They sent their consultation not from Humanism UK overall but from the LGBT Humanists Group. You don't need to read any further do you?
humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/LGBT-Humanists-Gender-Recognition-Act-consultation-response.pdf
They think they can throw a sop through the whole process of saying that the Equalities Act is unaffected. But they havent taken womens voices into account. They are pro Self ID
They say in a letter to members that :We support this on the understanding that safeguards to ensure the genuine intent of applicants for legal reassignment will be in place, and that existing Equality Act protections on the grounds of sex will be maintained. All public authorities need to be aware of these, to prevent laws designed to liberate one set of people inadvertently risking the oppression of another, as has happened in at least one recent case.
‘These protections guarantee, for example, that single-sex services or facilities can continue to be restricted to people of one sex only, if such a restriction is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
But of course we know that these single sex services are seriously threatened by Self ID. They havent listened to women at all.
They then say:
Humanists UK is committed to freedom of thought and the free exchange of ideas. Beyond the parameters of the specific legal situation currently under review, we have no opinion on any philosophical or sociological questions of language and meaning around gender. It is a topic outside our remit. We know, however, that this is a divisive subject of debate in politics, academia, and civil society. Debate over these issues has become severely heated in recent months, with some taking a hostile, zero-sum attitude that is not conducive to mutual understanding or evidence-based policy making. We implore everyone involved in this debate, particularly online, to remember that all parties in the discussion are human beings with feelings and many different genuinely held concerns, and it is the responsibility of each of us to listen to each other patiently when balancing risks and rights in our plural society.
‘In accordance with our own values as an organisation, all our personnel are committed to “engage in dialogue and debate rationally, intelligently, and with attention to evidence” and to do so in a way that “recognises the dignity of individuals and treats them with fairness and respect”. Although these are our own principles, we would commend them to all participants in this discussion.’
Fairness and respect would have included womens views being equally prioritised in the response to the consultation. Also Humanists are supposed to be pro science so not prioritising woolly gender feelings and changing sex which isnt scientifically possible.
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