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RosieandherMaw Mon 14-Apr-25 07:58:00

Is this common sense at last?
From ‘The Times’ this morning
Organisations will be told that they can no longer call a space single-sex if they admit transgender people who do not have a gender recognition certificate.
Updated guidance from the equality watchdog will say that services described as being single-sex will not be able to make the claim if they also allow transgender women to use them on the basis of self-identification
Last week the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) sent ministers its updated code of practice, which guides organisations on how to apply the Equality Act. It is expected to be presented to parliament before the summer. The Times understands the recommendations include an overhaul of how single-sex spaces are defined.
A source said of the guidelines: “The upshot [of the guidance] means it's not lawful to have a self-ID service. The fact is that if you let a man in, it's no longer a single-sex service, and that includes trans people without GRCs [gender recognition certificates] .”
The change would prevent those who rely on self-ID from being able to access women-only care homes or domestic abuse refuges without an exceptional reason

My question is just why has this taken complicated legislation - and so long?

Galaxy Sat 19-Apr-25 10:22:46

Old frill can open as many threads as she wants. I could open 5 on Morris dancing if I felt so inclined.

Syracute Sat 19-Apr-25 10:17:12

Syracute

Clearly you are cherry picking for your own sad hate narrative .

Again Galaxy . Sorry for no quotes . This refers to vice versa s comment just above .

ViceVersa Sat 19-Apr-25 10:16:41

I see no 'hate mongering' on either thread, despite efforts to stir that up by certain posters. Just because someone disagrees with you does not imply 'hate' of any kind.

Syracute Sat 19-Apr-25 10:14:02

Galaxy

What are you on about?

Ever so sorry for not including the quotes from old frill . Why she felt the need to open a second thread on this very same subject .

Galaxy Sat 19-Apr-25 09:36:29

Who are you talking to?

Syracute Sat 19-Apr-25 09:35:39

Clearly you are cherry picking for your own sad hate narrative .

Galaxy Sat 19-Apr-25 09:35:18

What are you on about?

Syracute Sat 19-Apr-25 09:33:35

Ridiculous thing to do !
Now it is 2x hate mongering angry

ViceVersa Sat 19-Apr-25 08:35:32

There are more than just 'isolated cases', even here in Scotland, and a bit of research will show you that. I repeat, I know some trans people and I have a couple of friends with trans children - they just want to go about their daily lives and get along with everyone. If only everyone was the same.
Unfortunately, there is a very vocal and militant trans body who have clearly stated that they will ignore the Supreme Court ruling and are hurling insults, abuse and even death threats to 'terfs'. These people do their cause no help at all - quite the reverse, in fact.

Galaxy Sat 19-Apr-25 08:18:17

I think that we do need to continue to use legal redress to ensure that organisations interpret the equality act correctly. As can be seem there are people who will always prioritise the feelings of men. They will be present in organisations and we need to be prepared to challenge them.
Obviously my funding from the extremist far right groups will help with this 🤦‍♀️

Luminance Sat 19-Apr-25 02:22:31

Absolutely not Rosie51 I found it quite by accident because there was nothing else to find. I rather hope it was an accidental mistake or misunderstanding but I have read in the past that the story came from one known to make racist and homophobic comments online.

Mollygo Sat 19-Apr-25 02:13:43

Syracute

I wish some of the people here would follow a few transgender folks on social media to gain insight . It’s horrible to demonize this whole subject. Reading some of the comments here I realize how absolutely ignorant most are here and I thank those deeply who give an alternative viewpoint like Glaswee gran .

Oh I have Syracute , for some time, both before and since the day.

Including some who are desperately unhappy with the surgery or chemical treatment they have had because it hasn’t sorted out their problems and has left them in pain.

Including some who are horrified at the way they are all portrayed because of the actions of the few.

Including some who are as relieved about the ruling as most women are.

Sadly also including those who are going to fight this stupidity to the end and who say,
“If you think a (*use your imagination expletive*) court can stop us, you’ve got another expletive think coming.”

Rosie51 Sat 19-Apr-25 01:01:44

Luminance

Lathyrus3

The case in question stalled because, as stated in the article Luminance posted, there was disagreement over whether the violation was rape or assault.

The CPS was doubtful of a rape conviction because of the prevailing trans ideology at the time and advised a charge of assault. The defence would be that the violation was carried out by a woman and therefore not rape but assault and as likely to succeed.

The victim would not agree and the case was not brought to court. the victim was advised that she would have to make a private case if she insisted on a rape charge. Her mental and financial state such that she was unable to do that.

Now that there is clarity, that the rapists was indeed a man and not a woman, I hope that the police and and the COS will review the case immediately so that justice can indeed be served.

Could you link me to the source so that I may read it because what I posted suggested that there was some obvious confusion and no trans people were ever involved in such that case.

The link you provided to skeptics.stackexchange.com/ is not an official or even checked website. It is individuals posting for approval of their own individual viewpoints. Not that dissimilar to GN and no more guaranteed to be accurate or accountable. I wonder why you give it so much credence? Could it be the link you connected to endorsed your preferred view of the situation?
Luminance you may find this painful but the facts are transpeople will encompass the full range of human behaviours and that includes being liars, cheats and downright vile people, just like anybody who isn't transgender.

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 23:35:14

Lathyrus3

The case in question stalled because, as stated in the article Luminance posted, there was disagreement over whether the violation was rape or assault.

The CPS was doubtful of a rape conviction because of the prevailing trans ideology at the time and advised a charge of assault. The defence would be that the violation was carried out by a woman and therefore not rape but assault and as likely to succeed.

The victim would not agree and the case was not brought to court. the victim was advised that she would have to make a private case if she insisted on a rape charge. Her mental and financial state such that she was unable to do that.

Now that there is clarity, that the rapists was indeed a man and not a woman, I hope that the police and and the COS will review the case immediately so that justice can indeed be served.

Could you link me to the source so that I may read it because what I posted suggested that there was some obvious confusion and no trans people were ever involved in such that case.

Syracute Fri 18-Apr-25 23:22:04

I wish some of the people here would follow a few transgender folks on social media to gain insight . It’s horrible to demonize this whole subject. Reading some of the comments here I realize how absolutely ignorant most are here and I thank those deeply who give an alternative viewpoint like Glaswee gran .

Lathyrus3 Fri 18-Apr-25 23:07:17

The case in question stalled because, as stated in the article Luminance posted, there was disagreement over whether the violation was rape or assault.

The CPS was doubtful of a rape conviction because of the prevailing trans ideology at the time and advised a charge of assault. The defence would be that the violation was carried out by a woman and therefore not rape but assault and as likely to succeed.

The victim would not agree and the case was not brought to court. the victim was advised that she would have to make a private case if she insisted on a rape charge. Her mental and financial state such that she was unable to do that.

Now that there is clarity, that the rapists was indeed a man and not a woman, I hope that the police and and the COS will review the case immediately so that justice can indeed be served.

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 22:28:39

Obviously I should add that the safety of patients is paramount to myself. There have been too many cases in hospitals which should always be the safest place for vulnerable people and it is so appalling when failures happen.

Glasweegran Fri 18-Apr-25 22:22:27

OldFrill

That many are abused by many, and few are abused by few does not lessen the abuse.
Might need a formal logician. But get my gist. All these arguments that are being put forward by Glasweegran are the shaped responses fed to SNP supporters by extreme minority groups, that's what got Scotgov to the Supreme Court for yet another court defeat funded by the taxpayer.
The Supreme Court gave clarity and told Scotgov it cannot define woman to suit itself. The SNP is now a minority government that has completely forgotten its purpose - Independence.

You are right, it does not lessen the abuse, as I said, it's a horrible case, but it does raise the question, which was my point, as to why isolated cases should require a sledgehammer solution, where as far more prevalent cases don't seem to.
You have a group that is described in the text of the judgement as a feminist group working for the rights and safety of women and girls, and then you look at that group more closely and find that it's a limited company who has never done anything apart for argue against trans rights, then you have to wonder, if women's safety is their primary goal, then where is their campaign against domestic violence because that is several hundred thousand times more likely to affect a woman than any danger from a trans woman. (That is not hyperbole either, that is likely an underestimation of the risk)
Then you have to wonder who is being fed "shaped responses" by shady extremist groups, groups that seem to have bottomless pits of money with no apparent source that keep their court cases going.
Just because the SNP refused to throw trans people under the bus for political expediency does not mean their main policy is forgotten, (that sounds like you've been listening to Alba, set up by a man who admitted terrible behavior to women and can't win a raffle far less an elected seat at any level, so not exactly speaking for the people) ... but this was also policy. And it was the Westminster GRA 2004 that said transwomen are women, not the Scottish Government, and it still does say that... which is why this judement is just going to cause more problems with a mismatch in interpretation of two different bits of law. You could read the full judgement and see what it says, it's 88 pages of boring, but it's all in there.

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 22:20:30

There is this case that happened shortly before Baroness Nicholson's speech but it does not involve trans people. I will leave it here.

www.eadt.co.uk/news/health/21265906.hospital-apologises-staff-said-sex-assault-patient-didnt-happen/

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 21:58:34

I am deeply sorry for anyone who read that story in the news and were distressed by it but I did find the answer. I will place it here.

skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/55782/did-uk-hospital-tell-the-police-that-a-patient-was-not-raped-because-the-alleged

Rosie51 Fri 18-Apr-25 21:52:41

Luminance

Was anyone brought to justice for that case? Or was there a different outcome that is being hidden? The responses are not making any sense to me.

As far as I'm aware there hasn't been a court case yet. Perhaps you're unaware of the very large backlog of cases still awaiting coming to trial? It runs to years, not weeks or months. The certainty in this case is that the hospital gaslit a woman for a year because they maintained she couldn't have been raped as there were no men on the women's ward. They finally admitted there was a transwoman, a fully intact male, who had been on that ward because he identified as a woman. Whether the CPS can establish enough evidence of the actual rape I don't know, but everybody must be aware that very few rapes make it to court and even fewer result in conviction.
This comment that maybe an 'outcome' is being hidden suggests you think there is something to hide other than the intentional mistreatment of the victim.

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 21:33:09

I have not been able to find anything so I was rather hoping that since the topic was brought to this thread, someone might have seen the outcome. I am not sure any sentence is enough for crimes like that really but they do seem to carry a variation in time in court.

Mollygo Fri 18-Apr-25 21:28:31

Luminance

For any victim of such a heinous crime I would hope justice was served. I simply want to know if it led to an arrest and conviction and if the sentence was fitting?

Google will supply you with the answer you need. Only you know whether you would consider the sentence to be fitting, so I’m sorry I can’t help.

Luminance Fri 18-Apr-25 21:23:57

For any victim of such a heinous crime I would hope justice was served. I simply want to know if it led to an arrest and conviction and if the sentence was fitting?

Mollygo Fri 18-Apr-25 21:16:57

Luminance

Again, I must ask, was there justice done in this case? I have not been able to trace the outcome and I would like to know if justice was served.

Google will supply you with the answers you need.
How you define justice is not something I know.