Category: Gender recognition • Page 3
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For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers: making the arguments transparent
Introduction Next week the case of For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers will be heard in the UK Supreme Court. It will decide the definitions of ‘sex’, ‘woman’...
21st November 2024
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Briefing note: For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers, UK Supreme Court, 26-27 November 2024
This briefing can be downloaded as a pdf here. What will the Supreme Court consider? Who counts as a woman? The Court will need to decide whether acquiring a...
19th November 2024
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For Women Scotland at the UK Supreme Court: who are the interveners?
Introduction Later this month – on 26 and 27 November – justices at the UK Supreme Court will hear the case of For Women Scotland versus the Scottish Ministers....
14th November 2024
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Transitioning at work: How Police Scotland gave cross-dressers an access-all-areas pass
On 26 September Police Scotland’s Chief Constable Jo Farrell told the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) that the single service would undertake a review of its policies based on gender...
30th September 2024
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Transcript of Sky News interview with Jo Farrell, Chief Constable of Police Scotland
On 25 September 2024, Sky News broadcast an interview with Jo Farrell, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, regarding the force’s policy on recording the sex of rapists. A complete...
28th September 2024
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Letter to the Secretary of State with responsibility for women and equalities: GRA reform – lessons from Scotland
On 23 July 2024, we wrote to the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State with responsibility for women and equalities. In light of the Labour Party’s manifesto...
25th July 2024
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2024 UK general election party manifesto commitments on GRA reform
References to reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 or women’s sex-based rights under the Equality Act 2010: Conservatives It has been more than a decade since the Equality...
1st July 2024
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Sex in the Equality Act: issues and choices for political parties
This posts considers why the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act is properly an election issue, the options for political parties, and what we know about what the...
12th June 2024
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The BBC ruling on Justin Webb: ignoring public confusion and scientific fact
The BBC Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has upheld a complaint against Radio 4 Today Programme presenter Justin Webb, for explaining to listeners that the group called “trans women” are...
1st March 2024
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Updating the approved countries list for gender recognition
On 6 February 2024, the Third Delegated Legislation Committee of the House of Commons debated and passed the draft Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order...
7th February 2024