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"Misandry is the root of all trans fear. Men’s fear of other men. Women’s fear of all men."

211 replies

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 21/10/2026 14:16

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1xbcui7/the_framing_of_the_antitrans_movement_as/

Get popcorn.

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MrPrettyDamnCosmic · 23/10/2026 09:35

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:27

Lol, the High court no less is quoted. One more time for the slow ones!

The High Court emphasised that where service provision is equal and separate for both men and women, this is unlikely to be true:

[61] …In a case where the provision of separate lavatories labelled male and female was materially similar in terms of the extent of the provision, location, and so on, I consider there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

Provision of a female lavatory & allowing trans identifying males to use it would amount to discrimination against women.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:34

Talk about hilariously flailing to have your cake and eat it, when it’s been knocked off the table and stamped on.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:33

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:29

Nope. The case was rejected for no standing.

But the arguments were heard. He didn’t say, “sorry you’ve all wasted your time coming today, go home”

spannasaurus · 23/10/2026 09:33

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:29

Nope. The case was rejected for no standing.

If the case was rejected and not heard what judgment are you quoting from.

napody · 23/10/2026 09:32

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:15

Already answered. No less favourable treatment. Anti discrimination requires a disadvantage be present for an exemption.

https://goodlawproject.org/resource/faqs-trans-inclusion-after-the-high-court-decision-on-the-ehrcs-interim-guidance/Is

"Some organisations have claimed, following the Supreme Court decision, that allowing e.g. trans women to use the women’s toilets would amount to direct discrimination against men. The High Court emphasised that where service provision is equal and separate for both men and women, this is unlikely to be true:
[61] …In a case where the provision of separate lavatories labelled male and female was materially similar in terms of the extent of the provision, location, and so on, I consider there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

This means that service providers may lawfully provide, for example, women’s toilets which both cis and trans women are permitted to use, but from which cis men are still excluded."

https://goodlawproject.org/resource/faqs-trans-inclusion-after-the-high-court-decision-on-the-ehrcs-interim-guidance/Is

It's lovely stuff. Especially after you yourself have acknowledged the difference between sex and gender identity.

a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

How so, given that transwomen and men are the same sex? I'm starting to enjoy you trying to make it make sense. * *

spannasaurus · 23/10/2026 09:31

The basic line is a space being in a state of undress. Overwhelmingly that's not the case for public toilets

I must be toileting wrong. I find that if I remain fully clothed when I use the loo my trousers tend to get wet

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:31

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:27

Lol, the High court no less is quoted. One more time for the slow ones!

The High Court emphasised that where service provision is equal and separate for both men and women, this is unlikely to be true:

[61] …In a case where the provision of separate lavatories labelled male and female was materially similar in terms of the extent of the provision, location, and so on, I consider there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

He threw out all your arguments, he mused idly that there was a theoretical possibility that it wouldn’t always, in every case, constitute discrimination against men. He was clear that not providing a single sex space was potentially discriminatory against women. He didn’t consider your scenario in detail. Of course Maugham and his fans (I’m cringing for you) rushed to pretend it was a win.

BackToLurk · 23/10/2026 09:31

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:23

The basic line is a space being in a state of undress. Overwhelmingly that's not the case for public toilets but would be for change rooms. Unless Ive missed something in my sixty odd years of public toilet usage, naked women doing their washing at the sink isn't a normal occurrence.

What argument is this intended to support transwomen in women’s toilets or all toilets being mixed sex?

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:29

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:28

Yes, they didn’t have standing. But the “trans people” they were bringing the case with arguably did, and the case was heard, wasn’t it? The judge threw out your argument about “outing”. He also brought the workplace regs firmly within scope, which is another way GLP made the situation worse, not better, for TRAs and their allies like yourself.

Have you read it?

Nope. The case was rejected for no standing.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:28

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:25

They didn't have 'standing'. I suggest you go look up what that means.

Yes, they didn’t have standing. But the “trans people” they were bringing the case with arguably did, and the case was heard, wasn’t it? The judge threw out your argument about “outing”. He also brought the workplace regs firmly within scope, which is another way GLP made the situation worse, not better, for TRAs and their allies like yourself.

Have you read it?

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:27

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:18

Quoting from Maugham spin 🤣

Lol, the High court no less is quoted. One more time for the slow ones!

The High Court emphasised that where service provision is equal and separate for both men and women, this is unlikely to be true:

[61] …In a case where the provision of separate lavatories labelled male and female was materially similar in terms of the extent of the provision, location, and so on, I consider there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

BackToLurk · 23/10/2026 09:27

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:25

Women frequently use communal public toilet space in a way that would be exposing if men were there. Women fix clothing. Muslim women use it to adjust their hijab.

Coffee down top.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:25

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:24

Already answered up thread. You have a habit of repeating yourself.

LOL

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:25

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:19

Why didn’t GLP win that case @Choppingwoodcarryingwater- it was one of their arguments? Why didn’t the EHRC get told to amend their guidance?

They didn't have 'standing'. I suggest you go look up what that means.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:25

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:23

The basic line is a space being in a state of undress. Overwhelmingly that's not the case for public toilets but would be for change rooms. Unless Ive missed something in my sixty odd years of public toilet usage, naked women doing their washing at the sink isn't a normal occurrence.

Women frequently use communal public toilet space in a way that would be exposing if men were there. Women fix clothing. Muslim women use it to adjust their hijab.

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:24

StealthTroublemaker · 23/10/2026 09:20

So what disadvantage will à TIM experience from using male facilities that males without a gender identity would not experience?

Already answered up thread. You have a habit of repeating yourself.

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:23

Prestissimo · 23/10/2026 09:01

But that’s what we’re all saying. The single-sex spaces that now exist and are expected by social convention in this country (and supported by the vast majority of the public in polling) didn’t just appear one day by magic. Those spaces were fought for and with good reason. The urinary leash was real. Elizabeth Fry worked long and hard to prove the need for women’s prisons. Statistics still demonstrate that the vast majority of sexual and physical violence against women is by men. In order to facilitate privacy, dignity and safety and thus full and meaningful lives for women outside of their own homes these services are now provided on a single-sex basis. The exceptions have all been proven over the course of history.

I don’t know what happens in men’s toilets, besides “we just want to pee” and abusing transwomen who try to follow the law, but women have more and potentially messier bodily functions than men, and particularly in public we need a private space to deal with those with some level of dignity. Periods mean that we may emerge from even a closed cubicle with blood on our hands, or we may need to rinse stained clothing. I have previously had to use the loo with my baby’s pram half-in-half-out of the cubicle (I.e. with the door open) because there was no other way of doing so while keeping an eye on him. We’re not just hanging out in there giggling and sharing tampons, whatever the Reddit crowd thinks. And our regular poster KeepToiletsSafe can regale you with statistics of why individual self-contained toilets are less safe for everyone.

People who argue that there is no need for these spaces to any longer be single-sex remind me of anti-vaxxers, who have never lived in fear of their child dying from measles or diphtheria or being permanently damaged by polio. They don’t (or won’t) see that our current state of relative safety (still not nearly safe enough as regards women from men) is specifically because of the systems and provision that others fought for.

The basic line is a space being in a state of undress. Overwhelmingly that's not the case for public toilets but would be for change rooms. Unless Ive missed something in my sixty odd years of public toilet usage, naked women doing their washing at the sink isn't a normal occurrence.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:23

Also, has been conveniently skipped over, why didn’t the WI face down the legal challenge from a MNer’s husband? Slam dunk, no? There’s not even a dignity/safety issue.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:21

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:17

But its not purely sex based because if it was there would be no need for other qualifying criteria.

You’re talking complete garbled nonsense. The only criteria for single sex spaces is that they are segregated on the grounds of biological sex. The test has or has not already been met on that basis.

spannasaurus · 23/10/2026 09:20

Beowulfa · 23/10/2026 09:19

Imagine having to quote from the Good Law Project to argue a point!

Particularly as GLP lost the case that is being quoted

StealthTroublemaker · 23/10/2026 09:20

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:15

Already answered. No less favourable treatment. Anti discrimination requires a disadvantage be present for an exemption.

https://goodlawproject.org/resource/faqs-trans-inclusion-after-the-high-court-decision-on-the-ehrcs-interim-guidance/Is

"Some organisations have claimed, following the Supreme Court decision, that allowing e.g. trans women to use the women’s toilets would amount to direct discrimination against men. The High Court emphasised that where service provision is equal and separate for both men and women, this is unlikely to be true:
[61] …In a case where the provision of separate lavatories labelled male and female was materially similar in terms of the extent of the provision, location, and so on, I consider there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the “the female” lavatory but required other biological men to use the male lavatory would comprise different but not less favourable treatment on grounds of sex…

This means that service providers may lawfully provide, for example, women’s toilets which both cis and trans women are permitted to use, but from which cis men are still excluded."

https://goodlawproject.org/resource/faqs-trans-inclusion-after-the-high-court-decision-on-the-ehrcs-interim-guidance/Is

So what disadvantage will à TIM experience from using male facilities that males without a gender identity would not experience?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:19

Why didn’t GLP win that case @Choppingwoodcarryingwater- it was one of their arguments? Why didn’t the EHRC get told to amend their guidance?

Beowulfa · 23/10/2026 09:19

Imagine having to quote from the Good Law Project to argue a point!

Ereshkigalangcleg · 23/10/2026 09:18

Quoting from Maugham spin 🤣

Choppingwoodcarryingwater · 23/10/2026 09:17

MontyMadness99 · 23/10/2026 09:06

"I'm simply making the point that sex on its own isn't a qualifier for single sex spaces rather context is."

I mean your own words confirm that it's sex-based. Which means gender has got nothing to do with it, so how is it relevant what your gender identity is to access single sex spaces?

Edited

But its not purely sex based because if it was there would be no need for other qualifying criteria.

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