Debate relating to the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 will be in Westminster Hall on 12 June 2023 4:30pm

[IwantToRetire]

Just posting this as on a thread elsewhere I made some disparaging remarks that the debate will be shuffled off to some small committee room.

But they must think that more than a few MPs are wanting to take part as I have just seen it will be in Westminster Hall.

Will be interesting to see which MPs are willing to state views about the reality of biological sex in public!

Event will be broadcast live.

Westminster Hall debate12 June 2023 at 4:30pm
e-petitions 623243 and 627984, relating to the
definition of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010
Member
Tonia Antoniazzi Labour(*)
https://whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal42480

(*) Not sure what this means - is she the Chair?

Sorry, I'm doing him a disservice, he's fairly lucid and actually the most reasonable voice so far for the counter position.

He’s name checking GC female MPs and JKR
Fantastic -after he’s name checking JKR he’s critiquing those ‘cold and callous’ actors cancelling JKR in their mansions who have benefited from JKR hard work -love it
Beautiful he’s now playing back a Jacques Derrida quote ‘society is in a state of flux’ to say, but science is not in a state of flux

Vulnerable = BINGO

I just feel as though the other sides' arguments are almost so flawed as to make our case for us. Is that my bias? They just sound so very weak - such obvious emotive rhetoric / evasion of central issues / generalisations... They just keep drawing my attention to earlier arguments from our side.

I never understand this: surely he has women family members too some of whom, statistically, are likely to have been victims of male sexual assault. Do they not count? Some family members matter more than others?

Yup.

Oh, Jesus it's Kirsty Blackman.

Who is this excellent gay man speaking now?

Once more from the back - if the existing legislation was enforced WE WOULDN'T BE HERE,

well he was the most sensible of the other side of the argument i'll give him that

Oh good, Kirsty Blackman up and her validations 🙄

Wearing a dress with rockets on it. Figures.

LGBT issues - he forgot the rest of the alphabet crew

Everyone but adult human females eh?

The most patronising fucking pain in the arse ever. She's a gift to us, really.

coffee has made me a bit hyper so finding it hard to concentrate.

But seems those who say they are speaking up for trans people, never, ever talk about women's rights.

Most of those speaking up for women's rights have acknowledged trans rights but pointed out the conflict.

Kirsty Blackman

would she prefer the well and mentally unwell?

Excellent Gay Man is talking brilliantly- ‘if Equalities Legislation is to protect everyone it has to be able to describe everyone’

@IwantToRetire I thought that, too.

Wow making it about her much

Rosie's face just then 😂

She's upset because people called her a straight woman. Is she not straight woman?

Whaaat Kirsty Blackman is XY?

Oops.