Stonewall helpfully flagging the bias up front

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Know your chances before you apply.
mobile.twitter.com/torynglavin/status/1181866943323791362

Wow this person actually has the words "Angry Transwoman" as their profile description.

Back off lesbians, basically.

Blimey, that twitter thread reads like the rantings of a disturbed child. Imagine having to work with them?
Jay-sus!

There is a complete lack of professionalism at Stonewall, aided no doubt by the absurd bias in selection.

All about the boobs, bitches and witches.

Niiice.

Unless the role is specifically to write/advise on trans policy, could that be viewed as discriminatory?

I know there are exemptions to EA for certain job roles where the characteristic is actually material to the role. Wondering if that’s the case here or it’s just standard jobs for the bo- sorry, laydees.

Yeah, the role is trans inclusion.

Looks like discrimination to me. Esp as stonewall are also supposed to be supporting gay and lesbian people. Same sex attracted. Reckon that's certainly worth a discrimination complaint.

I wonder if the Charities Commission would be interested in such blatant discrimination.

Interesting. I just had a look and neither policy officer role is advertised as trans specific, no mention of who is/isn’t eligible to be considered under the EA exemptions. They’re not requiring the applicant to be trans, or LGB, for that matter.

I’m guessing the tweeter isn’t actually the person the roles will report to as implied (narc grandiose thinking?) - as most recruiting managers would have more sense than tweeting something that leaves their org open to a direct discrimination complaint.

I dont think encouraging people from one particular group to apply could be considered discrimination. I wouldnt, anyway.

She actually uses the word 'biased' in her tweet. How is that not biased!

Honestly some people must be a bloody nightmare to manage and not leave yourself wide open to an industrial tribunal!

Hope someone has a screenshot. I predict that in one hour that tweet will NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

You see a lot of it in public sector job ads, but they’re usually upfront about it in the advert and always say it’s to address under-representation. That is presumably okay, but someone posting ‘hello chaps, job coming up on my team, applications welcomed from good lads’ wouldn’t be. I mean, if I saw that, I’d assume the selection decision had already been made excluding those of my sex and wouldn’t bother applying.

(And of course I’ve got screenshots)

I think generally encouraging under-represented groups to consider applying is acceptable.
Are T under-represented in Stonewall?
Is acceptable to say "As always I'm biased" in relation to applications ?!

If you are using an exemption you need to be very clear about that and say so in your ad.

And in general I think announcing 'we are biased' to the world is frowned upon in employment law

I apologise for the derail, everytime I use my Amazon prime account I'm asked if I want to donate to Stonewall (no I dont). It pisses me off considerably. Its not exactly an inclusive charity if it favours one section of their community to the detriment of another.

Given that trans people make up 1% of the population (generous estimate) and there’s already at least one on the team, they’re probably okay on the ‘under represented group’ front for a while. You can’t even do it as a % of LGB&T as there’s overlap, ie you could be L and T or B and T but not B and L, etc. It’s almost like T is something completely different shoe-horned in with the LGB. But I digress.

The main lol here is the idea of Stonewall relying on an EA2010 exemption to limit their recruitment to candidates who share a protected characteristic - the same right they lobbied to have removed from women’s organisations and services. Although, I think this case it’s just an inexperienced/thick member of staff excitedly tweeting without thinking, rather than speaking on behalf of the organisation.

"Men wanted"

I don’t think they’re the person recruiting.
I encourage women to go for roles at my work that they wouldn’t necessarily always go for. I think this is the same but trans

Interesting, an Irish person with close links to all our lovely TRAs. They are very connected going all the way back to the work on the UK GRA 2004.

And you can delete me for this but I see yet another mediocre, not very bright young man with a bagful of personality disorders promoted wildly beyond his capabilities. It's so tedious.

I don’t think they’re the person recruiting.

I don't think an industrial tribunal would care.

I don’t think they’re the person recruiting.

I don't think an industrial tribunal would care.

I agee.