Equality Act - what next?

[ArabellaScott]

The petition to look at this seems sadly to have virtually ground to a halt:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/petitions_noticeboard/4722618-petition-to-update-the-equality-act-thread-2

Government have responded with a dismissive:

'providers are already able to restrict the use of spaces/services on the basis of sex and/or gender reassignment where justified. Further clarification is not necessary.'

What next?

We know that providers, while technically able to exclude males, just do not and will not. Nobody seems to agree on or understand the law fully. Legal experts get in huge tangles arguing about it.

The current situation means women are excluded from many women's spaces, there is no provision for single sex services apart from Beira's Place in Scotland, there are still males in women's prisons, and in hospitals.

What do we do if the government and EHRC won't listen? Whatever the law says, this situation is untenable.

94000 6000 left to go

I see Layla “A woman is a gender identity” Moran’s constituency (Oxford West and Abingdon) has turned a nice shade of red on the map.

Delighted that Scotland retains the deepest, reddest areas on the map, though.

Absolutely yes but I'm also very happy to see bits of England and Wales (slowly) joining them!

Puuuuullllllllllllllll

94,244

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

94321

I notice my lib dem corner of London is red 🎉

When you study that map, it becomes difficult not to notice that it's many of the areas with most impact that are getting the most fed up.

94500, 5500 left to go and over 8000 signatures from today so far!

who'd have thought it!!!!

94,530 signatures

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

So amazing

over 8000 signatures from today

Wow. We were inching forward, hoping for 300 a day.

At 5500 left from tomorrow that would mean we needed 131 a day

94,578 signatures
94,589 signatures

Unless we get a late night surge I don't think will get there today, but we will be in a much better position than we were at the start of the day.

I reckon it's going at about 10 signatures per minute at the moment, which means we'd hit 95,000 at around 9:10pm

I'll except that bet. 10p?

Ten pence that it is

Ooh, shit got real!

Interesting that student-heavy Sheffield Hallam is looking pretty red.

Got one!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

😂

I think @dunBle is good at this and you might be 10p down cake.

Ooh. Close, but no cigar!

I'll take my 10p in screen shots!

Although...you did say around

Ah no 43 short but impressive prediction