More on that EHRC nonsense

jane fae
8 min readApr 24, 2023

A legal director writes

A painting depicting the moment in the new testment narrative of the Garden of Gethsemane in which, following the last supper, Jesus receives a kiss from his disciple Judas. This is the sign for Roman soldiers to move in and arrest him. Speech reads: Judas (1): “At the EHRC, we stand up for your right to be the Messiah…” Judas (2): “…and we absolutely support your right to be crucified for your belief!” Jesus: “Jeez, Judas! Could you not have left off the garlic bread at the Last Supper…”
Adapted from The taking of Christ by Caravaggio (1602): public domain

Thoughts from a former legal director of the EHRC. And some miscellany that might be of interest both to present-day campaigners and future historians. Worth the skip to the end if you can’t be arsed with the worthy legal stuff.

Now read on.

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Grey Collier speaks out

In case you didn’t catch it first time round, the following is a grab of a thread, first published on Twitter on 6 April, by former EHRC legal director, Grey Collier. Grey’s thread was, in turn, a response to a letter from the EHRC to Inequalities Minister, Kemi Badenough, supposedly clarifying the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act.

It is published with permission from Grey.

As a former Legal Director @EHRC I have thoughts.. 1/

Screengrab of EHRC Tweet from April 2023

The proposed change in the law is…

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jane fae

Feminist, writer, campaigner on political and sexual liberty who also knows a bit about IT, the law and policing. Not entirely serious…