Author: Kath Murray • Page 19
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MBM response to the UK Government GRA announcement
Today’s statement by Liz Truss brings much needed clarity on the UK Government’s proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. We have previously argued that a shift to a...
22nd September 2020
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The limits of precedent and the special case of racial hatred
This blog is available as a briefing here In response to a recent parliamentary question by Labour MSP James Kelly on the proposed stirring up hatred offences in the...
28th August 2020
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Should ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ be included in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill? (August 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill provides for ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ (VSCs) as a standalone protected characteristic....
22nd August 2020
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Defining transgender identity in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill and beyond (updated December 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here This blog looks at how the characteristic ‘transgender identity’ is defined in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill,...
17th August 2020
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Domino effects: the implications of the framing the sex question in the 2021 census
The UK is losing robust data on sex and the framing of the sex question in the 2021 census is set to make the situation worse. The sex...
20th June 2020
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A fork in the road? Comparing plans for gender recognition reform across the UK
Over the weekend, it was reported in The Sunday Times that the UK Government is scrapping plans to allow individuals in England and Wales to change legal sex simply...
17th June 2020
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MBM statement on the suspension of GRA reform
We welcome today’s formal statement on the Scottish Government’s plans in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The government has confirmed that work on the Bill is being...
1st April 2020
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From medical assessment to affirmation: legal gender self-declaration in Ireland
Cited by the Scottish Government as its main example of ‘international best practice’, in 2015 the Irish Government passed the Gender Recognition Act. Yet the vast majority of Irish...
25th February 2020
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A tale of two letters: whose views count?
Introduction Since November 2018, an intense debate has broken out over whether the sex question in the 2021 census should be framed in terms of self-declared gender identity, legal...
24th February 2020
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Scottish Government response to our questions on reforming the Gender Recognition Act
On 6 January 2020 we wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People Shirley-Anne Somerville, with a set of questions about the Scottish Government consultation on...
23rd February 2020