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Excluding trans people won't stop you getting sued

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Greyskybluesky · 03/12/2025 16:26

...says the GLP.

"This week, both Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute announced their intention to exclude trans women and girls. They say this is because of the ruling of the Supreme Court earlier this year on the meaning of sex under the Equality Act 2010. Both have said that they do not want to exclude trans people – but feel that they have been forced to by legal threats."

The GLP has spotted a money making opportunity wants to support women’s organisations who want to remain trans inclusive, and thinks the law is on their side.

Is the law on their side?

https://goodlawproject.org/excluding-trans-people-wont-stop-you-getting-sued/

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lechiffre55 · 03/12/2025 16:54

quantumbutterfly · 03/12/2025 16:52

Unless you're allergic to nuts.
My lovely friend had a phrase - if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. We had to update it to - if my aunt had wheels she'd be a bicycle.

Edited - my internal voice rejected the accent.

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Justme56 · 03/12/2025 16:54

Last month they were arguing that it wasn’t legal for Virgin to have single sex changing rooms. Have they given up on that one?

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 03/12/2025 16:53

Nothing stops anyone getting sued. Win or lose they can sue.

If WI and Girl Guides wanted to avoid being sued then they might have done better to point out that they are still trans inclusive because - ta-daa! - female people with trans identities are still able to join.

And I do hope that the BBC (what with their commitment to inform people and to be impartial) have pointed this out, even if WI and GG haven't explained it properly themselves.

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/12/2025 16:53

We all know how much credibility the kimono-clad fox killer has.

quantumbutterfly · 03/12/2025 16:52

lechiffre55 · 03/12/2025 16:43

This would be the same GLP that keeps losing?
The law has been misunderstood many times, by the GLP, according to their legal track record.
GLP vs Supreme Court of the UK, hummm what a difficult choice.

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

Unless you're allergic to nuts.
My lovely friend had a phrase - if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. We had to update it to - if my aunt had wheels she'd be a bicycle.

Edited - my internal voice rejected the accent.

Apollo441 · 03/12/2025 16:50

The GLP think the law only applies to represenration of women on boards and that it has been misapplied. They haven't read or understood the judgement. They are absolute clowns.

AMansAManForAllThat · 03/12/2025 16:45

I'm finding the reporting on this so frustrating. The comments on social media are awful- what are girls doing at guides that they can’t do with boys there, etc.

Basically a big chunk of the population doesn’t think women should be allowed to meet without men, doesn’t see a need for it. Such a shame.

lechiffre55 · 03/12/2025 16:43

This would be the same GLP that keeps losing?
The law has been misunderstood many times, by the GLP, according to their legal track record.
GLP vs Supreme Court of the UK, hummm what a difficult choice.

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

Instructions · 03/12/2025 16:42

I don't think the GLP understands the law better than the Supreme Court, no

The GLP definitely understands how to get attention, get money from people they have whipped into an emotional frenzy and keep themselves in the news though

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Greyskybluesky · 03/12/2025 16:28

Sorry, forgot to add this bit:

"we would like to bring legal proceedings against them" [GG, WI. etc]

The GLP claims the law has been misunderstood. Has it been?

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