Stonewall statement on diversity champions programme

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

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www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-statement-diversity-champions-programme

Appears to me to still be misrepresenting the Equality Act. And the part about lesbians who haven’t given birth being unsure about whether they are considered mothers are not is borderline offensive, especially given their proposed wording does nothing to address the supposed uncertainty.

That phrase “ Mothers, fathers, and parents of all genders ” might be in the tabloids tomorrow?

Keep digging Stonewall.

Mothers, fathers, and parents of all genders

Heaven 17 could put that to music 🎶

Or maybe not

@SpindleWhorl

Mothers, fathers, and parents of all genders

Heaven 17 could put that to music 🎶

Or maybe not

We don’t need that fascist groove thing!

The bit about mothers is ludicrous and contorted.

And birth parents??? Wtf? What about kinship carers? Adopters? Foster parents?

Their sections on "gender reassignment" and the equality act 2010 sure as hell miss out a LOT of information about how the EA2010 can be used to uphold women's rights.

On and on and on they go about the EA2010
WRT gender misaligned people without a single mention of women, who SW claim to support.

A number of campaign groups are currently encouraging their supporters to send template letters out to members of our Diversity Champions programme, schools across the country, and threatening other public sector bodies with legal action.

I notice they didn't identify any campaign groups by name, wouldn't want people googling for more info.

The gender reassignment/gender identity explanation is nonsense. Gender reassignment is defined in the EA 2010, gender identity is not.

@FOJN

A number of campaign groups are currently encouraging their supporters to send template letters out to members of our Diversity Champions programme, schools across the country, and threatening other public sector bodies with legal action.

I notice they didn't identify any campaign groups by name, wouldn't want people googling for more info.

The gender reassignment/gender identity explanation is nonsense. Gender reassignment is defined in the EA 2010, gender identity is not.

Gender reassignment pretty much covers gender identity though - the intention to transition, even if you dont do medical surgeries, is covered.

The nonbinary case at landrover (i think?) settled that as well as for nonbinarys (sp)

The nonbinary case at landrover (i think?) settled that as well as for nonbinarys (sp)

No, it didn't. They are willfully misrepresenting that.

The chap in that case was bullied because he was perceived as undergoing transition.

Landrover's idiot lawyers argued that because he called himself non-binary and wasn't actually proposing to undergo GR he couldn't be covered by the the act. In fact that was irrelevant.

Everyone is already covered by the GR protected characteristic (and all the others) if they are bullied because they are perceived to have that characteristic. The LR case changed nothing.