Alan Henness

A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

Open up this picture fully.

Then look at the surface of Mars.

Then look up to the top right.

Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.

Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.

That's Earth.

Adapting gender ruling into practical steps difficult for firms – watchdog chair Chairwoman of the EHRC, Baroness Falkner, emphasised firms should take their own advice as well as adhering to the code.

Baroness Falkner on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, on the High Court ruling:
"Everybody I speak to, every institution I speak to, says: ‘Can you tell us what we’re supposed to do?’
"That’s wrong… they should have been doing it anyway.”
False assumptions were made.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:

What the Torygraph forgot to mention...

As far as I can find with a brief search, there are three Councils who have applied to the Government for permission to sell off allotment land: Storrington; Ashfield and Bolsover, The first is controlled by the Lib Dems, the second is a coalition led by independents & the last is Labour-controlled.

This is incorrect: there will be a rolled-up hearing later this year where it will decide whether or not to hear the case. The Court told GLP to amend their claim to clarify what they are challenging and on what basis.

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'There is no indication that human rights will be a priority for the new IOC President ... who has stated that she wants to reopen ... the issue of access to the women's category.'
So according to these authors
women's rights are not human rights?

What do you see as the worst negative consequence of the Supreme Court ruling?

In what way is the Supreme Court ruling not clear? Sex means biological sex. Lawful single sex services, provisions & sports must exclude members of the opposite sex. This is primarily to ensure day to day life is not difficult & humiliating for women & girls. We are half the population.
Clarity.

Tl:dr: "Yes"

What is it you think isn't a biological binary?

What specific trans rights do you think need further protection?

The only alternative to the SC ruling is to the detriment of women & their rights. At LD conference you said women needed ‘reassurance’ about allowing males in their spaces. We don’t need reassurance or patronising. We’re not 5. We want dignity, privacy, safety and fairness. We want our rights back

What is it you think isn't a biological binary?

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Hi @catherinefookesmp.bsky.social

At today's Women and Equalities Committee session, you said that the EHRC's interim update says "it obliges trans people to use the toilets of the gender they were assigned at birth."

It says no such thing, does it?

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Hi @alexkbrewer.bsky.social

Are you unaware that having an intersex condition has nothing to do with identifying as trans?

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Hello!!

It’s the law now and has been the law since 2010.

The SC *clarify* the law.

No wonder so many came unstuck following your advice!!

This is legally illiterate. It’s not a law going through parliament. It has been the law since 2010.

Very interesting. but a compete misunderstanding of what sexual dimorphism is.

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.