I don't know. Probably because there is not the political appetite for it.
But what I do know is that Labour's position on this is as clear as mud and they are likely to win the next election so will be in a position to rectify the ills caused in the last 14 years.
We now have clear evidence harms to women and children in single sex spaces. We have medical evidence, in the form of the Cass review and other studies from abroad and the WPath files that putting children, on even social transition pathways is harmful. We know that puberty blockers are harmful. We know that a vast number of children who have difficulties with gender fall within other vulnerable categories, like being autistic or abuse victims or children in care or being homosexual. We know that all of these categories of children would benefit from watchful waiting (most gender questioning pre-pubescent children change their minds post puberty) and/ or therapy if they are feeling very distressed.
In spite of all of the above the Labour Party seem to be saying that -
- They will make it easier for men to be legal women.
- They will ban all forms of conversion therapy. Most people assume this means horrible almost torturous behaviour towards trans people (which would be awful) but it doesn't, it means therapy to explore the other reasons they may be struggling with their gender (like being gay or being autistic).
- They will put trans health care at the top of NHS waiting lists, even though this is not evidence based and there is increasing evidence of detransitioners and harms done to those who have these treatments.
So this has no regard to women or the vulnerable children caught up in this, my own autistic daughter was very nearly one of them.
With regards to women's spaces they seem to be saying that some spaces will be for biological women only, but haven't defined which ones. There is also no process under current legislation which allows this to exclude the men who are legal women by virtue of a Gender Recognition Certificate which Keir Starmer proposes to make it easier to obtain. So it all seems very wishy washy and unworkable. 'Biological woman' is not even a thing under the current legislation and case law strongly suggests that single sex spaces should include men who are legal women.
There are a good many women who are traditional Labour Party voters, I am one of them, who are completely exasperated by this.
At best the Labour Party are fence sitting because they don't want to piss off the trans rights activists. At worse they are fence sitting because they don't want to piss of women by being overtly pro- the rights of males to be anywhere they want to be based on their gender identity over women's rights to be safeguarded from all males, prior to an election.
This is why the fillibuster (the point of this OP) was so frustrating. We need to know why Labour wants to stop this PMB which would stop these harms.. How can we have any faith that they will put these harms right when a) they won't talk about it and b) they actively try to prevent a discussion?
I would LOVE to be able to vote Labour, I don't think wanting to know what they stand for and the ramifications on women wrt single sex spaces and children is an unreasonable position.