your sex is male, in reality and in law.

Helleofabore · 09/07/2025 17:51

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

Oh excellent.

Maybe you can answer the question I keep asking.

Do you believe that all people should disclose their sex (not legal sex, but biological sex) before engaging in a sex act with a new sex partner?

PregnantBarbie · 09/07/2025 17:48

I wonder whether breaching the Supreme Court ruling would be legitimate grounds for a citizens arrest? 🤔

TheOtherRaven · 09/07/2025 17:31

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Shedmistress · 09/07/2025 17:24

If you got a GRA to make your sex F then you are a loud and proud man.

AidaP · 09/07/2025 17:22

HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 17:03

Please someone tell me when society decided that a persons sex was expected to be private? 99% of the public, the normal folk, have no problems at all with people knowing their sex. When did normal people start hiding their sex? They don’t, because 99% of the time humans can read someone’s obvious sex by visual queues like height, body structure, face, gait, and voice. Our brains are hardwired to know sex from the time we are born, particularly women whose safety depends on her brain being able to determine a strangers sex and thereby avoiding potential danger.

The only people who think sex should be private are the very same people trying to hide their sex and access private spaces or lie to men by stealth to get access to both. Each and everyone of them should be ashamed of themselves. One would think they would want to be honest about their sex considering they are always going on about how they are victimized by men. That wouldn’t happen if you were honest.

Real women don’t lie about their sex.

My sex is not private, it's on all my documents loud and proud: F, as per law and GRA 2004.

But you dislike following the law so you get mad about it and make stuff up like people "hiding" sex.

Oh well.

HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 17:03

FeedbackProvider · 04/07/2025 07:14

A trans identifying male is never going to be asked to reveal their trans status before allowing them to access a women-only single sex space, because trans identifying males are not entitled to access women-only single sex spaces.

Trans identifying males know their own sex and can be expected to use that information to avoid accessing services & spaces that they’re not entitled to use.

It would be hard for a trans identifying male to find a lawyer to take a case where the TIM knew their own sex, knew that they were trying to access a single sex resource for the other sex, but had a complaint not about access to the resource itself, but instead about documentation requirements relating to a valid exclusion.

A trans identifying man trying to repeatedly access single sex spaces meant for women could become a criminal matter under current law (harassment being one example)

Please someone tell me when society decided that a persons sex was expected to be private? 99% of the public, the normal folk, have no problems at all with people knowing their sex. When did normal people start hiding their sex? They don’t, because 99% of the time humans can read someone’s obvious sex by visual queues like height, body structure, face, gait, and voice. Our brains are hardwired to know sex from the time we are born, particularly women whose safety depends on her brain being able to determine a strangers sex and thereby avoiding potential danger.

The only people who think sex should be private are the very same people trying to hide their sex and access private spaces or lie to men by stealth to get access to both. Each and everyone of them should be ashamed of themselves. One would think they would want to be honest about their sex considering they are always going on about how they are victimized by men. That wouldn’t happen if you were honest.

Real women don’t lie about their sex.

TheOtherRaven · 09/07/2025 16:24

HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 15:44

When did the trans community listen to women and our concerns? When did the trans community care about our rights?

apparently, in this world, there are rules for trans people and there are rules for everyone else.

Yes . It's all very duties owed to your betters but without any promises from priests about a reward in heaven, just threats to hit you. Fuck that, no. I do not owe labour, service, 'respect' or anything at all to a man with no respect whatsoever for me who wants to behave badly in a public space.

HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 15:52

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HardyNavyBear · 09/07/2025 15:44

IwantToRetire · 03/07/2025 20:14

The council argues that the new guidance, which suggests that staff should check a person’s sex at birth before granting access to single-sex services or spaces, is unworkable and risks breaching individuals’ privacy and exposing them to harassment.

"Expecting reception staff in a busy leisure centre or a domestic violence service to determine whether someone is trans, without subjecting them to harassment or breaching their right to privacy, is not practical.

"It risks legal confusion and a culture of suspicion.

"That’s why we have called for the EHRC to pause this botched process – properly listening to trans communities – rather than simply causing further confusion."

Full article at https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/25283099.islington-council-slams-botched-single-sex-spaces-guidance/

When did the trans community listen to women and our concerns? When did the trans community care about our rights?

apparently, in this world, there are rules for trans people and there are rules for everyone else.

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