Christina Ellingsen is organising an allotment in Norway.
'I am currently under police investigation, suspected of hate speech, for saying men can't be lesbian mothers. Support this fundraiser to help me and women in Norway who may face the same injustice for speaking the truth. Donations will go to WDI Norway's legal fund.
The concept of "gendered identities" in Norwegian Law
Norway introduced the concept "gendered identity" into their discrimination-laws in 2013 and self-id of legal sex via stealth in 2016. This means that it is no longer possible to differentiate between biological sex and the concept "gendered idenitity", and with this, not possible to differentiate between female and male. Self-id was made without any consideration of the role biological sex plays in relation to rights and guidelines - namely to women and girls, whose rights are developed in order to avoid discrimination on the basis of sex. Self-id results in legal and cultural blind spots where women’s rights in effect becomes annulled. For instance, women and girls are no longer guaranteed that the spaces and services that was previously understood to be women-only do not include men. Further, due to the 2013 discrimination law, it is considered discrimination against women to exclude men from such spaces. The spaces in question include changing rooms, toilets, shelters and prisons. The services or provisions include women-only sports and temporary measures such as quotas or bursaries.
The inclusion of the concept "gendered identities" makes it impossible to uphold rights and leglislations that are developed to avoid discrimination on the basis of biological sex. This is in effect an erasure of women’s rights.
I am currently under police investigation, suspected of hate speech, for saying men can't be lesbian mothers. Support this fundraiser to help me and women in Norway who may face the same injustice for speaking the truth. Donations will go to WDI Norway's legal fund.
The concept of "gendered identities" in Norwegian Law
Norway introduced the concept "gendered identity" into their discrimination-laws in 2013 and self-id of legal sex via stealth in 2016. This means that it is no longer possible to differentiate between biological sex and the concept "gendered idenitity", and with this, not possible to differentiate between female and male. Self-id was made without any consideration of the role biological sex plays in relation to rights and guidelines - namely to women and girls, whose rights are developed in order to avoid discrimination on the basis of sex. Self-id results in legal and cultural blind spots where women’s rights in effect becomes annulled. For instance, women and girls are no longer guaranteed that the spaces and services that was previously understood to be women-only do not include men. Further, due to the 2013 discrimination law, it is considered discrimination against women to exclude men from such spaces. The spaces in question include changing rooms, toilets, shelters and prisons. The services or provisions include women-only sports and temporary measures such as quotas or bursaries.
The inclusion of the concept "gendered identities" makes it impossible to uphold rights and leglislations that are developed to avoid discrimination on the basis of biological sex. This is in effect an erasure of women’s rights.
Beyond norwegian borders
Norway has been extraordinary eager to implement the concept of "gendered identities" into law according to the demands posed by international lobbyists, in particular the demands stated in the Yogyakarta principles. These demands are posed in most countries. The development of such laws in Norway, the application of such laws and the outcome of the investigation against me is therefore relevant beyond norwegian borders.
Please support my fundraiser to help me fight this case, and to help women in my situation stand up against the erasure of our rights!