Women to take union to court over concerns its 'non-binary' equality policy is unlawful

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https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/women-to-take-union-to-court-over-concerns-its-non-binary-equality-policy-is-unlawful-8448723#

https://archive.is/nxFCZ

non binary not being a thing, in law or life, this should be open and shut…

The EA refers to sex as biological sex, and an NB person may be either biologically male or biologically female, and only the latter can be treated as women under the terms of the EA.
I feel like adding 'Duh!' and a 🙄but that would be simplistic and immature😏

I'm really looking forward to seeing how the union argues otherwise.

I only read the archive link. Is the union saying that women and non-binary are one group and men are another?

Essentially, they are saying that if somebody says they are non-binary, they are allowed into either sex class

Well exactly there is no legal definition of non-binary because non-binary doesn’t exist. It’s just an identity.

Oh sorry... of course. Need another coffee ☕

I've heard people in union contexts using the phrase "women and non-binary", by which they seem to mean the old Green Party formula of "self-identified non-men".

I don't know where transmen fit into this, but as usual nobody seems particularly bothered about them.

Good to see this.

I’ve seen women advertise for carers for themselves with the role being open to women and non-binary people. I’d be interested to know whether they’d actually want a non-binary identifying male doing the job.

Good. It’s about time that the unions remembered that most of their members are women and that we have rights.

Great to see. Good luck to them.

The archive link only leads me to the spinning wheel of doom, as does the archive site I usually use, so I can't read the article. I feel like I've been nobbled. 🧐

I wish any women taking a Union to court all the luck in the world. It's time someone turned their attention to the unions.