Employment Tribunal finds NB does not meet PC of GR

Taylor was a terrible decision though. And bollocks to landmark it’s only tribunal level so zero precedent value. And by terrible I mean very badly reasoned not just that I disagree with the outcome

Was going to say this. Unlike SP and the Darlington nurses.

The problem I have with this is that I think it demonstrates that the definition of gender reassignment under the Equality Act is fundamentally flawed and doesn’t actually cover anyone if analysed properly. A person has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment if the person is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of reassigning the person's sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex. Now we know sex here means biological sex. But humans can’t ‘reassign’ their biological sex. And how can there be ‘attributes of sex’ that are anything other than physiological if sex means biological sex?
it has never sat right with me (and I am a lawyer) that ‘attributes of sex’ means things like wearing your hair long, wearing a dress, putting on make up. Those aren’t attributes of my biological sex, they are just things that some people who share my biological sex do sometimes and equally most don’t sometimes.

Are we assuming that RMW does or doesn't want non-binary people to be included in the PC of gender reassignment?

I would have thought publicly the the former, privately the latter.

Holy shit. On P10 Haech couldn't even identify which of two nurses at a clinic 'misgendered' her so BOTH offered full apologies, and that still wasn't enough for the controlling little shite.

It's really painful to read. I keep having to take breaks becuase it is making me squirm too much imagining the poor colleagues suffering this, and through covid chaos times as well.

I should probably put paper over most of my laptop screen so I can only see a few words at a time.

These people are utterly insufferable. The papering of the window because she felt “unsafe” was absolutely ridiculous and juvenile.

I'm pronouncing it Hake. Like the fish.

I will lay good odds that the Claimant was supported and funded by their trade union
probably one of the usual offenders - Unison, Unite and their ilk

I wonder (in the Haech case) how many times the Judge ctrl+F'd "she" and "her" after writing the judgment, to make 100% the Judge hadn't misgendered the claimant...

"Non-binary"
Is yet another sneaky way of damaging what the word 'woman' means:
'Woman' now means 'only feminine'.
You can't be a masculine woman anymore.
You have to conform to feminine stereotypes.

I don't understand the prof thing either but I haven't had the time to grapple with the SM/BFF threads! I may do this weekend - unless some kind soul could give me a quick recap?!

Just reading the judgment and it's quite breathtaking what they have demanded throughout.

@theilltemperedmaggotintheheartofthelaw
On the last page of this thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5446619-sara-morrison-v-bff-thread-5
you'll find a good explanation of the reason behind the sudden award of many professorships (other academic awards and distinctions also available)
😉

I don't understaaaaaand!
Why did them put paper up on the window?!? Is it a spell? Will a misgender bounce off the paper and rebound back on the literal violencer? And if so why don't all trans and NB folx just carry round a note book to deflect the evil of an accidental "she / her / he / him / sir / madam"? Them could save theyselves a whole lot unsafeness and crack on with doing some actual work.

Hahahaha sorry I missed the post above and came is as yet another professor 😂

Was this case supported by any of the trans organisations?

It seems quite astonishingly badly thought out for an individual to change their name to something quite unusual and then take a spurious case to tribunal, knowing there was always a high risk that an anonymity request might be refused and that the undead name could forever tarnish their reputation with prospective employers?

This woman seems as daft as the NHS Fife employee/snitch who naively believed she could put the Benidorm Chat in the hands of her employer, with no possible comeback for her own shortcomings?

Hmm. I must have missed a professor-related joke originating on another thread. I see you are not the only one......

May I ask, why are you a professor now?

You may. I am still a professor because I forgot to change my username back before making a first post on this new thread. Perhaps that's best couched as saying I was a visiting professor on another thread and I'm still visiting?

I wonder if this person will appeal. The non-binaries must be raging. 😡