Introduction In the Stage 1 debate on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which took place on 27 October, several MSPs raised the need to clarify the relationship between the Gender Recognition Act (GRA2004) and the Equality Act (EA2010). Scottish…
Month: October 2022
Still no answers
We are aware that women are writing to their eight MSPs to ask about their position on gender recognition reform ahead of this Thursday's Stage 1 debate. This blog looks at recent correspondence between a constituent and her MSP. The…
Stage 1 Briefing on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Don’t assume: a GRC is only “a piece of a paper” ‘[A] legal change in a person’s gender is a significant and formal change in their status with potentially far-reaching consequences for them and for others, including the State.’ Mr…
Read More Stage 1 Briefing on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Are women’s rights human rights?
'[A] legal change in a person’s gender is a significant and formal change in their status with potentially far-reaching consequences for them and for others, including the State.'Mr Justice Schoffield in High Court of Northern Ireland Judicial Review [2021] NIQB…
Lisa Mackenzie: Speech at rally for women’s rights, Scottish Parliament. 6 October 2022
For over half a decade the Scottish Government has worked on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. That represents a third of the time the current Government has been in office. So what has changed? In terms of…
Read More Lisa Mackenzie: Speech at rally for women’s rights, Scottish Parliament. 6 October 2022
GRA reform and the Equality Act: “not a single person who votes for that Bill will be able to say that they were not warned”
Yesterday, 4 October 2022, Lucy gave a presentation at an online seminar held by Woman's Place UK, A Woman's Place Is Working, on the importance of resolving the relationship between the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Recognition Act 2004,…