Bristol Council consultation into trans inclusion & gender identity policy

[ArabellaScott]

www.ask.bristol.gov.uk/trans-inclusion-and-gender-diversity-policy-consultation

'Bristol City Council is developing a new policy to provide clarity on how best to support trans and gender-diverse service users and citizens, as well as making sure other characteristics including sex-based protections are correctly and lawfully accounted for in any approach we take.

This policy will set out our overall approach, and individual council departments may still need to develop specific procedures and pathways to support trans people to access their services.
Why are we consulting?

We’ve committed publishing a new policy in 2022-23 and as part of our process we’re consulting to make sure we’re hearing all voices, that we have a clear understanding of the potential equality impact of our proposed policy approach, and that people have the chance to provide their views to support the Council to identify and rectify any gaps, issues, or ambiguities in our draft policy.

Our draft policy is available for consultation from 26 August until 9 October 2022.'

My MP has responded and not said a lot but I know she is hugely supportive of VAWG. I must push my Councillors for a response

It also deliberately misses the point in terms of safeguarding- the very real safeguarding risk when you make toilets gender neutral is that woman have no way of knowing who is a predatory male, and who is just a bloke using a toilet. Sex specific toilets remove that risk, and it certainly isn’t a disproportionate reason.

I was in a parents room alone (breastfeeding room & kids toilet) when a man came in to use the loo because the mens was broken and he didn’t fancy going downstairs, and when I challenged him he threatened me and I was terrified, I was conscious that you are so vulnerable in that space, anything can happen and no one else would even know.

Bristol City Council needs reminding that the Equality Act applies in Bristol.

I reminded them of exactly that in my response Bellini, and also that female safeguarding doesn’t seem to be any sort of a consideration for poor old Bristolians. 😡😡

Other thread on this here:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4620377-bristol-city-council-consulting-on-new-trans-policy?page=1