Are you seeing a Conservative MP? This thread is for you.

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My MP is firmly against the GRA. However, he's not going to get away with minimising the damage caused by the Conservative's embrace and promotion of the Transgender cause. I'm still going.

I'm not even going to talk about the GRA. I will leave him a copy of some literature from FairPlayForWomen, instead. And then - have a look at my list and see whether I've missed anything - I've only got 10 minutes.

I am going to ask him to justify government policies.

• Why are serial rapists, paedophiles and domestic violence offenders in the female prison estate?

• Why are service providers encouraged, by the government, to enable transgender people to access services and facilities in their acquired 'gender'?

-Why do bodies like the British Gymnastic association and the Girl Guides, encouraged by the government, tell parents and girls that they should leave if they don't like sharing space with transfeminine boys

-Why does my council, encouraged by the government, no longer see 'sex' as a protected characteristic but prefers to the nebulous term 'gender'

-why do my local police treat detainees in their preferred gender (meaning that a female officer has to search a male bodied detainee)

-why are crimes that committed by men being recorded as crimes committed by women?

-Can he explain the special relationship between the government and transgender organisations and lobby groups?

I will be on the offensive. I will ask what his government it will do to right the damage done to the Equality Act. I will point the finger at government directives and cosy partnerships with lobby groups. I will tell him that I am angry about the risks and safeguarding dangers that have been made possible by the Conservatives.

I will tell him that nothing less than an urgent review of government policy to validate 'gender' rather than uphold the 'sex' part of the Equality Act, is what his government need to do now, today.

What am I missing?

Sport issue?

For many of your questions, what is your back-up fact/argument if you get a dumb "we don't want to be mean/so terribly oppressed" answer?

About lobby groups you could mention the Kids Company scandal and how it ended with the Conservative government having egg on its face. The same kind of thing (manipulation by unaccountable lobbying) seems to be happening now but the consequences (damaged young people rather than money) could be vastly worse.

Thank you- I have a meeting with my conservative MP on 5 October, so your list above is really helpful. I have no idea what his views are on the issue at the moment so have to go into the meeting prepared for all eventualities!

Thank you. I’m seeing mine soon too.

How do you evidence the encouragement of government?

I saw my conservative MP a while ago, I wish I’d made the points so clearly. I saw him pre the whole David Challenor thing, and before the prison scandal, but I did raise concerns. I am going to write to him again re prisons so I might try and mention some of your points op.
On the up side he was far more polite than the local Labour candidate who just went on about Gay rights ( irrelevant and missing the point) and then just spouted the party line in an ill-informed way, rudely not allowing me to question her further. My MP listened and took my concerns seriously. He didn’t state his own position, but he did get his assistant to make notes, he also sent me a follow up email and whatever his personal views are, I felt listened to.

Thanks. I've just made an appointment to see mine.

About lobby groups you could mention the Kids Company scandal and how it ended with the Conservative government having egg on its face.

Good point! Just about every woman who posts here knows this will implode at some stage, and politicians need to be aware that it will reflect badly on their judgement if they've been complicit in ignoring the warnings from women's groups.