Graham Linehan & Women Won’t Wheest | TERFED out of Robinson’s Bar, Belfast

[SexRealismBeliefs]

Morning

A cursory search and I couldn’t find any recent threads on this. They’re in need of more carrots for gardening.

You may remember at the time of the LWS rally in Belfast at which Sara Morrison spoke, various sex realist supporters including Graham Linehan & Women Won’t Wheest were attacked and thrown out of a pub in Belfast. One man was badly assaulted.

They are now bringing a claim against the bar owners. This is the first time this type of services being refused for gender critical / sex realist beliefs has been tried in Northern Ireland. The legal landscape here is more complicated - we don’t have the Equality Act and many institutions are saying FWS Supreme Court case doesn’t apply.

Sara Morrison’s lawyer, Simon Chambers is taking the case.

From the blurb:

We are to pay the legal fees to take this case to court in Belfast, and uphold the principle that it is illegal to discriminate against people for holding gender critical beliefs and views that support the rights of women, girls and LGB (Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual) people.

Specifically, we are taking the owners of Robinson’s Bar, Belfast, to court to seek redress, an apology, and a promise of staff training, so that this doesn’t happen again.

Sounds sensible.

Bad enough they are having to go to court, but having to wait this long.

With this case and the ECNI High Court case, on whether Supreme Court ruling in FWS applies in N Ireland rather than EU law, December is going to be a stressful month.

The N Ireland branch of FWR is going to need some moral support.

I think it’s 23 people are suing, and of those there are 8 cases to deal with as the 8 cover all 23. And then those 8 will be cases tried together during a week in December.