One of the resources linked here is to a carefully worded explanation of why the Supreme Court decided as it did, written by a student in what is effectively a student magazine. But a law student and a measured read. It contains this in a couple of places which is something I often come across when talking to people who are not familiar with the PC of gender reassignment.
'Finally, if a trans person is discriminated against or harassed because they are trans, they are still able to bring a claim under section 7 of the 2010 Act, which enshrines “gender reassignment” as a protected characteristic. Importantly, no matter whether someone has a GRC is irrelevant to section 7. All trans people are protected by this section, whether or not they have GRCs (most trans people do not). This case had nothing to do with that right.'
I carefully explain that this is not what people think - and just want to check that this is legally correct. What I think is that the discrimination protection in EA2010 is that a anyone can have protection against discrimination regarding their 'gender reassignment' such that they must not be treated differently/less well than someone without that characteristic (gender reassignment). So a man who is going through (or thinking of going through) transition should not be treated less well as a transwoman, in a given context, than a man who is not transitioning (in same context, e.g. employment, housing, etc). The Act is not a protection against transwomen being discriminated against because they are not treated the same as biological women. Is that right? Have I missed something?
The whole article is very carefully worded and really good work. Although obviously sympathetic to the trans cause which is why it is being used. I assume that where a trans person is harassed or discriminated against because they are trans this may be a hate crime, or public disorder or assault, or slander of all manner of other legal breaches but not a case for a claim under the EA2010 Act unless this is discrimination in comparison to someone of the same biological sex. (IANAL and you can probably tell that).