Labour councillor quits in row over facilities for trans people - The Times

[ReappearingWoman]

Anne Sinnot, Labour councillor (Cambridge) has resigned.

"Ann Sinnott stood down from Cambridge council claiming that the authority was treating women with contempt and was acting in “dereliction of the law”. She said a policy that resulted in single-sex facilities, such as toilets or changing rooms, being “abolished at a stroke” was undermining women’s rights and was a breach of the equality act."

I don't have a clicky link or share token. Hopefully someone else will add?

What was funny in her post Trying

Why is the loss of women and girl's rights and protections so funny to you?

Very well written post @DonkeySkin, lots to think about.

I mean that you Betty.

Tryingtolisten2 has given up on all that boring listening stuff and is now enjoying having a jolly good laugh at 'sex' being illegally removed as a protected characteristic.
The lost Monty Python sketches just weren't enough, but those women being punched down? Bloody hilarious.

If you think that’s funny, tryng, I can only conclude that you either didn’t understand it, or you find women worrying about being stripped of their rights amusing.

If it’s the latter, then fucking shame on you. What’s wrong with you?

Insightful post Donkeyskin . Thank you.

I’m loving the news that she set herself an ‘out of office’ auto email response before resigning (according to the Cambridge news site I read).

Shero of the week!

Ooh what did the OOO say?

It’s near the top of this article, Mip

www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/councillor-ann-sinnott-resigns-transgender-14973211

Another, more in-depth article:

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-transgender-toilets-ann-sinnott-14975106.amp

I give up - thank you

Procrastinator s’ok - I knew what you meant - both times!

So many articles, so little time.

She really is awesome isn't she.

I’ve met Anne , we had a mutual friend many years ago. She is clever, interesting and brave.

Nice to know there

Oops

Nice to know there are some people out there I could honourably vote for. Well I could if she hadn't just resigned and was in my area. But they exist!

OlennasWimple

"Women, don't worry your pretty little heads about this stuff, there's no need to be concerned. Now run along and let the men get on with the important stuff"

Hilariously (or not), this is almost word for word the reply I got from Labour's Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) a few months ago, after raising concerns.

Only got halfway through this thread, so now back to reading. It's encouraging and depressing in equal measure...

Tryingtolisten2
What do you find funny about DonkeySkin's post?

Is it funny that people suffering from gender dysphoria are not given any psychiatric help and are just given hormones and surgery?

Is it funny that children who are confused about gender issues are given medication which will permanently change their bodies, rather than sympathetic counselling?

Is it funny that women and girls are going to have to accept men in places which should be exclusively female?

I can't find anything funny in DonkeySkin's post. Please enlighten me.

Yes it's incorrect use of terms for EA2010 protected characteristics: Gender instead of 'Sex'. Transgender and/or Gender identity instead of 'Gender reassignment' (in GRA2004 the term is Transsexual'). This was true for many other local authorities, most quickly acted to rectify.

In Cambridge, there was an actual amendment to existing Equality policy, which plunged the council into inequality:

"Transgender people will not be excluded from gender-appropriate single sex/single sex segregated facilities operated by the council."

Thanks! - perhaps identify yourself via another forum?

Am only here - Hello Everyone - to provide info and to correct faulty understandings.

Ann.

Respect.

Hi Ann,

Brilliant to have you here.

Welcome to MN, AnnMSinnott!

Really good to see you here.

Bespin That was an error by the journalist/subeditor. The numbers relate to only those with GRC, not 'Transgender'.

Hi (waves)
Not here for long though. Just want to make sure you all have accurate knowledge about what's going down.