Completed the consultation- have YOU?

[poshme]

I have just completed the online consultation.

Thank you to fairplayforwomen for the helpful guidance.

Once I got going I typed rather a lot!

It didn't take too long.

THERES ONLY A WEEK LEFT!!!

Do it today.

(Sorry can't link as I'm on my phone which keeps playing up!

Completed and submitted the day before yesterday- forgot to post that I'd done it on here!

I may have to go for one-click. I've been struggling for the last two days to finish it, but it keeps crashing on me. (Like WomaninBoots, I would much prefer to fill it in myself, but the inadequate tech may mean I'm unable to... grrr...)

Yes I've completed it!

Almost done

@xiaoxang i ended up feeling that my responses could be seen both as gc and properly pro trans. I doubt many would agree. I ended up saying, clearly the gra doesn't work for anybody, its clunky restrictive and enables a legal fiction that can restrict women and men's rights to single sex spaces - so repeal the bloody thing already and make the problem go away. State that biological sex is fixed, that nobody needs anyone else's permission or approval to live or love as they see fit, and let freedom reign. I truly believe it all.

Why do I always leave things to the last minute, I started this morning and now can't get back on.
Ds has used the the one click, dh is doing is tonight too...hopefully

I've done it, but mostly by ignoring the actual questions. The problem isn't self-id for GRCs - it's what they're used for. There has to be a better way to keep trans people safe from violence and harassment than erasing their history (by changing their birth certificates). Sex is not gender.

Phew. Tis done. It took many weeks of dipping in and out, revising and refining, but I finally submitted it.

This post is a bump and to encourage others with partially completed submissions to find some time and stamina for the final push!

Fermats have you tried doung it in a word doct then cut and paste?

You are very eloquent and knowledgeable it would be a shame to miss a personal response

I wrote mine out then did a cut and paste into the online form. Took ages just to do the c&p because the site was so slow, but at least I knew if it crashed I wouldn't lose what I'd written.

On p.5 of the consultation document they say they will accept submissions by email. The email given is the same one as for enquiries, so I don't think it's the preferred option, but it's an option if the website isn't behaving.

Finally finished! Don't think I've seen a webpage load that slowly since dial-up days in the 90s.

Done! I used a combo of Fair Play and WPUK guidance, plus background gleaned from MN. Thanks so much to all the posters who have exposed these issues to sunlight.

Filled in via the link on the first page of this thread, took leas than 5 minutes

Finished and in! Yay!

That took ages over a number of days. Lets hope someone bothers reading it. I really put a lot of thought and work into it.

@JolieColombe for you (and everyone else waiting for the page to load): the Dial-Up Days:

- I had two copies open on two tabs so I could copy across what I had written and submit each page twice so that I didn't lose anything if a page failed to load.

Never posted on here before. Filling the consultation in, been doing it over the last week or so on and off, losing the will to live. Waiting for the next page to load. I think it's open until midnight tomorrow, is that right? Think I read that somewhere...

No I think it is until 11 am tomorrow morning.

Better stick at it - or do it by email :)

Clucking bell, the consultation is being slow this evening. I've completed most of it, just need to add a bit at the end, but cannot get through all the pages!

11pm tomorrow night.

Lol Cloche, that took me back!

I have been messaged this evening by 2 people I sent links to who have submitted today. Yay!

There’s probably a smoking server somewhere after the last couple of days’ more balanced coverage.

Oh god, it's ridiculously slow, aaaagh!

But I will persevere. Filling in the whole thing myself thanks to everything I've learnt in the past few weeks from Mumsnet!

If it won't load for you and you're getting desperate...
you can email your responses to [email protected]
Remember to include your name, address and phone number.
The questions are listed on the FairPlay for Women site.
fairplayforwomen.com/how-to/
Plus of course the superfast version that's you just email away.