The Conservative leadership election is giving women some opportunities to draw out the candidates on single sex spaces, services, sports and opportunities.
Frankly, I'm surprised this letter from February hasn't been more widely publicised up until now. I do hope Liz Truss can come up with a clear response: has she since changed her mind? Can she explain to us what she means by 'transgender people'?
twitter.com/TheAttagirls/status/1555514182493245445?s=20&t=mK96bvctJrsp2umZYK5r1A
Retweeted by Helen Joyce too.
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
Liz Truss letter to EHRC; spot the contradiction
InTheCanteen · 05/08/2022 13:14
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 16:07
So it's up to organisations to decide if they want to be single sex and transpeople can use the service of their choosing?
And why is Liz Truss asking that this reassurance is given to LGBT groups privately?
achillestoes · 05/08/2022 13:54
My interpretation is that Truss was getting the EHRC to issue the new guidance, while making it clear it wasn’t the government doing anything.
Floisme · 07/08/2022 15:35
Yes thank you I'm aware of that, TooBigForMyBoots and it's why I said I was growing uneasy about saying I'd vote Labour if they would only commit to upholding this law. My main point though was that, if someone is writing in their capacity as a government minister then surely it's their job to outline their government's position, rather than any personal views?
The troubling part of that letter for me - and here I agree with you and other posters - is the bit about giving reassurance privately. I don't see how that word belongs in any ministerial correspondence
Johnnysgirl · 06/08/2022 17:56
This is the whole point. Avowing to protect single sex spaces whilst telling trans people that they still get to choose is a nonsensical thing to say.
It's simply not possible.
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 17:50
What if a transperson chooses a single sex space? As we have repeatedly seen happen under the Conservative government. Hospital wards, Girl Guides, prisons etc?
Johnnysgirl · 06/08/2022 17:56
This is the whole point. Avowing to protect single sex spaces whilst telling trans people that they still get to choose is a nonsensical thing to say.
It's simply not possible.
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 17:50
What if a transperson chooses a single sex space? As we have repeatedly seen happen under the Conservative government. Hospital wards, Girl Guides, prisons etc?
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 17:50
What if a transperson chooses a single sex space? As we have repeatedly seen happen under the Conservative government. Hospital wards, Girl Guides, prisons etc?
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 17:50
What if a transperson chooses a single sex space? As we have repeatedly seen happen under the Conservative government. Hospital wards, Girl Guides, prisons etc?
ZuttZeVootEeeVo · 06/08/2022 17:20
I don't think that's true.
I'm not an expert, but isn't the FA responsibility for most football in the country? Surely then they need to follow the EqA and ensure that they don't discriminate on the basis of sex? Unless a women's FA is established.
It would be odd if a church knitting group would be at risk of prosecution for not allowing men to join a knitting group, but the FA could stop women playing?
jgw1 · 06/08/2022 17:02
Totally. For example it would be absolutely fine for the FA to say that women can't play football, because it is their football club and their rules.
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/08/2022 16:07
So it's up to organisations to decide if they want to be single sex and transpeople can use the service of their choosing?
And why is Liz Truss asking that this reassurance is given to LGBT groups privately?
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BootsAndRoots · 06/08/2022 17:24
I find the original tweet odd "Liz Truss must clarify this point about gender, otherwise I'm voting for Sunak who refused to state what a woman is".
It was well known that Truss was put in as equalities minister to kill of GRA reform and self-ID.
achillestoes · 05/08/2022 14:43
But read it carefully: the government has no interest in changing the current situation where transgender people are able to use facilities of their chosen gender.
That’s true. The government didn’t intend to legislate to prevent organisations offering services on the basis of gender. But some will offer single sex services, and the government will protect their ability to do that as well. It’s perfectly legal.
That’s where we were in February. Let’s see what Truss does if she wins.
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