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100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next

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MForstater · 09/03/2023 16:56

Thank you everyone for your amazing work promoting the petition. It all got quite exciting!

What next?

It will stay open till April 20th and its good to keep getting more people to sign. We will try to get some more press coverage of it.

The main thing now is to write to MPs and encourage them to show interest and for them to write to the Petitions Committee and to Kemi. (257 people have already today!)

We have a webinar planned for the end of March on how we think the Equality Act and the GRA interact and why and how the law needs to be clarified.

Happy to answer questions on here too.

sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-about-the-petition/

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Lysianthus · 09/03/2023 23:17

Rainbowshit · 09/03/2023 19:33

My MP is Kirsten Oswald. 🙄 Will write but it'll be a waste of time.

Never a waste of time. Your letter, or it's existence, will be recorded. Do it!

Pterohag · 09/03/2023 23:18

Fabulous, thank you Maya. I've emailed my MP

Boiledbeetle · 09/03/2023 23:18

Anyone want to relive the moment???? Video of THE MOMENT..

twitter.com/FionneOrlander/status/1633821110922883074?s=19

100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next
GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 09/03/2023 23:22

Thank you! Sent you a pm 🙂

Boiledbeetle · 09/03/2023 23:23

102,221 signatures 😁

ScrollingLeaves · 09/03/2023 23:26

Boiledbeetle · Today 23:18
Anyone want to relive the moment???? Video of THE MOMENT..
twitter.com/FionneOrlander/status/1633821110922883074?s=19

Thank you.

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Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 00:06

In 48 hours the petition went from 86457 to 102 259. That's 15802 signatures in 48 hours. That's 329 signatures an hour which is about what we were going to need each day for the next 40 ish days until the petition closes

sighs very happy sigh.

Night night

100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next
thirdfiddle · 10/03/2023 01:00

That is a very interesting petition map. Scotland is angry, we knew that. But I wasn't expecting the cities. It's not just population because it's /relative/ to population.

Sugarfree23 · 10/03/2023 01:15

Edinburgh is even more angry 😠 than Glasgow.

Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 01:34

These petition maps are literally Maps of Anger.

Unsurprisingly after Nicola Sturgeon decided men were women, unless they are rapists, that third well known sex of humans! The people of Scotland got rather hot under the collar.

Scotland is a mass of red on more than one petition.

Make your MPs aware that if they don't sort this out the rest of the country will be as red as Scotland

This really is the end you know.
Where women start to see.
And this all falls apart.

Where the wheels fall off,
and the brakes won't work,
and apples tumble from the cart.

There's at least 1 person
who has signed
in every single place,

where there's an MP,
who has an office,
and a name, and a face.

So if you haven't yet signed the petition you still can

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

Then click on the link below and let your MP know.

sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-about-the-petition/

100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next
Ramblingnamechanger · 10/03/2023 02:47

Disappointed by the response in Leeds NW where we have Alex Sobel ( Labour)who thinks there is no problem in putting men in women’s prisons and who has been a supporter of Mermaids. Surprisingly quiet recently in his round robins, despite having written numerous times on the issue of women’s rights.
so glad to see this petition continues to gain support. Well done everyone

Rightsraptor · 10/03/2023 05:00

Alex Sobel appears to be a lost cause, @Ramblingnamechanger. It will be interesting to see how he manages the 180 degree turn when it becomes essential.

Once we've all sent our letters, can we turn our attention to the 'Repeal the GRA' petition, which is languishing somewhere? The GRA is not needed any longer and is being a bloody nuisance.

Banoffeepie21 · 10/03/2023 06:09

MP emailed (Richard Bacon)

WhisperingAutistic · 10/03/2023 06:21

Emailed Ben Wallace MP

Swallowdoubleandrunamile · 10/03/2023 06:23

All done, have written to my MP (Nadine Dorries)

ResisterRex · 10/03/2023 06:44

ResisterRex · 09/03/2023 20:24

Hello Maya!

I'll be writing to my MP, I want to know how the previous government position was decided on and at what level. Because this petition had a worrying response too:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590123

I think this needs flushing out.

But we need a Westminster Hall debate with a clear aim such as - in this case - a route, date, and named Minister for doing this:

"The Government must exercise its power under s.23 of the Gender Recognition Act to modify the operation of the Equality Act 2010 by specifying the terms sex, male, female, man & woman, in the operation of that law, mean biological sex and not "sex as modified by a Gender Recognition Certificate""

And the timeline needs to be as short as possible. No more fucking about. No risk of slippage to the election.

In addition @MForstater maybe we could aim for each MP to have been emailed?

SerotinaPickeler · 10/03/2023 07:48

Mark Garnier emailed. To be followed up by a letter 👋

PatientZorro · 10/03/2023 08:08

Wooohoo! Congratulations! I’ve e-mailed my MP

PatientZorro · 10/03/2023 08:08

Kwasi Kwarteng btw….

Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 08:20

102,508 signatures

It's still rising.

If you haven't signed there is still time

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

Then when you have signed

Click on the below to inform your MP

sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-about-the-petition/

100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next
100,000 signatures on the Equality Act - What next
LatteToday · 10/03/2023 08:24

MPs are under no obligation to answer letters or emails- and many will ignore ‘standard text’ emails.

PLEASE PLEASE do personalise your email- start with the sex matters email but make it personal to you- that way you are far more likely to get a response, and your MP is FAR more likely to see your email.

(I do this for a job)

well done everyone!!

Gentlyfallingsnow · 10/03/2023 08:28

@LatteToday does this mean it would be better to email from our email programmes rather than through the form on sexmatters? Thank you.

PaterPower · 10/03/2023 08:45

Signed. My MP’s full on TWAW so possibly a waste of effort, but I’ll email him anyway.

Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 08:47

Gentlyfallingsnow · 10/03/2023 08:28

@LatteToday does this mean it would be better to email from our email programmes rather than through the form on sexmatters? Thank you.

I'm going for both. The sex matter form is quick easy and Sex Matters will have some numbers of how many people have used the form which will help them.

But I'm also following up with a proper email that's more personal.

lanadelgrey · 10/03/2023 08:48

Underlining the point of emailing your MP. Labour MPs - not sure if it’s all parties - have a system where they log broad subject area of correspondence as it’s a useful way of taking temperature of the country.