Gender Recognition Act progression: FOI release by Scottish Government

[stumbledin]

Information requested

• Information held relating to a letter sent from the Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville by email on 1st April 2020 to 4 organisations, Equality Network, Scottish Trans, LGBT Health and Wellbeing and Stonewall Scotland. The letter was about the decision to halt progress on the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act.
• This information to include phone calls, texts and emails between these organisations and the Cabinet Secretary or her staff in the 21 days before the letter was sent and regarding the decision to send the letter and the content of this letter; ie progress or otherwise on the Gender Recognition Act Reforms.
• This to include phone calls, minuted discussions, texts and emails between the Cabinet Secretary and her staff as well as between members of her staff in the 21 days before the letter was sent regarding the decision to send the letter and the content of this letter; ie progress on the G R A Reforms.
• This information also to include phone calls, emails and texts between these 4 organisations and the Cabinet Secretary and her office in the 7 days after the letter was received in reaction to said letter.
• This information to include phone calls, emails, texts and minuted discussions between the Cabinet Secretary and her staff in the 7 days after the letter was received regarding the reactions to said letter.

www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202000031912/

Not sure if this is of any interest, but just posting because it has happened and someone must have thought it was important!

Thank you for posting this. I live in Scotland and am against the GRA. Have emailed my MSPs accordingly.

Thanks for that

That's really interesting thanks OP, I wonder if the hate crime stuff happened around the same time, maybe in some kind of response to the halting of GRA reform? I'm not sure if the timeline.

Confirming any GRA reform is for the next Government. Good to know.

Thanks for posting, OP.

Good to know it's being left for the next Parliament. However, don't we have the Scot Gov elections next year?

I have voted SNP in the past but I am so angry about this I am not sure I can in next year's elections. How do others feel about it?

I must admit I was / am a bit out of my depth with the detail here, not being in Scotland, but was hoping that being made to publish unseen emails etc., more information comes to light.

I am not in any way against Scotland being able to set its own laws(!) but it did make me think what if in the future Scotland goes down the self id route, but UK (or in this instance England) does not.

Could someone from south of the border register under Scottish regulations and then return to England and expect that to be accepted.

What a mess.

Eveything points to the complete error of the GRA to begin with.

Reform/Repeal the GRA zoom meeting tonight www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3945996-Reform-to-the-Gender-Recognition-Act-meeting-24th-June-8pm?pg=3

Hi Stumbled

I think the next GRA reform meeting is Sept.

This FOI is very useful though.

I'm determined to get my Hate Crime submission done by the deadline tomorrow and I'm relieved there is no major worry about the GRA in Scotland for now but the emails are quite revealing I think.

OHJ! from the meeting thread:

Despite no announcement from the Gov about GRA reform, I am going to hold the Zoom link open on 22nd July 8pm if anyone wants to join me in drafting our letter to MPs.

twitter.com/SVPhillimore/status/1285492228354441216?s=20

Oh no! I seem to have lost a day in my week. Where did the 22nd go?!

Have not realised today is the 23rd

noting to read later

Don't worry stumbled I think Sarah is posting on the gender critical website. Catch you on the next GRAG call x