Labour party rules updated after Supreme Court win - Women Exist !

[fromorbit]

The Labour party has suddenly posted a FAQ on the party's official response to the ruling

Supreme Court Judgment FAQs

On 16 April 2025, the Supreme Court clarified that references to “women” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex (meaning the sex of a person at birth), not gender. This means that certain sex-based rights and protections in the Equality Act 2010, including provisions allowing for positive action, apply only to individuals who are biologically female.

https://labour.org.uk/resources/supreme-court-judgment-faqs/

This FAQ almost certainly a response to the recent crisis inside LGBT Labour [a Labour affiliate group that should obey party rules] caused by the Trans Rights Alliance trying to stand a man as a woman's officer getting loads of press attention. LGBT Labour postponed its AGM as a response. Seems the TAs have managed to force Labour to act to stop this after probably after complaints from LGB Labour .

Thread on that:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5370660-labour-tears-itself-apart-over-trans-rights-as-biological-man-breaks-party-rules-and-stands-to-become-womens-officer

The full implications of this remain to be seen. One point in the FAQ is interesting:

I am concerned about the behaviour or conduct of a member towards another member. What should I do?
The Party expects its members to abide by the spirit and letter of its rules and to exhibit our shared values of solidarity, tolerance and respect at all times. We encourage people to report behaviour by our members that may constitute a breach of our rules or does not reflect our shared values.

While this may be aimed to mollify TAs, but in fact it is usually TAs who are rude to people who know biology. It may mean in correspondence with Labour party members whether MPs, councillors or others you might be able to complain about them if they are bigoted towards the idea that men or women are real as they will now be in defiance of Labour party policy.

Also this decision could be a big problem for Welsh Labour as they still don't believe in biology it seems from latest info. Also for various members of the Women and Equalities committee.

Responses coming in to the FAQ:

LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖

We welcome our Party's sensible approach & commitment to comply with
UKLabour's Equality Act, as set out here.

Revising its data collection as per the Sullivan_Review recommendations must now be a priority in order to deliver this obligation.

However, along with women throughout UKLabour party, we deplore the cancellation of Annual Women's Conference.

We call on our party to honour its constitutional commitment to strengthening women's voices via National Women's Committee, women's conference & women's branches

We note that our UKLabour party requires affiliate organisations, including socialist societies such as LGBT Labour, to conform to the party's procedures as set out here.

Despite cancelling women's conference, the NEC plans to host a women's reception on the Sat evening of the party conference. As a women's officer commented today: "What's the point of that? Those of us elected as women’s conference delegates won’t now be in Liverpool at all"

Probably

“The guidance is entirely trans-exclusionary in that regard.”

There is nothing trans exclusionary about the guidance. Trans people cannot be excluded from anything for being trans. Still. As it should be.

However, men are still excluded from the word ‘woman’. And vice versa.

It was Jennifer James who dragged me into this terrible quagmire of terfdom!

Interesting timing for Labours announcement. Wonder if this was after Isla Bumba started to speak 🤣

I wonder if Keir Starmer has ever felt stupid re his comment on, was it LBC?, when asked if only women have cervices, said “it is not right, no”. And even though I am not a Labour voter, I remember wondering at the time how anyone could vote in a party whose leader is happy to literally lie on air. (Not that the oppo left people much choice but that’s a whole other thread)

P news meanwhile is having a meltdown over announced security checks at the Labour conference.

Labour conference attendees must declare sex listed on their passport:

https://archive.ph/eRm4Y

When did Nadia Whittom become queer? I mean I always knew she was odd.

Nadia Whittome blasts Labour's 'archaic' views on trans rights https://share.google/OZXFJttyFEao6IIWM

Am I the only one who thinks that she's staying in the Labour Party not to fight from within but because she know if she lost she'd lose her seat then she'd never find another cushy job with that pay and those perks. Not to mention no-one would give her the attention that her vapid intellect absolutely does not warrant.

Nadia Whittome is bisexual and has been calling herself queer since she was elected in 2019 if not earlier. I think she is a true believer in gender stuff and isn't in it for the money she gives some of her salary to charity. She doesn't get on with everyone on the left, more moderate on other matters, so I don't think she will be leaving Labour - notice she is careful not to push her opinions to the point where she gets in trouble with Labour whips.

Having her as a key supporter for gender stuff in Labour is helpful in that she is not that good at convincing others in the party.

Not sure why but archive link didn't work.

But this does https://archive.is/eRm4Y

(have had problems before with .ph when .is seems okay)

What's the problem with using passports?

Good God, they're easy enough to change.

Another development is Labour LGB and Lesbian Labour have written to Starmer pointing out legally that gay/bi people can have their own groups according to the supreme court judgement and that they should be invited to receptions along with Labour LGBT. Going to hear more about this I think.

LabourLGB

LGB sexual orientation is a protected characteristic all on its own. The Supreme Court clarified this and today we have reminded the PM